I didn’t like the default location of the e-stop. It was hard to reach in the event of an emergency stop. At first, I was going to put it at the front of the Altmill but figured it might get hit accidentally. Final location was on top of my gControl.
I had some 1/8" x 4" aluminum flat bar which I milled to fit between the Vesa plate and the gControl. The semi-circle cutouts are for the 100mm mounting screws. The 4 holes on the right of the diagram are to mount the e-stop. Only two holes are required but I drilled all four to allow me to mount the e-stop with the cable facing up or the cable facing down. Now it’s easy to reach and I can see the 3 buttons as well.
Yeah, I had considered that location (didn’t know about the foot though) and other spots around the post. I tried to mimic reaching for it during an emergency and it was too hard to reach considering my monitor height and the antennas.
The bolts are tight enough that you really need to push hard on the monitor to turn the arm. Pushing the e-stop just moves the monitor by the amount of play in the swivel between the VESA mount and the arm.
I made a simple wood back-plate to hold it in place on the right leg. As pointed out, one must be careful to not bump it by mistake, but it is very easy to reach and I programed the buttons to move the Spindle out of the way and back again.
