Wall mount orientation

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Hey Howard,

@minzapint

I see that the instructions and videos all show the X running vertically going from left to right or right to left along the Y rails. Is this really the only option, surely this can’t be correct? No matter how good my dust collection system is, there’ll be a tendency for dust to foul the screw the lower Y screw which is also stressed with the weight of the x and z axes.
I’d prefer to mount my woodworker x35 so that the x axis is parallel with the ground and the z axis, with home bottom left.

you could ask the Leaf blower idiot in the workshop

Besides mistaking a leaf blower for a shop vac and using the Onefinity CNC machine as a lift chair, he mounted it in this orientation (X axis horizontally). You can see in the video how he modified the parts that attach to the wall.

I think Onefinity recommends the orientation with the X axis vertically becauses it facilitates feeding tiled workpieces (workpieces larger than the workarea that are machined in portions)

If you would chose “recommended” orientation, you could protect your Y axis with an acrylic or polycarbonate sheet or a vinyl cover or bent aluminium sheet like shown here:

Vinyl cover:

@tmuka

Plexiglas shield:

@TMToronto

Bent aluminium shield:

@TMToronto