Doing Inlay with my Shapeoko

[SLabuta (Steve Labuta - S3-XL)]

This thread has some different ways to use CC to create inlays and lots of explanations on what the different depths of cuts do.

Using "Advanced VCarve" in Carbide Create 461 to make Inlays

[IMG_20200321_142953] Now that Carbide Create has the advanced V-Carve feature, it has become possible to make inlays (see picture above). I’m going to go through the steps I used to make the coaster. (Update two weeks later: I am learning that the smaller the angle of the V bit, the better this technique works. 90 degrees… don’t bother. 60 maybe… 30 gives much better results) C2D files: coffee inlay tutorial - inlay side.c2d (624.7 KB) coffee inlay tutorial - coaster side.c2d (449.1 KB) S…