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Conventions Used Throughout |
The 'Right Hand Rule' convention is used throughout:-
Take your right hand, make a fist, point your thumb in the positive
direction of an axis, the direction of your fingers gives you the positive
direction of rotation around that axis |
Tool Offsets are the distance between the tool tip and the pivot point of the corresponding rotary axis
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5Axis Mill with
A rotary table sits vertically on the mill table
The Spindle pivots on the B-Axis which is attatched to the Z-Axis |
5Axis Mill
The workpiece rotates on the C-Axis which rotates on the A-Axis |
5Axis Gantry Router
The Spindle is attatched via the B-Axis to the C-Axis to the Z-Axis |
5Axis Vertical Router
The workpiece sits on a rotating platten.
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