Almost proves the old saying that there are as many realities as there are persons on the planet.
Tony knows of at least 7 axises so maybe we should name one the T axis after him.
Dave, are you one of the guys that solved the enigma?
Time for my nap, Mike
When working on Fadals, the CNC axes were as such:
X-to and away from the operator.
Y-right and left of the operator.
Z-up and down of the spindle.
I'm just a humble engineer though, not a high-browed scientist
Dave H. (the other one)
Edit: Forgot Louis Essen, atomic clock maker, should remember him, it's what I'm messing with!
There is several standards that cover this topic, asme and an ISO one from what I remember. Tim
We have a 20 X 40 two and a half axis Fadal mill, it also has a 4th axis that simply moves the coolant nozzle in a relationship with the tool in use IF you enable it and IF you are willing to program it, I believe that Fadal calls this feature "Servo Coolant".
Yikes, are your posts radioactive?
I think life was wonderful as a machinist before all this XYZ crap was invented; I'm talking the early 1960s, when we had longnitudinal, cross feed, and little else; on mills, we had table feed, infeed and vertical feed; call me an old fart; guilty!My original objective was to identify and adopt conventional terminology when making notes about my machining exercises on a lathe. I keep a log book of the stuff done, what worked, what didn't, and why (when possible). Helps me digest and learn from it. Just thought that referring to the x,y, or z axis would be a new level of sophistication for me
Thanks everybody for the input.
Try this on for size, AMEGood thing you didn't remember them all, they would just get in the way.