Ellis,
It is not the work holding arrangement but the "main spindle axis" which determines the x axis.
Dick
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--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Ellis Cory" wrote:
Warren wrote........Tell me if I should change my thinking......
No, you are correct for a milling machine. The problem comes with so many layouts of modern CNC maching centres. That is why the workholding arrangement was chosen as the point of reference.
Cheers.
Ellis