Re: code generation?

Very clever!!!

But to save you from a broken endmill let me "HAND-CODE" a fix to
your CAM generated Gcode.

Add "Z0.10" to the end of line N010.
add N015 G01 Z-.10 F5.0
add N025 G00 Z0.10
add N035 G01 Z-.10 F5.0
add N045 G00 Z0.10
add N055 G01 Z-.10 F5.0
add N070 G00 Z0.10

thanks for the laugh,

Doug



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Sherwood"
<lurch@t...> wrote:

(snip)

> to which I say
> N10 G00 X4.1291 Y6.8767
> N20 G03 X4.1291 Y6.8767 I-0.6571 J0.0000 F10.0
> N30 G00 X7.5848 Y6.9047
> N40 G03 X7.5848 Y6.9047 I-0.6571 J0.0000 F10.0
> N50 G00 X3.4407 Y5.4437
> N60 G03 X6.9315 Y5.4437 I1.7454 J0.1141 F10.0
>
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "doug98105"
> <dougrasmussen@c...> wrote:
> > Chris,
> >
> > What I meant was, I think everybody should know and understand
> > what's involved in programming before they buy CAM. I don't

mean

> > you should actually program difficult tool paths by hand, you

should

> > certainly be capable of doing it, given the time and patience,
> > though.
> >
> > I don't see anything "hard" about hand coding a true-type font.
> > Tedious, yes, hard no. Convert to vector format, explode the
> > character in CAD and follow the path, just a bunch of G01, 02,

03.

> > Pretty basic CNC 101 stuff.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Chris L <datac@l...>

wrote:

> > >
> > >
> > > doug98105 wrote:
> > >
> > > >Group,
> > > >
> > > >Just my opinion here, but I don't think a hobbyist should buy

any

> > > >CAM program until they can program "long-hand" in their sleep.
> > > >
> > > >I may be mistaken, but I get the impression (from previous

posts)

> > > >that some hobbyists are buying CAM software because they

don't

> > know
> > > >how to program their machines.
> > > >
> > > Well, I dont know about you, but even when I'm awake, I'd find

it

> > pretty
> > > hard to make handwritten code for any "word" in true type

text,

> > not to
> > > mention all different types of text. 3d RC fuselages and Car
> > bodies
> > > would likely be a pain too !
> > >
> > > Let us get "cam" FIRST,,, please??? :-)
> > >
> > > Chris L