Leon, In case your NC mill does not have bolt circle
program instructions here is a conversion program
from bolt circle to x y coordinates.
Paul Lamar
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radius = 5.875 / 2
OPEN "psruhole.dat" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
PRINT #1, "angle x y"
FOR angle1 = 15 TO 345 STEP 30
radian1 = angle1 / 57.295
PRINT #1, angle1,
PRINT #1, USING "###.###"; radius * SIN(radian1);
PRINT #1, USING "#######.###"; radius * COS(radian1)
NEXT
SHELL "more < psruhole.dat"
angle x y
15 0.760 2.837
45 2.077 2.077
75 2.837 0.760
105 2.837 -0.760
135 2.077 -2.077
165 0.760 -2.837
195 -0.760 -2.837
225 -2.077 -2.077
255 -2.837 -0.760
285 -2.837 0.760
315 -2.077 2.077
345 -0.760 2.837