I do detailed inlay work, formerly in fretboards and headstocks of guitars, now in jewerly boxes. I’ve just begun to learn enameling using the Nomad to create the pockets for champleve. The Nomad is excellent for this. It is repeatedly precise for the inlay work, inlay and pockets match without resorting to the now popular v-carve methods. I’ve used bits as small as 0.178 mm and, now that I’ve trued the spindle, have confidence it will handle the smallest bit I’ve found, a 0.127 mm ball-end. I’ve cut silver, gold, 360 brass, C145 copper, mother of pearl, ebony, various plastics and more. I’ve also used the Nomad for drag engraving on MOP and copper.
This is my first test for champleve, the milled portion is 1.5" square. The shingling in the fields is exegerated in the photo. Some of the 0.30 mm pockets are uncut, the pockets are all 1.0 mm deep. The lines demarcating stamen were dragged, I will mill them next test to a depth of 0.2 mm.
Some inay the Nomad is capable of: