Wooden Inlay nightmares

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I’ve been at this for weeks now and have yet to find a solution. What are the depths used for wooden inlays in carbide create? I currently have a pocket flat depth of .2 and I’ve practiced with multiple different plug depths. My last two I tried were start depth of .05 and flat depth of .20 for the plug, it fit inside my pocket but was loose. I just now tried to make my start depth .15 and flat depth .20 and it make my plug even smaller (i cancelled the job early because I knew it wouldn’t work anyways) and anytime my start depth is larger than my flat depth, nothing shows on the simulation. That tells me it is not cutting anything. Here are some pictures to show what I am talking about, along with the create file show no simulation for the toolpath of start depth .18/flat depth .20
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnDHAbcUM0TZhg6IMutZyIDtthAC?e=IxNCAS

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnDHAbcUM0TZhgv1mnq_qsTPnvVO?e=W3CS9w

goerss male UPDATED.c2d (451.0 KB)

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I use the advanced v carve function, either an Amana 15 degree or an off brand 22 degree V bit:
0->.25 for the female
.05 → .30 for the male

Looking at your file, it seems like you have a typo
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You typed .020

That’s also not a lot of space for glue. You didn’t say what type of material it is, but I’d increase that.

You also are starting really deep at .18 targeting a .20 female.

I’m still figuring this out, as well, but I think you want the difference between your male start and finish to be at least the depth of your pocket.

I suggest switching your male to .05 to .25 depth.

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I actually got it figured out, I’ve been using a .05 start and .20 max for my plug while my pocket is .20 deep and it’s been working nicely. I figured out my issue was my Z axis was set for the HDZ setting in carbide motion when it should have been set for the Z-plus setting, since that’s the newer setting. It was throwing off my depths for everything

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Those depths I had sent arent a typo, apparently those are the depths you need if you are using Vectrics software. Why the start depths mean different things with different programs is unknown to me

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The start and cut depths are per-se irrelevant. What you are aiming to achieve is a perfect fit ‘at the mating plane’. The plug’s mating plane has to be artificially shifted to give clearance above once mated, to allow for tolerances and cutting away the remnant of the plug. There are several good articles on this forum (@julien and others) and on the Vectrics website video tutorials that explain what is needed and why.

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Carbide Create: image

“Vectrics” software: image

You mention a “flat depth” which is a Vectric setting and seem to be saying you are applying it to Carbide Create, which is a little confusing.

From the icons: vectricD=ccS whereas ccD=vectricD+vectricF. Maybe :slight_smile:

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Oh, that’s a whole different world. My understanding is Vectrics requires you to cut each v independently and it’s a bit more drama than Carbide Create.

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Not in my experience. It’s really simple in VCarve, and does the whole lot in one go. It also lets you choose a bunch of pocketing tools of different sizes, which sorts and uses to do the basic grunt work before the V bit is used.

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