Horizontals typically follow the same right-hand rule as any other machine, it's just that the coordinates are turned normal to the spindle direction (z axis)
Phil T. The Feral Engineer Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: www.patreon.com/theferalengineer On Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 2:23 PM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 18:21, Sam Sokolik <samco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Lol - I always make sure that when I am visualizing a piece of graph > paper > > on the machine - when I command a positive for both x and y - the tool > > would move up and to the right on the paper.. (and Z negative gets the > > tool closer to the part) > > You are the only other LinuxCNC user that I know of with a horizontal > spindle milling machine. (Though I think that Stuart S used to have > one?) > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
