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- Jul 26, 2005
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- Phoenix, Arizona
Hello, this is the first time I felt I had a post worth posting up on this site... so here it goes.
I'm using a Haas VM-3 to put bolt holes in automotive wheel spacers. I had an idea to engrave our company logo/web site along with size information on the spacers. The Haas manual is pretty good at explaining the G-codes for engraving, but only in a straight line. As a practice example, I came up with this;
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O00167 (TEXT)
M06 T15
G00 X0. Y0.
G90 G54 G00 X0. Y0. S2000 M03
G47 P0 X0. Y2.85 I0. J0.5 R0.05 Z-0.005 F15. E10. (H)
G00 X0. Y0.
G68 R-45.
G47 P0 X0. Y2.85 I0. J0.5 R0.05 Z-0.005 F15. E10. (H)
G69
G54 X0. Y0.
G68 R-90.
G47 P0 X0. Y2.85 I0. J0.5 R0.05 Z-0.005 F15. E10. (H)
G53 G00 G69 Y0. Z0. M05
M30
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A program like this would work... I guess. But having to go to X0.0 Y0.0 between each letter would be a little tedious to say the least. What I want is for the machine to go from one letter to the next without going to X0.0,Y0.0 between each letter.
Thanks in advance
I'm using a Haas VM-3 to put bolt holes in automotive wheel spacers. I had an idea to engrave our company logo/web site along with size information on the spacers. The Haas manual is pretty good at explaining the G-codes for engraving, but only in a straight line. As a practice example, I came up with this;
%
O00167 (TEXT)
M06 T15
G00 X0. Y0.
G90 G54 G00 X0. Y0. S2000 M03
G47 P0 X0. Y2.85 I0. J0.5 R0.05 Z-0.005 F15. E10. (H)
G00 X0. Y0.
G68 R-45.
G47 P0 X0. Y2.85 I0. J0.5 R0.05 Z-0.005 F15. E10. (H)
G69
G54 X0. Y0.
G68 R-90.
G47 P0 X0. Y2.85 I0. J0.5 R0.05 Z-0.005 F15. E10. (H)
G53 G00 G69 Y0. Z0. M05
M30
%
A program like this would work... I guess. But having to go to X0.0 Y0.0 between each letter would be a little tedious to say the least. What I want is for the machine to go from one letter to the next without going to X0.0,Y0.0 between each letter.
Thanks in advance
