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Originally posted by Skulemate
*sheepish grin*
And here I thought you were screwing with the new guy... shows what I know about machinging eh (though I've never heard a fourth or fifth axis referred to as the a-axis before for anything). Though, now that I think about it I can see how an extra DOF or two would be useful for the cutting head.
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There's your x axis which is the side to side movement of the table or milling head assembly, and y axis which is any movement in and out of the saddle which the table sits ontop of, and z axis which is the movement of the spindle or head assembly up and down(sometimes z axis is the movement of a "knee"which is on the knee type mill.....the whole x,y assemblies sit on a moving table of sorts that traverses up and down and called the z axis).
Most other axiis reffered to in cnc controller software are a axis, b axis and c axis.They can be utilized by anything that you also want to control with motors for motion, and usually the a axis is used for a rotary table mounted on the table, that has the actual part clamped to it, for doing cuts that require the ability to cut all sides of the stock without removing,reclamping and setting up the peice again.