I am building a new motor controller box and I am looking for suggestions for what front panel controls, buttons, meters etc would be important to have for use with mach3
I have a nice rack mount aluminum box large enough to hold the internals and I know for sure I am putting a power switch and E-stop buttons on the front. I have been considering either a joystick for X & Y axis or a 6 button arraignment for X,Y & Z axis's.
Being new to mach3 and CNC in general what other buttons would be important to have on the front panel? is there anything that is simply a must have?
I plan to build a custom pendant later. But I don't mind duplicating functions.