Any time you can increase your creative skill set it's a good thing. I am in my 70's and just took up a CNC a year ago. Learning all the software and the nuances of the CNC machine has been a great experience. Never too old to learn a new skill. Thanks for sharing your knowledge .
I'm not far behind you at 67! And I don't have the time to learn by reinventing the wheel from scratch! So I appreciated M&SWoodwork's willingness to share what he's learned.
I’m a Derek! But unlike the other I appreciate all the skills required to do what you do. I’ve been a wood worker for 35 years and I’m still intimidated by my CNC. The haters will always hate so just keep doing what you do!
Hey, I'm a 76 year old great grandmother, and that CNC work was wayyy more work than I want to do. It's beautiful!!! All I've made so far is a regular cutting board, and I'm really proud of myself. There is pride of knowing you did your best, and there is pride when you think you're better than others. Even God bragged at the end of each day when He created everything by saying it was "good". When He created man He said that was "very good". Glad you didn't let that comment get you down.
Bless you, ma'am! Your comment made me smile! I believe anything that we make or create, be it with our hands, or using our mind to operate a machine, no matter how simple or complex is a blessing from God. And no ma'am, I didn't let that kid get me down. If anything his comment inspired me! Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching!!
Amen!! Thanks for those lovely words, cause half these folks have no clue on the work it takes to make something beautiful, unique and special for that client or special someone. Look forward to your next one!
Been in California for many years but the family is from Tennessee so I don't mind the southern accent at all. I've had a CNC for several years and have learned you need to be an artist for designs and an engineer for getting the software to perform the way you want. And also a mechanic to make sure the CNC is working properly. Mostly a woodworker to see a piece of wood for what it can become sitting on a shelf, table, or kitchen counter. Amen y'all
Amen indeed, Brother. I hear you. There are a lot of small-minded people out there who, as you so aptly described, do not know what it takes to create something beautiful. I thank you for being willing to share your hard work. You have it right. This is a gift from God who allows us to co-create within His world.
Thank you Andy! That means a lot! If you like Vcarve Inlays, then you'll really appreciate a couple of videos I have coming up in about a month. Thank you for watching!
ua-cam.com/video/Get2cPVt18A/v-deo.html - I designed and patented this farm drainage tile plow. (I am a retired farmer.) When a neighbor first saw it he said these exact words, "Just how is that going to improve the quality of your life!!" Not long after that when he saw it working, he bought one and loved it. Then later he told me he loved his tile plow more than he loved his wife. And then his wife was VERY upset with me. Just an example of how some critics can't ever say something nice without causing more problems. I use a CAD program for designing various things, including the previously mentioned drainage tile plow. It takes a lot of thought and effort to do that. I know just enough about it to understand that you really know what you are doing.
Mark, it's a game changer for sure. Clamps and cauls on especially larger inlays just doesn't cut it. Good luck to you and thanks so much for watching!
I enjoyed the video. To date I've made about 14 cutting boards. One thing I really liked was that you put the pocket and inlay numbers in the description. That's a huge help for anyone just starting out. It took me hours of testing until I got the numbers I was happy with. The video format was good keep it up.
Great job m8. Ive been cnc ing for about 3 years and have had lots of mixed results with inlays, so i know how difficult they can be. inspiring stuff, well done.
Very nice work! I've had my CNC for a few years now, and am currently working on my first end grain inlay. I've watched many videos and seen just as many recommendations for proper settings. So I've decided to just make my best guess and see what happens. Everything is an experiment ~ occasionally something beautiful happens!
No one setting is perfect. That is a fact! I plan on doing a video in the future, explaining the math behind the Vcarve Inlay Technique, so folks can figure out what the best settings is for them and their particular machine. Thank you for watching!
There is a lot time and effort spent on researching, planning and designing, cutting and painting, and just waiting on things to cure in these projects . The machine definitely is only a tool for the artist to use. Awesome work!!
Mate, I've built quite a few cnc machines including four and five axis ones and metal mills. I've posted a few of my builds on woodworking sites and get comments like "you're not a real woodworker, you just copy / paste". There will always be ignorant people that are afraid of what can be done with a cnc machine. I'm just starting to get into inlays and have been watching a few videos on the subject. Without people like you I would never have had the success I'm starting to get so keep up the good work so the enthusiasts can learn and the ignorant can be jelous.
Love this video! I just set up my longmill mk 2 and sufaced my spoil board last night. Very excited to get carving. I've been looking forward to doing inlays and your video is inspiring!!! Thank you
I just found you. Amen!! Been wanting to step up my end grain cutting boards. Have stayed away from the cnc. One it intimidated me, two I thought, one more tool, plus learning the darn thing. Watching you and some others, I’m taking a second look. Plus, I like the voice over. I hate guys spending ten minutes explaining how they are going to turn the machine on. Turn it on, I figure some of it out while I watch. Lol. Thanks for the time to share with us what you’ve learned.
Please, don't worry about the deadbeats on this platform I have two lasers and one flatbed UV printer and just ordered my $5000.00 CNC the amount of work that goes into the design, computer knowledge, and problem solving that comes up during the process of making something is crazy whether you are old school using hand tools or into the future of woodworking (Creating), you are still a creator so don't listen to the "Trolls" !!! just keep doing what you are doing...................We love you !!! Best, Rick. Oh.................AMEN!!!
Sir, I am 58 looking into purchasing a cnc in the near future. I currently do hand routing projects at the moment. But I am fascinated at what can be done with a cnc. I continue to watch UA-cam videos like yours to learn what it takes to create amazing projects like your cutting board. I would say you knocked it out of the park with your editing and content. Thanks for sharing and keep it up. 👍
Amen, hallelujah brother. Now climb down off the cross, I could use the wood. . . Excellent work, look forward to more. Thanks for taking the time to record, edit, and post your work. Not everyone appreciates how much time it adds to a project.
Thank you for saying that. I was very surprised when I first started doing this how time consuming it is. But comments like yours make it worthwhile. Thank you for watching!!
I’m new to CNC about 4 month lol and I’m really good with computer and wood working but I tell you when you combine the two it truly is at another level. It’s not easy at first. Not to mention the math I ignored in school was a mistake. That comment I made 37 years ago about I won’t need this math had come back to bite me in the buttocks. Well whoever gets into CNC all I can say is have fun because it truly is beautiful work
Great videos! I love them, keep it up. I am on the beginning of my woodworking and CNC adventures. It's full of frustrations, but when it comes together it's the best feeling in the world!
AMEN!!! Absolutely fabulous work! Getting use to the southern accent myself. Formerly a cheese head (Wisconsin) and now living in Ozark, Al. Very impressive work, and design. Thank you for sharing, and you have a new subscriber.
You did a great job on the cutting board. Don't worry, you will always have naysayers in anything you do. Personally, I think you are a skilled craftsman and you do great work. I love woodworking but I don't have a CNC machine, YET. Even though I am in my late 70's, I still enjoy learning something new and interesting. What a legacy that we may be able to leave behind. May the Lord continue to bless you and your work. Take care my friend. Rudy.
I just found your channel. I have been a woodworker for close to 30 years and located in south Alabama as well. Nice to know there are a few of us in the area.
A good craftsman uses ANY TOOL AT HIS DISPOSAL to do quality work. What "derek" and the rest of the trolls forget is that ALL WOOD is harvested with a power chainsaw, transported using diesel trucks, planked by a powered saw mill, sized on a power plainer, cut to size using some sort of powered saw, holes drilled using a power drill, more often than not, finished using some sort of powered sander - the list goes on and on. AND THOSE ARE ALL TOOLS TO HELP THE CRAFTSMAN. A CNC machine is simply one of those MANY tools available to the MODERN CRAFTSMAN.
I think your work is amazing, and it comes from you, not the machine, the machine is doing what you tell it to! Don’t worry about those little pee-on’s negative comments, obviously they stopped to watch because you sparked their interest 😊
Can I get an Amen?!! You really should have asked, "Hallelujah! Can I get an Amen and a subscription?!" Sir, you DEFINITELY got this fellow CNC machine operator's SUBSCRIPTION!! THANK YOU!
A warning, this is a bit of a very long boring post, but in spite of what it sounds like, it is not about me, it is all about my appreciation of you, the work you ( and other like you ) are doing and how you do it.. First let me applaud you for all you accomplish in your woodworking including dealing with the " Karens" of the internet. ( you know who you are Derek and friends). Please kep making these great videos. Please feel free to point out what appears to be bad spelling, I don't feel my fingers and type like crap hitting a bunch of keys at once.. I don't wear my feelingss on my sleeve and will edit as needed. This may be only the second or third post I have ever done on a woodworking video or forum. I am about to waste a bit of your time with my own credentials, but,,,, I was programming automated machinery since before there were computers. We used a strip of paper tape with holes puched in it like a ticker tape you see in the old stock trading movies. Light passing through the holes to indicate a positive or negative condition with a collection of the conditions initiating a certain move on the tool.... blah, blah blah . it was simply called N.C. ( numerical control ). That was before I was out of high school. I went through a formal union woodworking apprenticeship and the ensueing required competition to become a journeyman that included several thousand of us internationally and I completed the apprenticeship in record time as the top Journeyman graduating from that very large group. I returned by invitation to the training center as an instructor immediatly upon graduation while simultaneously starting my own company. I was soon later blessed enough to get to study and become friends with the retired head sculptor for the Vatican and improved on my carving skills significantly. I was a one man shop that was really blessed with clients that demanded projects that most woodworking shops would not touch or said couldn't be done. I went through almost a decade with NO sandpaper in my shop and using only hyde glue and/or physical interlocking joinery, doing " proper " period pieces with original methods. We made our scrapers by shocking thick homemade glass into shards I still own roughly 260 Gouges, 70 " carpenter chisels " and maybe 200 or so planes for specific molding cuts. Some I went to England and found or had made custom there but most I made ( as most REAL woodworkers did Derek ) in house. As a propr woodworker I learned about metalurgy, forming , tempering etc. In 1986 I had all of my steel in my shop including hand tools, saws, power tool bits and blades cyrogenically treated at 4 kelvins ( forgove me Derek, you can just google it ). I was regularly published nationally and maintained a 6 figure minimum with several commissioned projects surpassing 7 figures. I reproduced part of the Palace of Versaille and did over $2.7M on a 53' Wooden Yacht. I guess by Dereks standards I am still just a machine operator. I never really cared for cabinets or casework although I built 2 large kitchen that had horizontallly inward curved faces that everyone else said couldn't be produced. I was excited by other new challenges . A neck injury in 1992 lost the functional use of my hands for a long while so I decided I should build a cnc router to keep cash flow going. A tempting cash offer caused me to sell the first router I built and for a moment, I thought I was going into the CNC business but then I met " Derek". Folks would read a few magazine articles and actually think they could just buy a router and puch a button and do what I did. It only took a few Dereks for me to decide I did not have the desire to deal with likes of them. CNC became my weapon of choice for portions of my projects but the decades of fine woodworking are where my real value surfaced. My resume, if I had a need for one will included multiple US presidents, NASA, Dept. of Defense, NFL team owners, major International designers ( like Hermes , Fabrice Grandin both from Paris ) some of the most famous athletes in the world. One of my favorite and most challenging projects ever was developing and producing mold to produce a carbon fiber trombone that included 100% of the components. I departed from wood and produced the molds from Corian for obvious heat and mechanical reasons. Much to my own surprise, the mold worked first go. Tolerances on the slide and other mating parts were basicall +/- 0.0015 ". You have probably seen this black trombone on TV . I could go on much further but by now you should be well fed up with me and I was only hoping the Dereks of the world would know I AM a world class woodworker am am in absolute total respect of the likes of what is done here in this video. Getting from idea to product with CNC requires a lot of effort and investment in workflow development, design balancing, and MUST include previous knowlege of advanced woodworking to keep from wasting all of the other work invested. It is vastly more complicated when you add video production in the middle or your workflow. I bought a bunch of very expensive video equipment, sound and lights etc. and never made public even a single video that I made for my original channel. I stripped my website form 400 pages to a single page last year and have now it totally shut down for the moment. I thought I was going to start producing training videos etc. The effort it takes to produce a video to help other is unappreciated by anyone except for those that have done it. It at least doubles your production time while totally stopping some parts of the project if not duplicating some of the work to make sure you have the footage you need to. All of this while you are doing it to help others ans NO you don't get a bunch of money from UA-cam for doing these kinds of videos. The editing and scripting is an art form all of it's own. When you see a video like this with good lighting, good focus and details explained in easy to understand ways, it was not done by the seat of the pants. It is a LOT of time and effort and this was done as well as any , not to mention the actual woodworking was really functional and tight. M&S Woodworks has earned a spot of very high respect from this "Machine operator".
All I can say is WOW! You do indeed have quite the resume!! With that I am honored and humbled by your words, and I truly appreciate the kudos! Happy New Year to you sir, and thank you for watching!!
Very nice! I have a Onefinity Journeyman and I am just getting started with VCarve Pro and hope to be able to make some cutting boards like yours. Thanks for the video!
Screw the negative people.They do not have anything to accomplish in their boring lives.All they do is sit in front of a computer and troll.Great work !
That board came out really well … you know, for a machine operator lol. By the way, I use Sapele a lot. I love it. Also, nice job fixing that little blowout.
you're right !!! it's just like the 3D Printing it's a creation work !!! i would even say it's an artistical work. i know i'm unable to do do what you are doing a great job !!!!
I'm a woodworker, I've made very nice furniture. I wish I could do what you do, it's beautiful. I'm getting started with inlays, I can't seem to figure it out, so massive respect. Looking forward to your next video
In the next month or so, I plan on making a cutting board with a very complicated inlay. My intentions are to explain the math behind the inlays to help folks better understand how to do them successfully. Thank you for watching!
I’m so glad I found your channel. Great content, great commentary. I subscribed. Thanks for sharing your experience. Greetings from Western Australia 🇦🇺
I think you were dead on with your rant. I am a welder by trade or so I say I have designed multimillion dollar oil field equipment now and I am designing and building a cnc router/plasma table and would like to shout out to the creators like yourself as well as the people who first built these cnc machines. I think of myself as some one who is fairly smart but even with all the content on you tube I sometimes find it hard to understand how some people can make things looks so easy when in fact it is not. My thanks to you and all the creators on you tube.
Woodworking criticism is bad enough, but I couldn't imagine having a channel about welding! Ha! Thank you for the good words and thank you for watching!
So... If you use a mechine you're a machine operator? Gosh... I don't have a CNC, yet. But I do have a table saw, drill press, planer, sander, hand drill , multi saw, and more. So I guess I am a machine operator as well. You just keep doing what yoou do. 😎
Hallelujah! I've made plenty of firewood using all sorts of tools in the wrong way, including my CNC. This board looks fantastic; I really like how deep you went (I usually limit it to .25"). It seems like you're using a very similar small angle v-bit as well. Those fine lines on the male plug part of the inlay are impressive. Also, thank you for the tips on the juice groove! I need to remember the Ritz size factor.
Love the video....keep them coming. I really enjoy watching. I'm getting motivated to try some inlays. I would like to see how you setup your cuts in Vcarve.
I do indeed plan on making a video, to cover the math behind the Vcarve inlay technique as well as my workflow on how I create those tool paths. Stay tuned! 🙂
Amen, brother!! Can't wait to get my CNC to enhance my woodworking projects. Don't worry about the haters too much. Gotta get boring in their mommy's basements.
Great video! I have a question, what are your settings as far as depths? I tried EVERYTHING and can’t seem to get it. Vcarve just came out with a vcarve inlay “app” but that only uses v bits. Thanks!
Settings can vary on several things. I've got a couple more videos on the subject where I touch on settings. Check them out and if it doesn't answer your question, let me know and I'll try and give you a starting point to try. Thank you for watching!
I'll certainly give you an "AMEN"! And, as someone who's trying to reach the level you've obtained, I appreciate the information you've so generously shared. I'd just like to ask for one more piece of info that might really help me resolve some failures I've had. Would you mind sharing the speeds and feeds you used? Thanks, and keep being a positive creator!
Thank you for the kind words! When cutting the pocket, My feed is 80ipm and my spindle speed is 14k RPM for the engraving bit and about 12k RPM for the clearing bit. When I am cutting inlays, due to the start depth being so deep, I slow the feed rate on both bits down to 30 to 40ipm depending on how dense the wood is, and my spindle speed RPM remains the same. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching!
@@MandSWoodworks BTW, wouldn't it have been easier to put the inlay for the juice groove in before cutting the juice groove? It seems to me that would have reduced the process from 3 steps to 2!
Possibly. And I did think about that before settling on cutting the groove first. The inlay in the juice groove is 1/4" deep. The juice groove is a little over 1/8" deep. To cut the pocket and inlay before the juice groove meant that they would have had to been both cut at a little over 3/8". Thats a very deep inlay, and I feared increased the chances of it not seating against the pocket floor, which I am a stickler for. But in truth, it would be personal preference ,and most likely would have worked fine to cut the groove after installing the inlay. :)
I'm glad Mark Lindsay recommended your channel. My spoiler board is getting replaced in the near future and I'm checking out what others use. With using the pegs and side pressure have you had any issues with pieces lifting up? I generally am working with 1/2" boards and if I don't clamp down I have problems. I do like your waist board protecting the spoiler board approach. I might try nylon bolts as a hold down. Last week I ruined a surfacing bit when I hit a steel bolt. Beautiful inlays. (EDIT 20 minutes later...) I just watched the Epoxy Inlay video. Yup, I've had that happen more than a few times.
Regarding my clamping methods... I started using the wooden wedges a couple of years ago with great results. Though admittedly, in operations where there are aggressive cuts, like deep pocket cuts and/or profile cuts, the vibrations from the cut would cause the wedges to back out. I have since bought some bench dog clamps and I use them to push against the wedges and it keeps them from backing out. One might ask, if I have the bench dog clamps, then why do I still use the wedges? Because the bench dog clamps do indeed push against the wood and cause the workpiece to lift up from the bed, but the wedges do not. So I use them to keep the wedges from backing out and it's a win/win! For small pieces that are also thin (3/4" or thinner) I'll either use the secondary waste board with screws, like you see in the video, or I'll just simply tape it to the machine bed using double sided tape. Sorry for the long response but I wanted to make sure I answered your question corretly. Thank you for watching!
Thank you sir! It's actually fairly simple. I bought a Harbor Freight Shop Press and just simply added squares of ply on the top and bottom as the press. I cut notches on each side of them to fit between the vertical rails on each side of the press. The bottom squares rest against the bottom with no securement and the top has a 'punch' welded onto the gantry of the press. I drilled a hole large enough into the squares on the top for the punch to fit down into. I hope that made sense. Thank you for watching!
Thank you! Here's an Amazon link... They aren't perfect because they will in fact push up against your work, but I get around that by continuing to use the wooden wedges and dog holes, and using the clamps to hold the wedges in place. They tend to back out if the work experiences any vibration. The clamps work awesome for that. Thank you for watching! Bench Dog Clamps amzn.to/3JW4Meh
Great job and do not worry about what other people say. Now for the questions. I am running the same software and machine as yours, I think my spindle may me smaller. But, have you done any work( Inlay) with the new Ver 12 of V Carve Pro? Are you going to do a video on using that software and settings?
Thank you for the compliment! I have v12 but I have not tried the new Vcarve Inlay Tool Path they added to it. I just use the same Vcarve tool path that I always have. I am working on a video now showing different tool path settings for producing inlays. I plan to try the new Vcarve Inlay tool path just to see how well it works, so stay tuned. If you are looking for more comprehensive videos touching on the V12's new features, check out Mark Lindsay's channel. He's the Vectric guru and knows much more about it than I do at the moment. Thank you for watching!!
Accent doesn't matter, what matters is the personality and the skill and you nailed both! One question, do you set the V bit to do the one pass separately or does V carve do it automatically for you in the pocket operation? Keep having fun!
Thank you! Regarding your question... In the pocket operation, the vbit will behave like any other bit in any other tool path. It will only cut as deep as what you have set in the pass depth of the bit settings. Meaning if your pocket is .25" deep and your pass depth settings are .125" then the bit will cut the pocket in 2 passes. I hope I understood your question correctly and gave you the answer you were looking for. Thank you for watching!
Hi, I understand that but in terms of doing like the one final pass as you have it, I cannot seem to set it right. Basically I want to gauge the material with flat bit and then finish with V bit like you. Maybe I am affraid because the bit looks so fragile @@MandSWoodworks
When doing the pocket of the inlay, the bit will step down so no worries about breaking it. Now if you're talking about the inlay/male cut then yes, it will plunge straight into the depth you have as your start depth and there is a risk of breaking the bit. I run my feed at around 30ipm for those cuts. That answer your question?
when people like dick, sorry, Derec say stuff like that I say, " it's not my fault you're afraid to go outside your comfort zone". I'm just starting the inlay journey. looking at a bunch of videos to learn. Keep up the good work and showing others.
How many thousands of an inch(.001", .002", .003") under do you carve the inlays? I will be getting into this soon so I am looking for some tips/help. Beautiful work by the way. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I am assuming that you are talking about cutting the inlay to an offset of the pocket cut to get the inlay to fit properly? If so, then the answer is none. If you are using the correct bit for deep inlays, and that bit is setup properly in your CAM software, then an offset isn't necessary. That is why an angled bit is used so that the inlay fits into the pocket, with the angled walls of the inlay and pocket seating against each other when the inlay is pressed down into the pocket. You would only need an offset if you were using a straight bit, and you would never get any small details (sharp corners and such) to cut correctly. I have another video called "A Redneck's Guide to Vcarve Inlays" where i lightly touch on the subject. Check it out and it might give you a bit better answer. I will also be releasing a video in the coming weeks where I go in-depth about the math behind the Vcarve inlay and how you can easily figure out your cut settings yourself. I hope that this answered your question. Thank you for watching!
Very very nice work, I love the juice groove. Do you configure you Tapered ball nose as an engraving bit or as a regular tapered ball nose in your tool database?
Wow! Nice work, South Alabama. I have a CNC and am just learning. I’m curious where you think you learned the most. Was it on UA-cam? If so, what channels helped the most? Thanks South Louisiana
Admittedly, most of my knowledge and been hard knocks. I've always liked figuring things out myself. But if I got really stuck on something, Mark Lindsay has tons of useful videos for beginners just starting out. He covers most everything from creating toolpaths, to what bits are good for certain projects. Check out his channel. You won't be disappointed! www.youtube.com/@MarkLindsayCNC
?? Your creations are amazing. Can you answer a question for me. Are you using a V bit and developing your tool path with the inlay toolpath? I though that's what I heard in one of your videos. If so, are there any tricks in doing it that way? Thanks Dave....
Thank you for the compliments! No, I am using a Tapered Ball Nose, that is assigned as an engraving bit in Vectric. I then use a Vcarve tool path. :) Thank you for watching!
Outstanding work sir and inspirational! Which brand of CNC are you using? I've been learning on the Shapeoko 3 with both positive and negative experiences.
Ironically enough, I get more questions on my Waste Board than anything else I do. Lol. My Waste Board is actually quite simple, and for good reason. I use 3/4" PVC as stops, as you saw in the video. I just created circles in Vectric that were the proper size for the PVC pipe to fit down inside of, and then just arranged them into a pattern that I liked and then fit inside the cutting area of my CNC Bed. So if your bed is 48inches x 32inches like mine is, create that size in vectric. Sprinkle some circles inside of that work area and then cut them into your waste board. I plan to replace my waste board in the next few weeks, as it's getting kind of thin, so I'll make a video of it's replacement and touch on how I come up with those patterns. Thank you for watching!
BEDGOOD was a font called "Georgia" that should already be included if you are using a windows PC. The monogram was included in the vector that I purchased off of Etsy. Thank you for watching!
any recommended courses for a beginner, I really like your channel, learning from actual doers and wood experts, I'm starting in the wood crafting as a side hobby but I would like to get more into CAD design for CNC cutting. Thanks for you amazing videos!
I don't know of any specific courses, persay, but the are tons of UA-cam videos for beginners. Check out Mark Lindsay. He has a channel on UA-cam with tons of great info for beginners. Thank you for watching!
Nice! I am starting to research CNC for wood designs. Would like to create different products. I have ran CNC for cutting metal years ago, but I have a lot to learn about wood.
Wood isn't more or less than difficult than metal, but it is a bit more forgiving than metal, imho. I say this with limited experience with metal, so I am really not an authority on the subject. Just like different types of metal and their density, you have the same with wood. It's all about finesse and patience with both. :) Thank you for watching!
Any time you can increase your creative skill set it's a good thing. I am in my 70's and just took up a CNC a year ago. Learning all the software and the nuances of the CNC machine has been a great experience. Never too old to learn a new skill. Thanks for sharing your knowledge .
I'm not far behind you at 67! And I don't have the time to learn by reinventing the wheel from scratch! So I appreciated M&SWoodwork's willingness to share what he's learned.
I'm in the same position and loving it, good on you mate
I’m a Derek! But unlike the other I appreciate all the skills required to do what you do. I’ve been a wood worker for 35 years and I’m still intimidated by my CNC. The haters will always hate so just keep doing what you do!
Thank you sir!
I know that not all Derek's are created equal! Ha!
Thank you for watching!
Hey, I'm a 76 year old great grandmother, and that CNC work was wayyy more work than I want to do. It's beautiful!!! All I've made so far is a regular cutting board, and I'm really proud of myself. There is pride of knowing you did your best, and there is pride when you think you're better than others. Even God bragged at the end of each day when He created everything by saying it was "good". When He created man He said that was "very good". Glad you didn't let that comment get you down.
Bless you, ma'am!
Your comment made me smile!
I believe anything that we make or create, be it with our hands, or using our mind to operate a machine, no matter how simple or complex is a blessing from God.
And no ma'am, I didn't let that kid get me down. If anything his comment inspired me!
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching!!
Amen!! Thanks for those lovely words, cause half these folks have no clue on the work it takes to make something beautiful, unique and special for that client or special someone. Look forward to your next one!
Been in California for many years but the family is from Tennessee so I don't mind the southern accent at all. I've had a CNC for several years and have learned you need to be an artist for designs and an engineer for getting the software to perform the way you want. And also a mechanic to make sure the CNC is working properly. Mostly a woodworker to see a piece of wood for what it can become sitting on a shelf, table, or kitchen counter. Amen y'all
Amen indeed, Brother. I hear you. There are a lot of small-minded people out there who, as you so aptly described, do not know what it takes to create something beautiful. I thank you for being willing to share your hard work. You have it right. This is a gift from God who allows us to co-create within His world.
I tell folks to sit back and fire your videos up like a warm fire. You've taught me a lot and I really enjoyed it. Thanks.🍻
Thank you Andy! That means a lot!
If you like Vcarve Inlays, then you'll really appreciate a couple of videos I have coming up in about a month.
Thank you for watching!
Very well stated! Don't allow critical people to affect your creativity. You have a significant talent.
ua-cam.com/video/Get2cPVt18A/v-deo.html - I designed and patented this farm drainage tile plow. (I am a retired farmer.) When a neighbor first saw it he said these exact words, "Just how is that going to improve the quality of your life!!" Not long after that when he saw it working, he bought one and loved it. Then later he told me he loved his tile plow more than he loved his wife. And then his wife was VERY upset with me. Just an example of how some critics can't ever say something nice without causing more problems.
I use a CAD program for designing various things, including the previously mentioned drainage tile plow. It takes a lot of thought and effort to do that. I know just enough about it to understand that you really know what you are doing.
Okay, you now have me scrambling to figure out where I can put a shop press into my tiny shop. I like the scissor jack modification, BTW.
Mark, it's a game changer for sure.
Clamps and cauls on especially larger inlays just doesn't cut it.
Good luck to you and thanks so much for watching!
I enjoyed the video. To date I've made about 14 cutting boards. One thing I really liked was that you put the pocket and inlay numbers in the description. That's a huge help for anyone just starting out. It took me hours of testing until I got the numbers I was happy with. The video format was good keep it up.
Great job m8. Ive been cnc ing for about 3 years and have had lots of mixed results with inlays, so i know how difficult they can be. inspiring stuff, well done.
Very nice work! I've had my CNC for a few years now, and am currently working on my first end grain inlay. I've watched many videos and seen just as many recommendations for proper settings. So I've decided to just make my best guess and see what happens. Everything is an experiment ~ occasionally something beautiful happens!
No one setting is perfect. That is a fact!
I plan on doing a video in the future, explaining the math behind the Vcarve Inlay Technique, so folks can figure out what the best settings is for them and their particular machine.
Thank you for watching!
Nice job. It's so easy to make a mistake and trash days of work in an instant, so was good to see you handle the juice groove inlay without issue!
There is a lot time and effort spent on researching, planning and designing, cutting and painting, and just waiting on things to cure in these projects . The machine definitely is only a tool for the artist to use. Awesome work!!
AMEN!!! Great content...Please keep it coming...I am also in my early 70's and just starting my CNC journey. Stop Learning...Stop Living!!!
Mate, I've built quite a few cnc machines including four and five axis ones and metal mills. I've posted a few of my builds on woodworking sites and get comments like "you're not a real woodworker, you just copy / paste". There will always be ignorant people that are afraid of what can be done with a cnc machine. I'm just starting to get into inlays and have been watching a few videos on the subject. Without people like you I would never have had the success I'm starting to get so keep up the good work so the enthusiasts can learn and the ignorant can be jelous.
Thank you for the kind words, Paul!
And thank you for watching!!
Amen brother! Great job! Never thought of putting an inlay in the juice groove! Keep up the good work! Thank you for sharing!
I've had my cnc for about a year and a half and it has been my biggest challenge in woodworking
Love this video! I just set up my longmill mk 2 and sufaced my spoil board last night. Very excited to get carving. I've been looking forward to doing inlays and your video is inspiring!!! Thank you
I just found you. Amen!! Been wanting to step up my end grain cutting boards. Have stayed away from the cnc. One it intimidated me, two I thought, one more tool, plus learning the darn thing. Watching you and some others, I’m taking a second look. Plus, I like the voice over. I hate guys spending ten minutes explaining how they are going to turn the machine on. Turn it on, I figure some of it out while I watch. Lol. Thanks for the time to share with us what you’ve learned.
Thank you Rich!
Your comment made me giggle. Ha!
Thank you for watching!
Please, don't worry about the deadbeats on this platform
I have two lasers and one flatbed UV printer and just ordered my $5000.00 CNC
the amount of work that goes into the design, computer knowledge, and problem solving that comes up during the process of making something is crazy
whether you are old school using hand tools or into the future of woodworking (Creating), you are still a creator
so don't listen to the "Trolls" !!!
just keep doing what you are doing...................We love you !!!
Best, Rick.
Oh.................AMEN!!!
Sir, I am 58 looking into purchasing a cnc in the near future. I currently do hand routing projects at the moment. But I am fascinated at what can be done with a cnc. I continue to watch UA-cam videos like yours to learn what it takes to create amazing projects like your cutting board. I would say you knocked it out of the park with your editing and content. Thanks for sharing and keep it up. 👍
Amen, hallelujah brother. Now climb down off the cross, I could use the wood. . . Excellent work, look forward to more.
Thanks for taking the time to record, edit, and post your work. Not everyone appreciates how much time it adds to a project.
Thank you for saying that. I was very surprised when I first started doing this how time consuming it is.
But comments like yours make it worthwhile.
Thank you for watching!!
I’m new to CNC about 4 month lol and I’m really good with computer and wood working but I tell you when you combine the two it truly is at another level. It’s not easy at first. Not to mention the math I ignored in school was a mistake. That comment I made 37 years ago about I won’t need this math had come back to bite me in the buttocks. Well whoever gets into CNC all I can say is have fun because it truly is beautiful work
Amen - the groove around the edge to match a ritz cracker is awesome planning and attention to detail. I think I need to steal that feature.
Please do!
I like it because it kind of "frames" the design in the center
Thank you for watching!
Very Cool, I'm a woodworker and I say to others, middle finger up, it takes alot of work to do this stuff!!!
You get an Amen AND A SUBSCRIBER!!! You make this look so easy! EXCELLENT work amigo!
Great videos! I love them, keep it up. I am on the beginning of my woodworking and CNC adventures. It's full of frustrations, but when it comes together it's the best feeling in the world!
Nice workmanship! Appreciate the commentary throughout! Very helpful.
AMEN!!! Absolutely fabulous work! Getting use to the southern accent myself. Formerly a cheese head (Wisconsin) and now living in Ozark, Al. Very impressive work, and design. Thank you for sharing, and you have a new subscriber.
Thank you sir!
Welcome to the South!
Nice work. I was considering doing some inlays with my CNC and love the idea of the press for clamping.
Amen brother 🙌
Outstanding work! Working to improve my inlays. Thanks for the tips.
I know plenty of CNC Operators. I also know many artists that use CNC as a tool. This is an artist
You did a great job on the cutting board. Don't worry, you will always have naysayers in anything you do. Personally, I think you are a skilled craftsman and you do great work. I love woodworking but I don't have a CNC machine, YET. Even though I am in my late 70's, I still enjoy learning something new and interesting. What a legacy that we may be able to leave behind. May the Lord continue to bless you and your work. Take care my friend. Rudy.
Rudy, thank you for the kind words!
God bless you, sir!
Thank you for watching!!
I just found your channel. I have been a woodworker for close to 30 years and located in south Alabama as well. Nice to know there are a few of us in the area.
A good craftsman uses ANY TOOL AT HIS DISPOSAL to do quality work.
What "derek" and the rest of the trolls forget is that ALL WOOD is harvested with a power chainsaw, transported using diesel trucks, planked by a powered saw mill, sized on a power plainer, cut to size using some sort of powered saw, holes drilled using a power drill, more often than not, finished using some sort of powered sander - the list goes on and on.
AND THOSE ARE ALL TOOLS TO HELP THE CRAFTSMAN.
A CNC machine is simply one of those MANY tools available to the MODERN CRAFTSMAN.
Well said!!
Thank you for watching!!
Really enjoyed your work!! Looking forward to learning more from you. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos.
I think your work is amazing, and it comes from you, not the machine, the machine is doing what you tell it to! Don’t worry about those little pee-on’s negative comments, obviously they stopped to watch because you sparked their interest 😊
Wow beautiful work and craftsmanship
Can I get an Amen?!! You really should have asked, "Hallelujah! Can I get an Amen and a subscription?!" Sir, you DEFINITELY got this fellow CNC machine operator's SUBSCRIPTION!! THANK YOU!
wow,, your patience is astounding.. thats a lot of steps,,but the end was great
A warning, this is a bit of a very long boring post, but in spite of what it sounds like, it is not about me, it is all about my appreciation of you, the work you ( and other like you ) are doing and how you do it..
First let me applaud you for all you accomplish in your woodworking including dealing with the " Karens" of the internet. ( you know who you are Derek and friends). Please kep making these great videos.
Please feel free to point out what appears to be bad spelling, I don't feel my fingers and type like crap hitting a bunch of keys at once.. I don't wear my feelingss on my sleeve and will edit as needed.
This may be only the second or third post I have ever done on a woodworking video or forum. I am about to waste a bit of your time with my own credentials, but,,,, I was programming automated machinery since before there were computers. We used a strip of paper tape with holes puched in it like a ticker tape you see in the old stock trading movies. Light passing through the holes to indicate a positive or negative condition with a collection of the conditions initiating a certain move on the tool.... blah, blah blah . it was simply called N.C. ( numerical control ). That was before I was out of high school.
I went through a formal union woodworking apprenticeship and the ensueing required competition to become a journeyman that included several thousand of us internationally and I completed the apprenticeship in record time as the top Journeyman graduating from that very large group. I returned by invitation to the training center as an instructor immediatly upon graduation while simultaneously starting my own company.
I was soon later blessed enough to get to study and become friends with the retired head sculptor for the Vatican and improved on my carving skills significantly. I was a one man shop that was really blessed with clients that demanded projects that most woodworking shops would not touch or said couldn't be done.
I went through almost a decade with NO sandpaper in my shop and using only hyde glue and/or physical interlocking joinery, doing " proper " period pieces with original methods. We made our scrapers by shocking thick homemade glass into shards I still own roughly 260 Gouges, 70 " carpenter chisels " and maybe 200 or so planes for specific molding cuts. Some I went to England and found or had made custom there but most I made ( as most REAL woodworkers did Derek ) in house. As a propr woodworker I learned about metalurgy, forming , tempering etc. In 1986 I had all of my steel in my shop including hand tools, saws, power tool bits and blades cyrogenically treated at 4 kelvins ( forgove me Derek, you can just google it ).
I was regularly published nationally and maintained a 6 figure minimum with several commissioned projects surpassing 7 figures. I reproduced part of the Palace of Versaille and did over $2.7M on a 53' Wooden Yacht. I guess by Dereks standards I am still just a machine operator.
I never really cared for cabinets or casework although I built 2 large kitchen that had horizontallly inward curved faces that everyone else said couldn't be produced. I was excited by other new challenges .
A neck injury in 1992 lost the functional use of my hands for a long while so I decided I should build a cnc router to keep cash flow going. A tempting cash offer caused me to sell the first router I built and for a moment, I thought I was going into the CNC business but then I met " Derek". Folks would read a few magazine articles and actually think they could just buy a router and puch a button and do what I did. It only took a few Dereks for me to decide I did not have the desire to deal with likes of them.
CNC became my weapon of choice for portions of my projects but the decades of fine woodworking are where my real value surfaced.
My resume, if I had a need for one will included multiple US presidents, NASA, Dept. of Defense, NFL team owners, major International designers ( like Hermes , Fabrice Grandin both from Paris ) some of the most famous athletes in the world. One of my favorite and most challenging projects ever was developing and producing mold to produce a carbon fiber trombone that included 100% of the components. I departed from wood and produced the molds from Corian for obvious heat and mechanical reasons. Much to my own surprise, the mold worked first go. Tolerances on the slide and other mating parts were basicall +/- 0.0015 ". You have probably seen this black trombone on TV .
I could go on much further but by now you should be well fed up with me and I was only hoping the Dereks of the world would know I AM a world class woodworker am am in absolute total respect of the likes of what is done here in this video. Getting from idea to product with CNC requires a lot of effort and investment in workflow development, design balancing, and MUST include previous knowlege of advanced woodworking to keep from wasting all of the other work invested. It is vastly more complicated when you add video production in the middle or your workflow.
I bought a bunch of very expensive video equipment, sound and lights etc. and never made public even a single video that I made for my original channel. I stripped my website form 400 pages to a single page last year and have now it totally shut down for the moment. I thought I was going to start producing training videos etc. The effort it takes to produce a video to help other is unappreciated by anyone except for those that have done it. It at least doubles your production time while totally stopping some parts of the project if not duplicating some of the work to make sure you have the footage you need to. All of this while you are doing it to help others ans NO you don't get a bunch of money from UA-cam for doing these kinds of videos. The editing and scripting is an art form all of it's own. When you see a video like this with good lighting, good focus and details explained in easy to understand ways, it was not done by the seat of the pants. It is a LOT of time and effort and this was done as well as any , not to mention the actual woodworking was really functional and tight. M&S Woodworks has earned a spot of very high respect from this "Machine operator".
All I can say is WOW! You do indeed have quite the resume!!
With that I am honored and humbled by your words, and I truly appreciate the kudos!
Happy New Year to you sir, and thank you for watching!!
Top-notch. I look up to you, sir. Technique is outstanding, and attention to every detail. Flawless
Absolutely Beautiful!!! I am a CNC aficionado, and I can see you are and artists. can way to see your next project.
Very nice! I have a Onefinity Journeyman and I am just getting started with VCarve Pro and hope to be able to make some cutting boards like yours. Thanks for the video!
Screw the negative people.They do not have anything to accomplish in their boring lives.All they do is sit in front of a computer and troll.Great work !
That board came out really well … you know, for a machine operator lol. By the way, I use Sapele a lot. I love it. Also, nice job fixing that little blowout.
you're right !!! it's just like the 3D Printing it's a creation work !!! i would even say it's an artistical work. i know i'm unable to do do what you are doing a great job !!!!
I'm a woodworker, I've made very nice furniture. I wish I could do what you do, it's beautiful. I'm getting started with inlays, I can't seem to figure it out, so massive respect.
Looking forward to your next video
In the next month or so, I plan on making a cutting board with a very complicated inlay.
My intentions are to explain the math behind the inlays to help folks better understand how to do them successfully.
Thank you for watching!
That would be awesome, I'm looking forward to it@@MandSWoodworks
I’m so glad I found your channel. Great content, great commentary. I subscribed. Thanks for sharing your experience. Greetings from Western Australia 🇦🇺
100% agree with you love you work from down under
Amen brother I have a cnc and it takes serious dedication to create projects..
I think you were dead on with your rant. I am a welder by trade or so I say I have designed multimillion dollar oil field equipment now and I am designing and building a cnc router/plasma table and would like to shout out to the creators like yourself as well as the people who first built these cnc machines. I think of myself as some one who is fairly smart but even with all the content on you tube I sometimes find it hard to understand how some people can make things looks so easy when in fact it is not. My thanks to you and all the creators on you tube.
Woodworking criticism is bad enough, but I couldn't imagine having a channel about welding! Ha!
Thank you for the good words and thank you for watching!
So... If you use a mechine you're a machine operator? Gosh... I don't have a CNC, yet. But I do have a table saw, drill press, planer, sander, hand drill , multi saw, and more. So I guess I am a machine operator as well. You just keep doing what yoou do. 😎
Hallelujah! I've made plenty of firewood using all sorts of tools in the wrong way, including my CNC. This board looks fantastic; I really like how deep you went (I usually limit it to .25"). It seems like you're using a very similar small angle v-bit as well. Those fine lines on the male plug part of the inlay are impressive. Also, thank you for the tips on the juice groove! I need to remember the Ritz size factor.
Love the video....keep them coming. I really enjoy watching. I'm getting motivated to try some inlays. I would like to see how you setup your cuts in Vcarve.
I do indeed plan on making a video, to cover the math behind the Vcarve inlay technique as well as my workflow on how I create those tool paths.
Stay tuned! 🙂
Amen, brother!! Can't wait to get my CNC to enhance my woodworking projects. Don't worry about the haters too much. Gotta get boring in their mommy's basements.
You are right. I also have a cnc and it is pretty hard to do such stuff you do with it. You even manage the tight corners which is not easy at all…
Great video, awesome work brother! Loved the gorilla 😂
Great work ! Beautiful carving !
AMEN Brother!! Great craftsmanship sir
Thank you for the video, keep up the good work my friend!
o, yea. im struggling with learning a new machine and a new software. It's very frustrating at times. Amen to that.
Awesome Job, and well said
100% correct in saying YOUR A CRAFTSMEN ,ARTIST, AND CREATOR! Keep up the great work! May I ask what CNC are you using
Thank you sir!
I have the Onefinity Journeyman with the Elite series upgrade.
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching!
Nicely done!
Great video! I have a question, what are your settings as far as depths? I tried EVERYTHING and can’t seem to get it. Vcarve just came out with a vcarve inlay “app” but that only uses v bits. Thanks!
Settings can vary on several things.
I've got a couple more videos on the subject where I touch on settings.
Check them out and if it doesn't answer your question, let me know and I'll try and give you a starting point to try.
Thank you for watching!
@@MandSWoodworks thanks - will do!
What is the tapered bit you prefer to use for inlay carving? Stunning work!
Thank you for the compliment!
There is an Amazon link to the bit I used in the video description.
Thank you for watching!
Great video, I'm thinking about getting into cnc. Keep up the good work and don't let the sourpuss get to you.😊
I'll certainly give you an "AMEN"!
And, as someone who's trying to reach the level you've obtained, I appreciate the information you've so generously shared. I'd just like to ask for one more piece of info that might really help me resolve some failures I've had. Would you mind sharing the speeds and feeds you used?
Thanks, and keep being a positive creator!
Thank you for the kind words!
When cutting the pocket, My feed is 80ipm and my spindle speed is 14k RPM for the engraving bit and about 12k RPM for the clearing bit.
When I am cutting inlays, due to the start depth being so deep, I slow the feed rate on both bits down to 30 to 40ipm depending on how dense the wood is, and my spindle speed RPM remains the same.
I hope this helps.
Thank you for watching!
@@MandSWoodworks BTW, wouldn't it have been easier to put the inlay for the juice groove in before cutting the juice groove? It seems to me that would have reduced the process from 3 steps to 2!
Possibly. And I did think about that before settling on cutting the groove first.
The inlay in the juice groove is 1/4" deep.
The juice groove is a little over 1/8" deep.
To cut the pocket and inlay before the juice groove meant that they would have had to been both cut at a little over 3/8".
Thats a very deep inlay, and I feared increased the chances of it not seating against the pocket floor, which I am a stickler for.
But in truth, it would be personal preference ,and most likely would have worked fine to cut the groove after installing the inlay. :)
Warm thx from holland still learning
I'm glad Mark Lindsay recommended your channel. My spoiler board is getting replaced in the near future and I'm checking out what others use. With using the pegs and side pressure have you had any issues with pieces lifting up? I generally am working with 1/2" boards and if I don't clamp down I have problems. I do like your waist board protecting the spoiler board approach. I might try nylon bolts as a hold down. Last week I ruined a surfacing bit when I hit a steel bolt. Beautiful inlays.
(EDIT 20 minutes later...) I just watched the Epoxy Inlay video. Yup, I've had that happen more than a few times.
Regarding my clamping methods...
I started using the wooden wedges a couple of years ago with great results. Though admittedly, in operations where there are aggressive cuts, like deep pocket cuts and/or profile cuts, the vibrations from the cut would cause the wedges to back out. I have since bought some bench dog clamps and I use them to push against the wedges and it keeps them from backing out.
One might ask, if I have the bench dog clamps, then why do I still use the wedges? Because the bench dog clamps do indeed push against the wood and cause the workpiece to lift up from the bed, but the wedges do not. So I use them to keep the wedges from backing out and it's a win/win!
For small pieces that are also thin (3/4" or thinner) I'll either use the secondary waste board with screws, like you see in the video, or I'll just simply tape it to the machine bed using double sided tape.
Sorry for the long response but I wanted to make sure I answered your question corretly.
Thank you for watching!
Great video, I just happened to stumbled by your video! Great craftsmanship! May I ask what software you use?
I use Vcarve Pro.
Thank you for watching!
Well done! I would love to know how you setup your press.
Thank you sir!
It's actually fairly simple.
I bought a Harbor Freight Shop Press and just simply added squares of ply on the top and bottom as the press.
I cut notches on each side of them to fit between the vertical rails on each side of the press.
The bottom squares rest against the bottom with no securement and the top has a 'punch' welded onto the gantry of the press. I drilled a hole large enough into the squares on the top for the punch to fit down into.
I hope that made sense.
Thank you for watching!
@@MandSWoodworks Much appreciated! I reached out on IG too but this info is exactly what I hoped for.
Amen brother!
Great vid!
Love that press!
Where did you get those yellow/orange push clamps? The ones pushing your work piece into the corner?
Thank you!
Here's an Amazon link...
They aren't perfect because they will in fact push up against your work, but I get around that by continuing to use the wooden wedges and dog holes, and using the clamps to hold the wedges in place.
They tend to back out if the work experiences any vibration. The clamps work awesome for that.
Thank you for watching!
Bench Dog Clamps
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nice work! You mentioned your start depths and flat depths, but are you using a v-carve toolpath for both the pocket and the inlay?
Thanks!
Yes.
Vcarve Toolpath for both the inlay and pocket cuts. :)
Thank you for watching!
Great job and do not worry about what other people say. Now for the questions. I am running the same software and machine as yours, I think my spindle may me smaller. But, have you done any work( Inlay) with the new Ver 12 of V Carve Pro? Are you going to do a video on using that software and settings?
Thank you for the compliment!
I have v12 but I have not tried the new Vcarve Inlay Tool Path they added to it. I just use the same Vcarve tool path that I always have.
I am working on a video now showing different tool path settings for producing inlays. I plan to try the new Vcarve Inlay tool path just to see how well it works, so stay tuned.
If you are looking for more comprehensive videos touching on the V12's new features, check out Mark Lindsay's channel.
He's the Vectric guru and knows much more about it than I do at the moment.
Thank you for watching!!
Thanks for making the video, it turned out beautiful and thanks for sharing your depths. What size spindle do you use? Thank you again
I run a 2.2kw water cooled spindle.
Thanks for watching!
Accent doesn't matter, what matters is the personality and the skill and you nailed both! One question, do you set the V bit to do the one pass separately or does V carve do it automatically for you in the pocket operation? Keep having fun!
Thank you!
Regarding your question...
In the pocket operation, the vbit will behave like any other bit in any other tool path.
It will only cut as deep as what you have set in the pass depth of the bit settings.
Meaning if your pocket is .25" deep and your pass depth settings are .125" then the bit will cut the pocket in 2 passes.
I hope I understood your question correctly and gave you the answer you were looking for.
Thank you for watching!
Hi, I understand that but in terms of doing like the one final pass as you have it, I cannot seem to set it right. Basically I want to gauge the material with flat bit and then finish with V bit like you. Maybe I am affraid because the bit looks so fragile
@@MandSWoodworks
When doing the pocket of the inlay, the bit will step down so no worries about breaking it.
Now if you're talking about the inlay/male cut then yes, it will plunge straight into the depth you have as your start depth and there is a risk of breaking the bit.
I run my feed at around 30ipm for those cuts.
That answer your question?
@@MandSWoodworks Yep I think so. I will give it a go and see how it goes. Thanks for your time and advice
when people like dick, sorry, Derec say stuff like that I say, " it's not my fault you're afraid to go outside your comfort zone". I'm just starting the inlay journey. looking at a bunch of videos to learn. Keep up the good work and showing others.
How many thousands of an inch(.001", .002", .003") under do you carve the inlays? I will be getting into this soon so I am looking for some tips/help. Beautiful work by the way. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I am assuming that you are talking about cutting the inlay to an offset of the pocket cut to get the inlay to fit properly?
If so, then the answer is none.
If you are using the correct bit for deep inlays, and that bit is setup properly in your CAM software, then an offset isn't necessary.
That is why an angled bit is used so that the inlay fits into the pocket, with the angled walls of the inlay and pocket seating against each other when the inlay is pressed down into the pocket.
You would only need an offset if you were using a straight bit, and you would never get any small details (sharp corners and such) to cut correctly.
I have another video called "A Redneck's Guide to Vcarve Inlays" where i lightly touch on the subject. Check it out and it might give you a bit better answer.
I will also be releasing a video in the coming weeks where I go in-depth about the math behind the Vcarve inlay and how you can easily figure out your cut settings yourself.
I hope that this answered your question.
Thank you for watching!
@@MandSWoodworks Got it, I understand what you mean and thank you very much for taking the time to respond, and the other video. Much appreciated.
Amen brother.
Very very nice work, I love the juice groove. Do you configure you Tapered ball nose as an engraving bit or as a regular tapered ball nose in your tool database?
I do configure it as an engraving bit.
Thank you for watching!
Love the content! AMEN BROTHER! Where did you get the borders? TIA!
Thank you!
Search for "Split Monogram svg" on Etsy.
Several different styles and super cheap.
Thank you for watching!
Amen Brother!
Great stuff!!!
Wow! Nice work, South Alabama. I have a CNC and am just learning. I’m curious where you think you learned the most. Was it on UA-cam? If so, what channels helped the most? Thanks
South Louisiana
Admittedly, most of my knowledge and been hard knocks.
I've always liked figuring things out myself.
But if I got really stuck on something, Mark Lindsay has tons of useful videos for beginners just starting out.
He covers most everything from creating toolpaths, to what bits are good for certain projects.
Check out his channel. You won't be disappointed!
www.youtube.com/@MarkLindsayCNC
Nice work bud. What kind of bit is that? 30 degree? Thanks
Thank you!
It is a 4.69 degree engraving bit.
Here is an Amazon link: amzn.to/3NsHNZG
Thank you for watching!
Looks great, brother, most machined parts do, LOL! The other thing creators have that Derek lacks is patience.
?? Your creations are amazing. Can you answer a question for me. Are you using a V bit and developing your tool path with the inlay toolpath? I though that's what I heard in one of your videos. If so, are there any tricks in doing it that way? Thanks Dave....
Thank you for the compliments!
No, I am using a Tapered Ball Nose, that is assigned as an engraving bit in Vectric.
I then use a Vcarve tool path. :)
Thank you for watching!
You have some serious talent!!!
Great video. I need to try this. What is that clamp you use on the bed?
Thank you!
These are the clamps that I use.
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Thanks!
Bless you!
Thank you so much!!
Outstanding work sir and inspirational! Which brand of CNC are you using? I've been learning on the Shapeoko 3 with both positive and negative experiences.
I currently have a Onefinity Journeyman.
My first machine was a Shapeoko 3 XXL
Those are very capable machines!
Good luck and thank you for watching!
Your inlay work is amazing and inspiring. But as great as that is, I also noticed your spoilboard. Could you do a video on making it? Thanks
Ironically enough, I get more questions on my Waste Board than anything else I do. Lol.
My Waste Board is actually quite simple, and for good reason.
I use 3/4" PVC as stops, as you saw in the video.
I just created circles in Vectric that were the proper size for the PVC pipe to fit down inside of, and then just arranged them into a pattern that I liked and then fit inside the cutting area of my CNC Bed.
So if your bed is 48inches x 32inches like mine is, create that size in vectric.
Sprinkle some circles inside of that work area and then cut them into your waste board.
I plan to replace my waste board in the next few weeks, as it's getting kind of thin, so I'll make a video of it's replacement and touch on how I come up with those patterns.
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What font did you use for this project? Looks great.
BEDGOOD was a font called "Georgia" that should already be included if you are using a windows PC.
The monogram was included in the vector that I purchased off of Etsy.
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any recommended courses for a beginner, I really like your channel, learning from actual doers and wood experts, I'm starting in the wood crafting as a side hobby but I would like to get more into CAD design for CNC cutting. Thanks for you amazing videos!
I don't know of any specific courses, persay, but the are tons of UA-cam videos for beginners.
Check out Mark Lindsay.
He has a channel on UA-cam with tons of great info for beginners.
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Nice! I am starting to research CNC for wood designs. Would like to create different products. I have ran CNC for cutting metal years ago, but I have a lot to learn about wood.
Wood isn't more or less than difficult than metal, but it is a bit more forgiving than metal, imho.
I say this with limited experience with metal, so I am really not an authority on the subject.
Just like different types of metal and their density, you have the same with wood.
It's all about finesse and patience with both. :)
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