CNC in the (Model Engineers’) Workshop
Part 14
Instalment 14 of CNC In The (Model Engineers’) Workshop was published in the June 2014 issue of Model Engineers’ Workshop (issue 216).
This month saw the continuation of the project to make an Etch Folder.
This instalment contained information about subroutines and about machining the reinforcing bar, including giving the bar a neat rounded top edge.
MEW Issue 216 : June 2014
Why G for G Code? One answer is to be found here.
Programs
To save your weary fingers, here are the programs shown in this instalment:
In each program, the initial comments and initialisation block commands have been added to what appears in the magazine, and there are additional comments throughout the programs to help you understand the flow of the program and the purpose of each section. That would all be too much to add to the pages of the magazine. If you have been following the series, you should know that these things all need to be in your completed programs, but downloading the code from this website will give you the complete programs.
Page 57, first column, Base Plate
Page 58, middle column, Reinforcing Bar (no rounding over)
Page 59, as suggested at the bottom of the first column, Rounding Over
Download the article here