Re: Which router table orientation is the most common?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "cdoughtynz" <cdoughty@p...>
wrote:

>
>
> I thought Landscape orientation was the only orientation used, but I
> recently found a machine that was Portrait orientated.
> what I mean by Landscape orientation is that the X axis runs the

long

> side of the table and the Y axis accross the table. The 0,0 origin

is

> , looking at the side of the table is on my left hand side.
> Portrait orientation, looking at the front of the table, 0,0 is on

my

> left hand side.
>
> Which router table orientation is the most common?

Whichever the builder wants.

Often the longest axis needs the most reinforcement ergo, is fixed.
The flying axis being shorter benifits from materials being stiffer
in short lenghts.

But cost of materials can inlufence that.

What if you were given a 6 ft x 4 ft table with 4 ft long mounts ?

Dave