On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:15:43PM -0500, Igor Chudov wrote:
> Guys, one more related question.
> 
> What is the name of the rotary axis parallel to X? A?

Yes A is customarily the one that rotates around X

> What is the name of the rotary axis that is the spindle on a milling
> machine? Or does a spindle not count as a rotary axis? All I want from
> the encoder on the spindle is to do rigid tapping. I do not want to
> use the spindle for precise positioning.

In EMC that's not an axis.  You just hook up the spindle encoder to
the motion controller to get tapping.

Chris

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