Shapeoko Pro small detail

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

What size tool are you using?

Are you cutting a slot just as narrow as the endmill?

Leave a roughing clearance and make a finishing pass?

Add geometry so as to cut as a pocket while using a smaller tool?

Switch to a V carving inlay?

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…