Re: Newbie: Machining an oval?

Wow, thank you very much. I will experiment with your program and
give you feedback. Way cool!

George

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<indy123456@y...> wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "gglines1" <gglines@c...>
> wrote:
> > Can the G02/G03 commands be used to machine an oval tool path?
>
> I whipped up a Windows program in IBasic today to generate G-code

for

> a true oval... you input the X center and Y center where you want

the

> oval, input the (long) length you want, click either the "long

length

> along X axis" button or "long length along Y axis" button, and it
> outputs code like this...
>
> G90
> G00 X0.1250 Y4.1854 Z1.0000 ( CAUTION - ARBITRARY Z )
> G01 Z-.8 F2 ( CAUTION - ARBITRARY Z and Feed )
> G02 X0.1250 Y9.8146 R3.2500
> G02 X9.8750 Y9.8146 R9.7500
> G02 X9.8750 Y4.1854 R3.2500
> G02 X0.1250 Y4.1854 R9.7500
>
> You can get it at:
>
> www.woodsucker.com/goval.htm
>
> Comments appreciated.