# Key hole bit tool path

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888>\
**Category:** Projects\
**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888 "2016-03-03T19:42:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BradD](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/bradd/32/15010_2.png) [@BradD](https://community.inventables.com/u/BradD)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888/1 "2016-03-03T19:42:45Z")

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Does anyone know if there’s a way to use a key hole bit in Easel or Vcarve?

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**Author:** ![Rusty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/rusty/32/72583_2.png) [@Rusty](https://community.inventables.com/u/Rusty)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888/2 "2016-03-03T19:47:40Z")

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Yes, someone posted some g-code to run this operation not too long ago. Now to find it.

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**Author:** ![Rusty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/rusty/32/72583_2.png) [@Rusty](https://community.inventables.com/u/Rusty)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888/3 "2016-03-03T19:49:53Z")

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Yay! Found it!

> [@Keyhole Slot G Code](https://community.inventables.com/t/keyhole-slot-g-code/15616):
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> Don’t know if this will be helpful, but I searched all over for a way to cut t-hole slots for hanging pictures and frames. It needs to plunge to a quarter of an inch, and then nibble forward, back up, nibble forward, back up, etc. This is if you don’t want the hassle of first cutting a quarter inch pocket, then following up with the keyhole bit. This code is for 1/8" depth of cut slot cutters. The bottom of the cut is only .25" deep so this is safe for .5" material. This code slows the plun…

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**Author:** ![BradD](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/bradd/32/15010_2.png) [@BradD](https://community.inventables.com/u/BradD)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888/4 "2016-03-03T20:42:14Z")

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Great, thank you Rusty! Sorry for the double post, I didn’t see that thread. I was on my phone and just posted lol. I used that gcode and it worked great. I modified it a little to accommodate my key hole bit. I increased the plunge depth a little and didn’t make the slot quite as long. I also added the spindle stop code at the end.

T1M6  
G17  
G20  
G0Z1.1000  
G0X0.0000Y0.0000S12000M3  
G0X0.0000Y0.0000Z0.2000  
G1Z-0.2600F5.0  
G1Y0.1000F10.0  
Y0.0000  
Y0.2000  
Y0.0000  
Y0.3000  
Y0.0000  
Y0.4000  
Y0.0000  
Y0.5000  
Y0.0000  
G0Z0.2000  
G0Z1.1000  
G0X0.0000Y0.0000  
M05  
M30

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**Author:** ![BradD](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/bradd/32/15010_2.png) [@BradD](https://community.inventables.com/u/BradD)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/key-hole-bit-tool-path/20888/5 "2016-03-03T22:51:21Z")

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I also found that Vcarve offers a gadget for Keyhole toolpaths. [http://www.vectric.com/support/gadgets.html](http://www.vectric.com/support/gadgets.html)