On Oct 19 2015 3:57 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 19 October 2015 at 05:19, EBo <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, what is standard configuration for the machine? Tool or Part >> movement? > > ... > > My little knee-mill is an interesting sample case. It is a > fixed-spindle machine so in vertical milling mode X+ moves the table > to the left, Y+ moves the table away from the column, Z+ moves the > table down the column. > > However, I also have a horizontal spindle, and in that config, and > standing in the same place X+ now move the table to the right (which > is to the left looking down the axis of the tool from the back of the > machine). Y+ moves the table down the column, and Z+ moves the table > away from the column. > > ...
So in both cases the part is oriented standard Cartesian with respect to the normal axis of the tool. That makes sense. EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
