Deep Vcarve Inlay
Deep Vcarve Inlay
Whats a good formula for Deep Vcarve Inlay? Where the inlay is 1/4" thick
- AboveCreations
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Re: Deep Vcarve Inlay
Not sure what you mean by deep vcarve inlay. With a 1/4" inlay material, you aren't going to get any deeper than 1/4". So I would just stick to the Zank Vinlay which Beki setup. See the attached pic!
- adze_cnc
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Re: Deep Vcarve Inlay
A good formula? E=mc^2 ; f=ma ; f(x) = x^2 + c
But seriously folks... When you say "inlay is 1/4" thick" is that overall thickness for the material that the inlaid piece will be cut from (as AboveCreations is presuming) or is that you want 1/4" of material to inlaid into a socket and that the material is actually thicker?
I'd suggest looking at two posts (both by me *blush*):
- a simplified diagram than the one posted above and an explanation of what the various depths mean: here
- an analysis of someone's project to figure out depths required: here
E.g. material to inlay 1/4" (A) ; "glue gap" 0.01" (C); "air gap 1/16" (B) — letters per my diagram:
- socket: start depth = 0 ; flat depth = 0.26 ( A+C ; 0.25+0.01)
- plug: start depth = 0.25 (A) ; flat depth = 0.0625 (B)
- socket: start depth =0 ; flat depth = x
- plug: start depth = x; flat depth = 0