use G81 to cut slots instead of drill holes?

Is it possible to use g81 to cut a series of slots? slots are identical and spacing is constant. obviously i could just repeat slot code 16 times, but that seems a little clunky.

I just need to know if this is not impossible using canned cycle. knowing it is possible will enable me to stick with it until it works.

thx.

john

thanks much. it is so easy to just copy the routine and paste 16 times to get the 17 slots, but I was sure there must be a better way.

thanks much,

john

I wimped out. it was so easy to copy and paste the code which mills the slot lifts the tool and moves it over an inch to cut the next one, that i just did that. This is for cutting grooves in the bottom of mdf which will become a vacuum table for cutting balsa parts for r/c airplanes.

I wanted the code to be tidy because I'm likely to want to make more of these things and having it use sub-routines or macros would make it easier to edit.

when I get done with this, i'll come back to making more compact code.

thanks for the ideas.

john

Might get some ideas here...
forum.linuxcnc.org/forum/40-subroutines-...ling-multiple-copies

Rick G

Bingo! Thank you so much. just what i needed. and not only that but I get to learn something.

john