On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 12:20:13PM -0500, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > > Suggestions, hints, questions, etc are solicited. Since I am not a > machinist, I can certainly use some gode routines to wizardize.
On my last little project I used both the helical hole "drilling" and the slot milling routines that I put in useful-subroutines.ngc (in cvs). Looks like your pocketing routine could be used for the hole milling although the procedures are different (mine leaves a center plug) but you don't have an equivalent to the slot milling yet. Are you using radius comp in your pocketing routine? That was my strategy with these so the code wouldn't have to be regenerated to use a (slightly) differently sized tool. You can see the project I have in mind here: http://timeguy.com/cradek-files/emc/DSCN6290.JPG You can see the holes and slots I cut with a 1/8th mill. The material is pretty thick so all cuts were done in several passes without any plunges straight down. The outside shape of the mount is some arcs and tangent lines at odd angles. I wish there was a way G-Wiz could help with the generation of this kind of gcode but I don't really see how it could. Without CAD this kind of gcode is pretty hard to write. You could think of it as arbitrary-shape pocketing; it's just a matter of 'outside' vs. 'inside'. I like the name G-Wiz and hope you keep it. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
