On Monday 19 October 2015 19:34:31 Robert Ellenberg wrote: > Hi Gene, > > That's correct. The P word controls how many turns, independent of the > z height. > > Rob
Thanks Rob, for confirming what I experiments seemed to indicate. > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 10:29 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> 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 > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
