Quote Originally Posted by hoppo View Post
Incidentally can anyone clarify the axis's? I've seen so many different ways of representaion of X Y and Z. The Z is obvious, but does the Z connect to the X or Y axis? I assume that from the front of the machine the X axis moves the Z along the gantry from left to right as you look at it, and the Y axis moves the gantry closer or further away from you as you look at it. (Thought this should be a fundamental that I need to get right at the start ;) )....
Z connects to Y which connects to X.

X = Bed/Base of the machine
Y = Across the Gantry
Z = Vertical Slide

Some folk swap X and Y around, but generally not on this forum.