I'm trying to use G73 for a row of deep drilled holes, and I can't see any guidance in the manual for the use of the parameters. I gather from other discussions that X & Y are the start position, that Z is the hole depth, R is the final retract position (maybe), L is the number of repeats (only useful in incremental mode) and Q is the retract increment. So what do A, B & C do? And have I got ANY of them right?
In other discussions F is brought in as a feed rate, but it's not mentioned in the G73 description. If F is a valid parameter for G73 shouldn't it be mentioned along with the others?
Can anyone clarify what the parameters are? Simple examples in absolute and incremental modes would be useful.
And if you did the same for the other canned cycles I suspect you'd be doing everyone a favour!
Keith
(not involved in previous G73 discussions)