Inlay pocket problems

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I just finished doing an inlay. After finishing both the base pocket cut and the plug cut I have about a sixteenth inch movement in both directions when I set the plug into the pocket . Is there a fix for this problem

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I figured out what I did wrong. I had the inlay mode turned on in both the base and plug cuts. Now, with that error said, is there a way to correct the problem without wasting one or both pieces?
Thanks
David

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If you ad Inlay mode on in both, the male is probably correct, and the female the pocket is too big.
If you can mill the female down to the level where it was traced (Max Depth - Glue Gap),
Then run it again with the Inlay mode turned off, Start depth 0.0, It should fit.
If you have enough stock on the female to surface it down that far.

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Would the inverse be true?
Turn off inlay and re do the male piece?

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No, because the female is already too big. You’d have to offset the geometry & recut the male altogether.

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Does inlay mode add an outer offset or an inner one? I was thinking inner and removing it would effectively make the make piece larger but maybe I have it backwards.

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Inlay mode changes the plane where the vector is traced. So, essentially on the male it would be an inward offset. You could cut the male without the inlay turned on, and a start depth of 0.0 and it should fit in the female. But the vector is now (Max depth - glue gap) into the project, and the shape at the top of the workpiece is larger than designed. I suppose, depending on the design it might still look OK.

You would have to mill some stock off either piece to recut it though. If you did what you suggested over the previous cut, you would just be cutting air. You would have to mill the male down to the previous glue gap height, then re-zero at that height.

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Gotcha. I didn’t think about it making things look thicker from the top. Like you say, may work depending on the design.

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