Marius, What you've described is a common setup. My Haas mill is set up that way for example. It's simple to remember that all movements from home are in the negative direction that way, instead of a mix of negative for the Z and positive for the X or Y axes.
Ian Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2015, at 12:47 PM, "Marius Liebenberg" <[email protected]> > 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? > > > > ----------------------------- > Regards / Groete > > Marius D. Liebenberg > +27 82 698 3251 > +27 12 746 6064 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
