On 03/20/2015 11:47 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > A question for the the avid machinists among us (not me that much). > I have my mill setup to have the x axis travel along the table (long > axis) and the Y axis is the short travel. My homing sequence brings the > table all the way left and forward to put the tool at the right hand > back corner. > > If that is the right way of doing it, is the travel negative for both > axis from home or is it done another way? > > In machine absolute (G53) all X and Y would be negative from that point. You then place your machine relative (G54, G55, etc) at what ever point you want to work from. If you leave a vise on it most times and use a corner to work from then write down that G53 number and go there after homing on startup.
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