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)
sam On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 12:07 PM Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > I bet that there are a lot of horizontals out there configured backwards. > (Had never really thought about it myself, never worked with one.) > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 12:22 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-users] Coordinate systems for horizontal spindles > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > I realised last night that the coordinate system on my mill is incorrect > when I run the horizontal spindle. > > Curiously nearly every diagram that I can find online also seems to be > incorrect. Or, at least, ambiguous. > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.app.goo.gl%2FXuzUowMJyK3ffabD9&data=04%7C01%7Ctoddz%40pgrahamdunn.com%7Ce7b1ea09f6664d3146e308da1bd7be7a%7C5758544c573f47cebee96c3e0806fb43%7C0%7C0%7C637852910703088784%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Vq2wnD%2FHC2j960X0o2xNMplBhRstQ%2FJggAdlnqtKTVE%3D&reserved=0 > = Ambiguous > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.app.goo.gl%2FiczsGEAgDueBfnCT9&data=04%7C01%7Ctoddz%40pgrahamdunn.com%7Ce7b1ea09f6664d3146e308da1bd7be7a%7C5758544c573f47cebee96c3e0806fb43%7C0%7C0%7C637852910703088784%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=N52HdspbmvhOdw%2BjnqoVksBY1VbGA%2B27UJjat8zG5ME%3D&reserved=0 > = Left-handed > > And: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.app.goo.gl%2FdSkmwhBPRojMJXdx8&data=04%7C01%7Ctoddz%40pgrahamdunn.com%7Ce7b1ea09f6664d3146e308da1bd7be7a%7C5758544c573f47cebee96c3e0806fb43%7C0%7C0%7C637852910703088784%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=VxL%2B02cEd5j%2BqADBgGG5RdhINmX3rzvTBUrBBIXFLio%3D&reserved=0 > = Correct... > > It's taken me 10 years to notice, but I am going to have to reverse my X > axis in horizontal mode. > > -- > 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://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Femc-users&data=04%7C01%7Ctoddz%40pgrahamdunn.com%7Ce7b1ea09f6664d3146e308da1bd7be7a%7C5758544c573f47cebee96c3e0806fb43%7C0%7C0%7C637852910703088784%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=VZmWPRkt%2Bk4aO5svD96KFi8rTin3D8qzWKNHuEQiBjU%3D&reserved=0 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
