Originally Posted by tauscnc Hey I just realized why my post before made no sense and why my mach 3 setup is right but it just never made sense. I was saying the X axis would be great with 2 stacked together aluminum rails when it should be the Y axis. I have had the X and Y mixed up in my head all of this time on this machine. Gezz. I tell ya sometimes. Its amazing I got anything cut  |
I think you had it right before. Typically, the Y axis is the one on the gantry. The Z moves along the Y, the Y moves along the X. The X axis is usually the longest axis on the machine. Many people here call there X axis Y and their Y axis X. But this is the **correct** way.