When in doubt, find code to steal. This Dutchmen (hence the unique spelling of circle) has a good explanation and subroutine. I improved it slightly to add vertical and circular feed rates as parameters, but also to make sure I understood gCode suroutines:
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( Mill a hole with the centre at x,y and diameter d, diameter of mill Md and depth z )
( Parameters: x y d Md z vfeed cfeed)
( #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7)
O100 sub
#8 = [#3 - #4] ( Diameter of circle to mill )
#8 = [#8 / 2] ( Radius of circle to mill )
G0 z 2 F #6
G0 x [#1 - #8] y #2
G1 z #5
G0 F#7
G17 G2 x [#1 - #8] y #2 i #8 j 0 z #5
O100 endsub
O100 call [2.75] [1.5] [1.5] [.5] [-.27] [5] [1]
(Clean up debris from circle)
O100 call [2.75] [1.5] [1.5] [.5] [-.27] [5] [20]
(remove inner circle )
G0 F 50 z 1
O100 call [2.75] [1.5] [1] [.5] [-.27] [5] [1]
(Clean up debris from circle)
O100 call [2.75] [1.5] [1] [.5] [-.27] [5] [20]
G0 F 50 z 1
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Updated: No good reason to retract the cutting tool each time.
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