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+# comments are preceded by # - the computer ignores anything following #
 
 zmin = -0.05 # this is clearance past the end on the spindle side - never changes
 zmax = 0.92 # length of piece at tailstock, determined by jogging over to its end
 
 xmin = -0.125 # diameter of original part - where to start shaving passes
 xmax = -0.26 # diameter of finished part - where to stop shaving passes
 xclr = -0.32 # a back-out diameter to move to before and after all cutting work
 xstp = 0.003 # how far to move in per-pass (went as high as 0.019" on Walnut)
 
 print '%' # prog start (a necessary symbol for EMC2 - www.linuxcnc.org)
 
 # clear and get in start position
 print '(clear and get in start position)' # ( and ) surround comments in g-code
 print 'F10' # feed speed of 10 (in/min, IIRC)
 print 'G1 X%0.3F' % xclr # G1 means 'move at feed speed'
 print 'G1 Z%0.3F' % zmax # this formatting is a Python thing, explained next...
 
 # the Z will be printed in the previous line. %F in ""s or ''s will be replaced by
 # a valid floating point number (or the value of a variable containing one) after
 # the quotes and another % symbol to separate the two parts. Putting a 0.3 between
 # the % and the F means to print it with 3 decimal places, rounding up, or padding
 # with 0 if necessary. E.g. 0.5318 would become 0.532, and 0.12 would become 0.120
 
 print '(begin cutting)'
 # the next statement starts up a loop between the xmax and xmin values, with the 1000s
 # being a convention to fix some problems with floating points that I can likely remove
 for i in range(int(xmax * 1000), int(xmin * 1000 + xstp * 1000), int(xstp * 1000)):
 	print 'F6' # slow down for pass each time
 	# the next line will move to the final pass in X only if we're less than a step away
 	if i / 1000.0 > xmin:
 		print 'G1 X%0.3F' % xmin
 	# otherwise just make each next pass
 	else:
 		print 'G1 X%0.3F' % (i / 1000.0)
 	# make the cut
 	print 'G1 Z%0.3F' % zmin
 	print 'F15' # speed up for finish pass each time
 	# make the finish pass back the other way
 	print 'G1 Z%0.3F' % zmax
 
 # clear and return to start position
 print '(clear and return to start position)'
 print 'G1 X%0.3F' % xclr
 # for some reason, if I don't put the final line 2x, it doesn't run it - an EMC2 bug (?)
 print 'G1 Z%0.3F' % zclr
 print 'G1 Z%0.3F' % zclr
 
 print '%' # prog end (another EMC2 convention - www.linuxcnc.org)