So I'm doing an inlay on a cheese board and I usually cut off the male section with my bandsaw but this time it's just slightly to big and don't fit. The tutorial I learned from mentions that one of the guys uses his cnc and a .5 inch em to eat it away.
I have tried several ways to configure the vector to for this to use a pocket footpath but it always leaves an open vector and the whole thing is ignored! Is there a good tutorial for this or could someone please simplify some instruction? Lol I'm still learning all the ins and outs.
This has to be done today though so I'm kinda in a jam!
Thanks
Zuke
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Re: Need help asap please
Draw a rectangle over the inlay, and use that for your pocket toolpath.
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Thanks but that is still confusing, how is it going to go back and forth to eat away the wood with a single rectangle? Don't you need multiple lines to tell it to go up then back and so on?
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The pocket toolpath does that for you.
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Thanks! It's working great
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Re: Need help asap please
This suggestion may be too late to help the OP; however, I have also run up against the problem of removing waste backing from large inlays. My bandsaw is a small, cheap one...usable sawing width is only about 4 1/2 " (Grrrrrrrrrrr). Rather than buy a new, expensive bandsaw (which still would have limitations on the width of material I could feed through it) I decided to try using a reciprocal saw with easily obtainable 12" blades. That essentially worked, except (as anyone who has used one will appreciate) it is very hard to keep the saw steady enough to keep from scarring up the workpiece surface.
The solution is dirt simple...I bought some thin 1" wide aluminum strips and clamp those to the workpiece surface on both sides of the inlay backing. Then I simply keep the reciprocating saw blade flush to the metal strips as I cut off the inlay backing. It goes quickly and the saw blade never touches the workpiece surface.
Although I haven't needed to try it yet, in theory this simple method could also be used with a large hand-saw to safely and cleanly remove the inlay backing from very large workpieces.
The solution is dirt simple...I bought some thin 1" wide aluminum strips and clamp those to the workpiece surface on both sides of the inlay backing. Then I simply keep the reciprocating saw blade flush to the metal strips as I cut off the inlay backing. It goes quickly and the saw blade never touches the workpiece surface.
Although I haven't needed to try it yet, in theory this simple method could also be used with a large hand-saw to safely and cleanly remove the inlay backing from very large workpieces.
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Re: Need help asap please
Hmm...Never thought of it before this, but my flexible trim saw would probably work well on small VInlays;
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=32928
I LOVE using it on tabs
I'll have try it:)
Thanks,
scott
OH...I have both, but use the single edge almost exclusively.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=32928
I LOVE using it on tabs
I'll have try it:)
Thanks,
scott
OH...I have both, but use the single edge almost exclusively.
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