Re: Home Switches???

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "rk40risk" <rk40risk@y...>
wrote:

> home switches what are they and what are there function thanks?

These are switches you place on a machine usually at the extreme end
of the axes. (For the z-axis, it will always be at the extreme top)
When you perform a homing operation, the machine will move towards
the switch and will stop when it is activated. This is so that you
can have a permanent repeatable position to which other points like
the program zero can be referenced.

> home switches what are they

I use cherry switches for the Sherline machine. Others may use
proximity or optical switches, etc.

Peter