# Wall mount orientation

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**Category:** Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1)\
**Created:** [February 5, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/wall-mount-orientation/18600 "2023-02-05T15:30:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/wall-mount-orientation/18600/2 "2023-02-05T17:00:38Z")

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Hey Howard,

> [@minzapint](#):
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> 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](https://youtu.be/d9xi9Bi9krc?t=712) 🙂

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:

> [@Vertical position / Wood dust in the Controller](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/vertical-position-wood-dust-in-the-controller/18363/2):
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> ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/4/b/4bd51668cb5c4619b96efa92d4bb087a1c678bd0.jpeg)

Plexiglas shield:

> [@Masso G3 based build F360 pics and 1F photos](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/masso-g3-based-build-f360-pics-and-1f-photos/7107/1):
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> ![IMG_1042](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/2X/7/7afc06d2d9e63cd3f69afd5a4c4e6a49326d68d3.jpeg)

Bent aluminium shield:

> [@Masso G3 ATC build update - table, Y rail shields, touch monitor, ISO20 tool rack, and raised Y rails](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/masso-g3-atc-build-update-table-y-rail-shields-touch-monitor-iso20-tool-rack-and-raised-y-rails/13190/1):
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> ![IMG_20220520_0831425](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/2X/8/813c567a9621e6b71a3e2193e5f7c4835d7d0212.jpeg)

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