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Help needed with G code

Posted by Mike Chaney
on 2003-11-11 14:43:27 UTC
Greetings....

I'm returning to this list after a couple of years absence, having successfully
converted my Taiwanese mill/drill to CNC in the meantime. Being so inclined,
I've been coding manually and producing parts in metal that I certainly could
not make by turning the handles.

Today I ran into a problem, though, and I wonder if someone can help or at least
point me to someone who can. I've had a good trawl of the web and this is one
aspect where all the writers avoid going into any detail.

I needed to cut a curve in the Y-Z plane and, although the G17, G18 and G19
codes are supported by CNCPRO (which I would heartily recommend, by the way) I
cannot work out how to use the I, J and K parameters to get the right result.

The following code should have cut a symmetrical convex curve from Y6.20, Z-1.20
to Y-6.20, Z-1.20 with its centre at Y0, Z-15.60. (The value of X is not
relevant.) By my reckoning, the cut should be anticlockwise viewed from the X
+ve end of the machine table.

G00 Y6.20
G01 Z-1.20
G19
G03 Y-6.20 Z-1.20 I-6.20 J-14.32
G17

It doesn't work, or rather the tool goes all over the place, so what am I doing
wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

Discussion Thread

Mike Chaney 2003-11-11 14:43:27 UTC Help needed with G code doug98105 2003-11-11 15:12:35 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Mike Chaney 2003-11-11 15:22:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code volitan712003 2003-11-11 17:32:34 UTC Re: Help needed with G code volitan712003 2003-11-11 18:04:16 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Mike Chaney 2003-11-12 00:35:18 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Fred Smith 2003-11-12 06:54:08 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Jon Elson 2003-11-12 09:19:51 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Tim 2003-11-12 09:24:55 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Alan Marconett KM6VV 2003-11-12 11:23:50 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Mike Chaney 2003-11-12 12:11:50 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Jon Elson 2003-11-12 22:31:09 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Jon Elson 2003-11-12 22:35:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code COGSMAN1 2003-11-13 07:27:00 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Fred Smith 2003-11-13 09:29:03 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Mike Chaney 2003-11-13 11:38:38 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Mike Chaney 2003-11-13 12:05:34 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Raymond Heckert 2003-11-13 20:09:17 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Jon Elson 2003-11-13 21:25:12 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code alenz2002 2003-11-13 21:28:33 UTC Re: Help needed with G code COGSMAN1 2003-11-14 04:49:31 UTC Re: Help needed with G code Marcus and Eva 2003-11-14 07:43:57 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Help needed with G code Charles Hixon 2003-11-14 11:03:01 UTC Re: Help needed with G code