I can’t help you with your current pickle, but I recommend you ditch version 764 and update to the latest for future inlay projects. In v777, they completely changed how inlays work (in a very good way). The new Advanced VCarve looks different now:
Here’s a related thread with my test results:
I finally got around to testing the new inlay update discussed in this thread:
Long story short - It worked absolutely great the first time.
I shamelessly used the same familiar barista for my test, inlaying end-grain walnut into end-grain hickory:
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I used a new 30° Vee Bit (with a .005" tip) and the “Plug Depth” and “Top Gap” recommendations from @wmoy .
My pocket depth was .25". The recommendation is to make the plug depth .5mm (.02") less than the pocket depth, so my plug de…
And here’s the original post announcing the new features:
We just posted an update to Carbide Create with a rework of the inlay mode. This is a fundamentally different take on how to make inlays, so inlay toolpaths created with the old code will be reset back to a basic Advanced V-carve in this build. You’ll need to reenable the inlay mode and set the new parameters.
You can grab 777 here: Download Carbide Create V7
Here are a few of the test pieces we’ve done with bamboo and walnut (with zero special effort spent in setup or machining):
[before…
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