On 04/13/2017 10:19 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On 04/13/2017 08:04 AM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 13 April 2017 at 15:41, Todd Zuercher >> <zuerc...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >>> Suggestions on where I should go from here? >> Download Fusion360 and get a real trochoidal milling path. >> > It should not be terribly hard to write a g-code loop to do a slot. > There are three simple paths, straight move in slot direction, arc, > straight move from end of arc to the end of the previous straight move, > repeat. > Also, check out "milling a rectangular pocket" at http://pico-systems.com/gcode.html you can download a C program to write the G code. I use these all the time, in place of CAD/CAM. I have some other versions that do ramp-down instead of plunge.
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