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(11-18-07 small c-clamp 1 inch deep X .6 inch wide throat )
(Mount blank 3/8 X 1.5 tall steel workpiece vertically in vise)
(With 1+ inch sticking up. TP cuts vertically downward in rectangular )
(loop .01 inch per pass. 25 IPM and .01 per pass works well for steel.)
(TP length 2.85 Inches. At 25 IPM = .4167 IPS Est time is)
(6.84 seconds / pass, X 100 passes = 684 sec=11.4 minutes.)
(left front corner is 0,0)
(Touch x left, y front, z top)
(tool radius)
( var $radius$ )
(corners of tool path)
( var $x1$ )
( var $x2$ )
( var $y1$ )
( var $y2$ )
( var $x0$ )
( var $y0$ )
( var $z0$ )
( var $max_depth$ )
( var $zinc$ )
( var $loopz$ )
( var $safez$ )
$radius$ = 0.1875
$safez$=1.0
$x1$=0.5875
$x2$=0.8125
$y1$=-0.4
$y2$=0.8
$max_depth$=-1.0
$zinc$=0.01
G92 Z0 X[0-$radius$] Y[0-$radius$]
G00 Z $safez$
G00 X $x1$ Y $y1$
G00 Z 0.0000
(start cutting donward in rectangular path)
$loopz$ =0.0000
O101 while [$loopz$ gt $max_depth$]
$loopz$=$loopz$-$zinc$
G00 Z $loopz$
G01 X $x1$ Y $y2$
G00 X $x2$ Y $y2$
G01 X $x2$ Y $y1$
G00 X $x1$ Y $y1$
O101 endwhile
G00 Z $safez$
G00 X[0-$radius$] Y[0-$radius$]
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