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Mill a straight line
« on: November 10, 2009, 08:28:28 PM »
They say there's no such thing as a stupid question but this one is close. I need to mill a simple straight line the width of whatever diameter cutter I have at hand. Basically I'm milling some elliptical holes inside of a rectangle 1 in. by 8 in. from a 8 in. x 8 in.  brass plate. I just need to "part off" the 1 in. x 8 in. piece when the ellipses are milled. I could do it manually but that's no fun. I could draw a rectangle, import it into Lazycam and use outside offsets but that means the cutter will be cutting air on 3 sides. That's no fun either.

I've got a 12 in. x 12 in. piece of aluminum that I'd like to cut up to make a tool plate so the ability to have the Taig mill a simple straight line seems like a very basic task. Any thoughts?

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Re: Mill a straight line
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 10:10:49 PM »
Position the part and cutter where you want, then in the MDI line
G01 X 8.0" F1.0 
G01 -thats a linear interpolation move, X8.0 - the X axis will move 8.0 units, F1.0 - at a feed rate of 1.0 ipm.
You change the axis, the  travel distance  and feedrate to suite what your doing.
RICH