Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Sanity check on home switches

Sounds OK to me although I have my Y axis home with the table towards me
which makes it easier to change material and clamp etc.
Brad

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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Sanity check on home switches


> I am in the final stages of building the control wiring for my
> Bridgeport milling machine. I am attaching limit switches, some of
> which will be doing double duty as home switches.
>
> I am of the assumption that the home (zero) of the X axis should be
> the left hand limit switch (table all the way to the right), the home
> of the Y axis should be the rear limit switch (table all the way
> towards the column of the mill), and the home of the Z axis should be
> when the spindle is all the way up.
>
> Please let me know if I've got this right (or tell me the error of my
> ways).
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Jeff
>
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