[Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Coco CNC

[George's Coco Address]

You were right. The machine I'm currently operating is a CNC mill. The part 
is mounted to a vertical table called a tombstone. It has four sides, can 
rotate and it's the 4th axis. The spindle is horizontal and moves left and 
right into and away from the part to be machined, and up and down. This 
mixed me up with the Y and Z

 It is a cool looking machine. It looks sort-of like a small railroad switch 
engine... sorta.

George
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From: "George's Coco Address"
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Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Coco CNC


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Heskett"
>
>> X is normally the left to right motion of the table the piece to be 
>> carved
>> on is attached to.
>>
>> Y is normally the to/from, or across the width of the moving table 
>> motion.
>>
>> Z is normally the up/down motion of the carving spindle, so that one can
>> do 3d carving.  On bigger machines, the spindle is rigid in the castings
>> and the same effective motion is done by raising or lowering the table
>> itself, called the knee.
>>
> Gene,
>
> I'm confused enough at work. Don't mess with my head
>
> I'm not sure about the "standards". Where I work, in  MAZATROL the  Z axis
> goes from left to right. The X axiis goes from "to and from my belt 
> buckle"
> the Y axis goes up and down.
>
> The "4" axis turns the table/tombstone and/or the 5 axis turn the rotary
> table/ or whatever is connected to that driver.
>
> I/we could be wrong, but that's the way these machines work where I am
> currently working.
>
>
>
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