Inlay Technique.

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TheReasearcher
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Inlay Technique.

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Greetings all. I tried several times to do an inlay and i am not successful as much as i want.
Here is my dilemma.

I want to do a Vbit inlay and have watched many of the tutorials available and still seem to be missing something.
I want to inlay a image with a 60 Degree 10 MM bit and a 3MM Endmill.
For the female the Start Depth is 0.0 and Cut Depth is 8MM (Maple)
For the Male the Start Depth is 4 and Cut Depth is 4MM (Walnut) Flipped Horizontal and about job center
When i did this the walnut wont fit into the female its grossly oversized and wont fit.

What did i do wrong and can i salvage my work? Even just the maple?

Wayne

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scottp55
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Re: Inlay Technique.

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A good seat of the Male should have a gap like in the second picture.
My depth settings on the Male were the same proportions as yours.
Is yours similar?
scott
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VINLAY TIN PURPLEHEART MAPLE .jpg
VINLAY TIN5 PURPLEHEART GOOD SEAT.jpg
VINLAY TIN PURPLEHEART MAPLE 1.jpg
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Re: Inlay Technique.

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No unfortunately.
The male part seems to be more rounded off than sharp like yours..
My male inlay settings are shows in the attachment is yours set like this as well?
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male inlay.JPG

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Re: Inlay Technique.

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Do you have a picture?
Tin/Purpleheart one was a 45 degree bit, but the "twig" inlay was a 60degree engraving bit, as was the Padauk inlay with the same gap(good seating).
All males were the same 50/50 start depth/flat depth settings.
Perhaps post the .crv if no copyright issues as well?
Somebody should be able to help:)
scott
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TIN BLOCK VINLAY MALE SETTINGS.jpg
Branch 1.jpg
Branch 2.jpg
MIM ZERO ON 2 BUSINESS CARDS POCKET RASTER ENDGRAIN .005.jpg
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Re: Inlay Technique.

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So what happened is i woke up and started to do another cut of the male side. Same settings, etc.
It cut exactly as expected and fit inside the inlay.

Not sure why shutting off the CNC and doing the exact same cut/work and this time it was successful but it worked. Will upload the pic of the failed version soon

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Re: Inlay Technique.

Post by scottp55 »

Possible you lost position in Z?
If not cut and glued the same day, then Male is MUCH more likely to expand/contract from humidity than the female if humidity changes.
Glad it worked:)
scott
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