Have also used manual method. In this case it was a few simple parts machined in two operations with different lengths. Another one to machine a hole with spiral movement, if hole is large enough it have to spiral several times.
Nicklas Karlsson ons 2026-10-07 klockan 14:37 -0500 skrev Jon Elson: > On 10/7/26 03:45, Robin Szemeti via Emc-users wrote: > > I don't think there are many who hand craft gcode anymore, no real reason > > to, as there are so many good CAM packages now ... I sort of still > > remember most of it, but can't say I have actually written a line of gcode > > in the last decade, nor needed to. > > > I'm probably an outlier. I don't use traditional CAD much. > I have written a bunch of small programs that ask a few > questions and then crank out G-code for specific common > tasks that come up often in the work I do, such as round > holes, rectangular cutouts, ovals, etc. Then, I string > these together with cat and text editor to make the complete > part program. > > Jon > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
