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Chapter ii /Tool Holders and Testing
Figure 11.21
Plotting the second line.
a roll of kraft paper on which I initia lly experimented. but I also
pu rchased a roll of white ta blecloth paper from a party supply
store. Tablecloth paper is 3 feet wide a nd 50 feet long, which
makes it ideal as plotte r pa per. W hatever you use will need to be
taped at the co rne rs to stop it from sliding arou nd the table. Start
with the pa rallel line plotter file named Iinetest2.plt, crea ted in the
last cha pter. Import it into KCam a nd open the CNC Controls win-
dow, clicking the Automatic tab. Press the Start button a nd watch
the machine draw lines. Figures 11.21 and 11 .22 sh ow the
machine plotting linetest2.plt.
Figure 11.22
Plotting the last line.
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