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Gcode for Duplex Receptacle

slow-poke

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Does anyone have a gcode program for the old style duplex receptacle?

x=y=0 @ center mounting screw
1/8" tool diameter
 

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Does anyone have a gcode program for the old style duplex receptacle?

x=y=0 @ center mounting screw
1/8" tool diameter
Are you wanting just the holes to be able to mount an outlet inside a box or a custom panel?
 

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Something like this.....

It's a bit of an unusual configuration, 3 x duplex

Required 8 lines of gCode plus the unused baggage:
(Duplex Top)
G0 G49 G40 G17 G80 G50 G90
M6 T5(TOOL DIA. 0.125)
G20 (Inch)
M03 S300
G64
G00 G43 H5 Z0

(right arc)
X0.3246 Y0.2546
G01 Z-0.1 F0.5
G3 X0.3246 Y1.2934 I0 J0.774 F0.15

(straight left)
G1 X -0.3246 F0.15

(Left arc)
X-0.3246 Y1.2934
G01 Z-0.1 F0.5
G3 X-0.3246 Y0.2546 I0 J0.774 F0.15

(straight right)
G1 X 0.3246 F0.15

G00 Z0
M5 M9
M30


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Mine was bigger because I did a depth of cut 0.050. Plus entry exit ramps. That was for the inner profile. One of the programs milled it all away. Tedious.
 
Look at the feed rate 0.15.... I'd be running 5 at least.
I wanted tight corners so I used a small diameter tool, I start slow on the first pass, then speed up when I know it's working. Can you cut at 5 IPS with a 1/8" tool?
 
Mine was bigger because I did a depth of cut 0.050. Plus entry exit ramps. That was for the inner profile. One of the programs milled it all away. Tedious.
Oh and mine was also a good example of crap CAM software from Mecsoft which used a whole bunch of short lines rather than the IJ curves. Which just goes to show that if you learn how G-Code works it's possible to make small programs.
 
Oh and mine was also a good example of crap CAM software from Mecsoft which used a whole bunch of short lines rather than the IJ curves. Which just goes to show that if you learn how G-Code works it's possible to make small programs.
I imagine anyone that has written even a few lines of machine code cringes when they download some trivial program like a clock, and it requires 500MB or more of disc space. I know I do.;-)
 
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