Need help asap inlay plug

[HardDrive (Jon)]

I have tried this on v7 and v8

I can’t get the inlay plug to work right

I am on a very tight deadline as the other inlay cutting board that was done has cracked well not glued up well from where I bought the inlay kit.

I don’t have original file for inlay or inlay plug

I am on the inlay plug step and I only have one inlay plug kit/board left.

I can’t get either version to do what I need.

On the first step I went ahead and just did a straight pocket
Depth .35”

I need the plug done at that depth but max on inlay plug is 15mm.

I need help fast

[wmoy (Winston)]

Can you provide more information? Cut settings and/or carbide create file? As well as photos of what’s not working well.

[Logan01 (Logan Habel)]

I believe 0.35" is less than 15mm.

[HardDrive (Jon)]

HERE IS FILE
sorry for caps

gandee.c2d (104 KB)

[HardDrive (Jon)]

Here is cutting board
I only have one inlay walnut left

[HardDrive (Jon)]

if I do a contour cut its either to small or to large or even with no offset is to small to fit and there is a gap
outside right offset is to large also to drop in the inlay

so I am stuck

I only have 1 inlay walnut left from the kit for this board so I have to be dead on

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

Outside right is correct for the plug. The problem is even if the pocket & plug are exactly the right size, it won’t fit. It will be “press fit”, which means you’d have to hammer it in, or it just won’t fit.
Cut it outside right & measure a couple places to see what the difference in size actually is.
Measure where you can get an accurate reading…

So your plug needs to be just a smidge smaller than the pocket. I usually go about 0.010" clearance. Start with 0.005" & see how it fits. You can always take a little more off, but you can’t add stock.

You can adjust by offsetting the geometry by the distance you want.
Or you can lie to the software. If you program the path with a 0.240" tool, but cut with a 0.250 tool, you will get 0.005" clearance.