Hi Gene, That's correct. The P word controls how many turns, independent of the z height.
Rob On Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 10:29 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: Greetings all; Can I assume that when a Z# and a P# are used in a G2 or G3 move, that the Z descent per full turn is: Z / P So that depth Z is accomplished in P full circles? The docs <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/g-code.html#_g2_g3_arc_move> only sort of say that, as I read them. I'll be boring a hole all the way through the center of each finger, but the last time, a 1/8" tool simply plunged in with a couple flute cleaning retractions, did not bore a big enough hole for a #8 screws clearance and I had to enlarge it by hand, and I'd like to bore a hole that will just clear the tips of the screws threads by doing a circular descent. At a low enough rate of descent per turn that I don't have to dig up the jig very much just to make sure its fully bored to diameter at the bottom face of the board. Thanks all; Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
