On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 07:40, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> On 01/11/2019 11:20 PM, Roland Jollivet wrote: > > I have an old KTF-30 King Tun Fu drill-mill that I use a lot. But on this > > machine, X0Y0 is at top right, as in rotating your graph paper 180deg on > > the table. > > > > > > Since machines and especially CNC machines don't care about orientation > of > > axes, why isn't this axis orientation more common? Or is it? > > Well, I usually have a vise set up like that, the fixed jaw > is in the +Y direction. So, for those > parts, all Y coordinates are in negative numbers. Doesn't > bother me or the software a bit. > But, my X is positive to the right. So a typical coordinate > might be X+3 Y-2. > > Jon Hi Jon I'm not sure if we mean the same thing. You would need to swing your vice around 180 so the handle is on the far side. I took an image off the net and made up an image <http://imgbox.com/1gsqFHiu> to show how my axes work compared to a 'conventional' milling machine. http://imgbox.com/1gsqFHiu _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
