Thank you. I must have watched 100 videos trying to learn the details on how to do the vcarve inlay technique with an explanation of not only how, but why. Absolutely the best video on the subject.
Best detailed tutorial on the web. I have watched several before coming to this one and no one went into this much detail. My first inlay went perfect! Thank You!
After watching dozens of other videos about vcarve inlay techniques, your 4 minute visuals between 20:38 and 24:38 gave me more information than all the hours of all the other videos put together. Thank you, thank you.
I still dont get why we have to use start depths at anything other than 0. Why do we have to trick the machine into three passes instead of just cutting the plug at 0mm to 9mm and letting the program generate the passes automatically that it can handle cutting?
@@smulths Because the cut would be too deep for the bit you are using (possibly) and could snap the bit. The question I just asked is because my 1/8" clearance bit only has a pass depth of .0625" I would need multiple passes.
23 minutes in is gold. After many many videos I always thought you can’t lower the starting depth without taking out to much at one. This explains to do a couple shallower passes first. Totally makes sense. THANK YOU.
Merci pour ce tuto. Tu as l'air français, de par ton nom, ton accent et ton Aureus que je possède également. Si c'est le c🤗as ça nous fait 2 points en commun 😉. Ta vidéo est très complète, c'est tout ce dont j'avais besoin pour commencer mes premières incrustations. Y'a plus qu'à
I have tried several settings, none were perfect. After watching your video I feel that I understand the reasoning and confidant that I will achieve much better results. Will try it soon on my next inlay. Thank you.
Thank you Stephan. Your V-Carve video should be a must view for anyone wanting to understand the “how and why” to doing v-carve inlays. Your dialogue and graphics are so well done. With gratitude!
I have studied this concept over and over and watched many, many videos and until now could NOT get my head round it. Everyone has different parameters. Now I understand. This is simply the best yet! Thank you, thank you!
Excellent, thank you. I had the same issue with the start depth of an 8mm plug and was working on different solutions to avoid stressing my machine. Thankyou for your solution it has saved me a lot of time!
I have watched almost EVERY VCarve inlay video there is.......... You my friend explained it in a way that I understand!!!! The standard 60 degree v bit process is good for simple projects, but the deep carve you explained is the absolute best!!!!! Thank You my friend!!!!. I will post my project after its completion
Stephan, Thanks for this video!! I just did an inlay and I couldn't figure out why my bit was plunging all the way to the final depth. As soon as I started watching this, I realized what was happening. I didn't even need to finish watching, but I enjoyed it. Thanks again!
The is THE best inlay video there is! Thank you very much for going top such detail and taking the time to make graphics of it to better understand the different values when cutting. Thanks from a danish engineer!
You are a dead set legend. In a single, extremely well produced video, you have got me producing good quality inlays. Something I could not do before. Thank you.
Knowing it helps people having fun and achieve results by not reproducing all the mistakes I went through (and still do) is always a great feeling. Thanks. ;)
Hands down the best instructional video I've come across, your explanations and diagrams are excellent and to the point, every question I had while watching your video was answered seconds later, easily my new go to tutorial channel, thank you for taking the time to put this video together, I've work in video production and know how much time you must have spend filming and editing this piece, it is very my appreciated. Bravo.
Watched this again. You are definitely one of the best wood cnc UA-cam instructors ever! Your video skills are also second to none. I’ve learned so much from watching your videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you 3 times for your time and the effort you put into each of these videos. For my machine, when I do clearing toolpaths, I try to minimize the movement of my gantry since it is quite bulky (Legacy Maverick 3x5); for me the gantry moves along the x axis or long length of the table.
Stephan. Merci for tutorial. Did my own self training and the same UA-cam sign as test done successfully. I am working in Carveco Maker but in general it works the same way. Super. Thank you so much for great and easy to understand tutorial.
Excellent video! I was struggling to understand how to increase the depth of my inlays until I found your video.. you explained it perfectly and I was able to follow along and understand what you were doing! Thank you!
Thank you very much Stephan. Every minute of your video saves me hours of trials and errors. Your video is very descriptve, clear and easy to understand and I can imagine the amount of work, time and experience that you put in it. I subscribed right away. Big thank you from Czech Republic.
You have solved many problems that an awful lot of others had no answer for. Very well explained. I just started using 15 degree. I too have done a lot of experiments that were not more than fire wood trying to do deeper inlays. Those that establish the method need credit as you did but those that further it and fine tune it and are willing to share need equal credit. Thanks
I couldn’t have found this video at a better time. I was wanting to make an Inlay end grain cutting board with my shapeoko, but was trying to figure out getting around the massive start depth. Great video, thanks!!
Thank you Stephan for a very useful and understandable video. I am now able to do my plug-inlays without problems any more. Keep up the good work you do on your channel!!!
Out of hundreds of videos I have searched and watched to learn this process, this is by far the best I have seen for explanation and examples! Thank you for taking the time to make this. I will rewatch this and try to make this work for me.
Merci beaucoup. I was confused about inlay calculations and getting it straight visually in my brain. NOW, I understand clearly. I subscribed to your channel.
I have seen all the videos on using VCarve on cutting boards. Not one actually addresses the depth problem except yours. I also make videos and this must of taken days to complete. I thank you so much for doing this and finally show how you can do deep inlays in a cutting board. Bravo.
Thanks so much for your explanations and demonstration especially how to overcome the deep start depth. I did my first inlay yesterday for 3mm depth. You kind of lose the fine details of using 90 degree. I was shock when the bits plouged to 3mm depth and lucky it didn't break as i slowed the feedrate. This solved my pressing issue. Brilliance
Best inlay tutorial for hobbist cnc by far. I am speaking from Italy and i own a heavily modded vcarve xlarge. Thankyou so much Stephen. Of course I instantly subbed to your channel
I think it has already been said... but thanks for the best tutorial on this. Spent ages searching and this is by far the tutorial for those with small machines. Thanks
Great video and thanks for making. I have been operating for 4 years and this is the best video I have came across on vcarve inlays. Very good explanation of the plug multi pass trick. It will save me some bits even having a heavy machine. It always made me mad that it did the plug in one pass and I just assumed missing with the values would miss something up.
Great video. The results are just fantastic and the details that you can achieve with your method far outperform other methods I've found. Merci Beaucoup!!
Finally a tutorial that explains V-Carve inlays with great detail and in a very understandable way. Thank you for this. Please keep making this quality content.
Wow wow wow 🤯 I’m so incredibly thankful you went through the trouble to post this. I’ve had to watch it a few times to wrap my brain around how it all works, but you did such a good job of explaining so many complicated ideas, and I’m so excited to start making my own crazy wood inlays! Thank you so much sir! Great job! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
THIS is the tutorial I’ve been looking for. Thank you for explaining it so well and in a way that users of other software besides V-Carve can still apply the knowledge. Great work!
Brother, you killed it! the multiple tool path for start depth was an issue I have been like what is going on Aspire!!! Your tutorial is amazing no one else has a better explanation Im ready to try this!!
Thank you for this video I had do everything metric but that wasn’t too hard and my project came out very well, my client was very pleased. This is information I can use for ever
That was a great video. As a CNC newbie learning things, learning inlay is important this was the best video on this topic I've ever seen. However, this is also one of the best educational videos I've seen on any topic. I'm a science geek and watch a lot of UA-cam science educators and they could learn a lot from you.
Excellent video! Very simple to understand. I wish this video would have been around several years ago when I first started doing vcarve inlays, it would have saved me a lot of trial and error learning. Thanks again for sharing.
Absolutely awesome! That is exactly what I was waiting for after spending nights studying a dozen well-meaning Vcarve-Inlay videos! This is the best video dealing with this inlay technique I have found on the net. Thank you!
Fantastic video and very much appreciated. The level of detail and explanation was incredibly helpful to someone who has not yet done an inlay but will soon. I appreciated how you would demonstrate something and then explain why that wouldn't work and then go back and show how to do it properly. I especially liked the walkthrough on how to make additional paths to avoid breaking bits. Previous videos I'd watched did it all in one go and merely mentioned not going too deep. The only extra tidbit I would have liked to see in this video would be some advice on how to figure out what are appropriate depths of cut for one's own machine. I realize it depends on each setup, but some basic advice on what to consider to calculate what's right for a given setup would be awesome. Thank you for your fantastic work!
Thank you for putting forth the energy and skill to create this excellent tutorial. The accompanying illustrations made the concepts so much easier to understand. I appreciate your gift.
I have the same software and I don't change the zero depth in the "male" part like you discuss starting at 23:18. After I get the g-Code done for the "female" part, I do flip the image for next program for the male part to a mirrored image and put another vector box around it. I then cut it just as any other piece. The machine doesn't need to know its going to fit together as one. You do have to create a small offset, but trial and error of a small design, like a star, you can get your magic number that applied to your machine and will work for all inlays then going forward. If you do it this way, it will fit perfectly without the complicated part about changing the zero depth and chance breaking bits or damaging your machine. Give it a try it works great for me.
Indeed you can do it by flipping and creating an offset. I even made an Excel sheet that calculates exactly what the offset should be based on insertion depth using trigonometry. :P But I got better results by using the Start Depth technique, so I stuck to that one and tried to find the best values.
This is the most informative tutorial iv seen on this technique yet. Your explanations were very informative and easy to follow. I learned a ton! Thank you
Watched this video 3 times now, got all my toolpaths set up tonight (after struggling to convert to inches haha). Will be trying this out on the CNC tomorrow! Thanks for the great tutorial.
@@stephanforseilles Hi Stephan - I have a question about the cutting depths in each toolpath. For the first pass in your plug it will cut 3.5 mm in total. Do you still have the bit run multiple passes to get down to 3.5 (i.e. does it do 3 or 4 passes at 1 mm each during that toolpath) or do you have the bit cut that full depth in a single pass?
@@ianbost193 Yes, up to 4-5mm in one pass is okay for my machine. If we're talking about the plug and you want shallower cuts BEFORE start depth then you have to create more 'fake toolpaths', more closely spaced. Anything between start depth and flat depth, Vcarve will create the passes based on how you've configured your bit.
@@stephanforseilles Yes I think we are talking about the same thing. For example in your first toolpath for the plug you start at 1.5 and go to 2.0 flat. That is a total 3.5mm of material removed for that toolpath. Then you are using a 3.125mm endmill for the clearance. I assume then you are setting that endmill's pass depth (via Edit...) to something high enough to get it done in a single pass. As opposed to it having a default pass depth of say, 1 mm, in which case it would start from 1.5, plunge 1mm to 2.5 and do a pass, then plunge another 1mm to 3.5 and do a second pass (for the total 3.5 mm on that toolpath). When I did mine I didn't take this into account and so every tool would go around the entire thing, go a tiny bit deeper, go around again, etc etc. Took a long time. Apologies for these questions haha. I bought a shapeoko and the very first thing I did was to try a v-carve inlay (standard method 0.2 inches deep, 60 degree bit). Now I've watched all of your videos and so the second thing I decided to do was move straight to deep inlays in endgrain using your method. Thanks again :)
Excellent tutorial. One complaint I've seen several times in the comments was about the units used or the units used in other tutorial videos. I can help with that. VCarve makes it easy to convert units inside the fields. To convert from a value in mm to inches type the keys "* i =". (without the quotes or spaces). To convert from inches to mm, type "* m =".
alternatively, you can change back and forth between metric and imperial using the job set up icon in Vcarve after your work is done. It will convert and recalculate the toolpaths when you switch.
I joined your channel right away by watching this instructional video about the V-carve. I congratulate you for the excellent and clear explanations. You are the only one among the many who create cutting boards in head wood but do not divulge the technical notions. Congratulations again and thanks for the valuable information. I too am thinking of entering this type of cutting board processing and I would like to buy the first CNC. Give me a suggestion on a CNC machine measuring 60x40 cm (the minimum) that is sturdy and precise to make inlays on end wood cutting boards. Thanks keep it up
Thanks Andrea. I get as much joy in sharing than in learning. For the CNC, I love my Sorotec machine but it's not cheap (comes from Germany, starts around 2k€). For about half of that you probably can get a Chinese 6040 from Amazon or Aliexrpess. I know plenty of people who are happy with it even if it won't be as rigid as the Sorotec.
I have done some nice v carve inlays but I had to go through a bit of a learning curve. Especially the "start depth" on the plug. Watched a bunch of tutorials etc. I really like your method to get a deeper inlay with multiple tool paths. This is a my-t-fine video tutorial. Thanks.
I didn't understand what he was doing with the plug cut. Why not set your z zero 2mm or gap wanted above your material? I must be missing something on this
Great, easy to understand video. I’m just beginning my inlay quest, and I’ll be referring back to this video a million more times as reference to what I’m doing. Thank you!
Hi Stephen, Thank you for a great explanation on doing inlays. You have a super way of explaining something that looks complicated, however it actually looks easy to do when you take your time, like most things...if you rush through the process, well the results are normally negative. I hope todo one tomorrow, not sure of design, but will start off simple and hope it all works out. Thanks again. Keep safe and healthy. Andrew
Yes thinking everything through several time actually saves times in the end. How many time did I have to re-make plugs because I had forgotten to mirror the design...
Very helpful. The concepts are somewhat obscure at first but you explained them very well. Before I saw this video I vcarved a somewhat complex logo and tried it on a piece of scrap wood. It was perfect. Of course when tried on the actual projects it was way off. Anyway great video.
Thanks so much for sharing...for new comers like me, the whole process looks less daunting ...thanks to your very precise illustrations and clear instructions..👍🏼👍🏼
What values determine the glue gap vs how much the male piece protrudes above the female? In your example I assume the 1mm glue is the difference between the depth of the female piece compared to the final depth of the male. 8 vs 9. But what values control the gap of the male piece above the female? Thx
Hello. No I don't have a specific guide. But as a general rule, avoid segments narrower than 2x your bit nose, if possible. Don't hesitate to spend time in Node Edit mode at high magnification in Vcarve checking and correcting those. It's not fun but it does help a lot. Also, the choice of font is always important.
Thank you. I must have watched 100 videos trying to learn the details on how to do the vcarve inlay technique with an explanation of not only how, but why. Absolutely the best video on the subject.
Best detailed tutorial on the web. I have watched several before coming to this one and no one went into this much detail. My first inlay went perfect! Thank You!
I will second that! 🙂
After watching dozens of other videos about vcarve inlay techniques, your 4 minute visuals between 20:38 and 24:38 gave me more information than all the hours of all the other videos put together.
Thank you, thank you.
Exactly my thought! wow so well done!
I still dont get why we have to use start depths at anything other than 0. Why do we have to trick the machine into three passes instead of just cutting the plug at 0mm to 9mm and letting the program generate the passes automatically that it can handle cutting?
@@smulths Because the cut would be too deep for the bit you are using (possibly) and could snap the bit. The question I just asked is because my 1/8" clearance bit only has a pass depth of .0625" I would need multiple passes.
23 minutes in is gold.
After many many videos I always thought you can’t lower the starting depth without taking out to much at one. This explains to do a couple shallower passes first. Totally makes sense. THANK YOU.
Merci pour ce tuto. Tu as l'air français, de par ton nom, ton accent et ton Aureus que je possède également. Si c'est le c🤗as ça nous fait 2 points en commun 😉. Ta vidéo est très complète, c'est tout ce dont j'avais besoin pour commencer mes premières incrustations. Y'a plus qu'à
I always seem to forget the specifics of inlays, this video was just what I needed thanks!
I have tried several settings, none were perfect. After watching your video I feel that I understand the reasoning and confidant that I will achieve much better results. Will try it soon on my next inlay. Thank you.
One of most complicated technic in wood cnc is inlay. Thanks.
Thank you Stephan. Your V-Carve video should be a must view for anyone wanting to understand the “how and why” to doing v-carve inlays. Your dialogue and graphics are so well done. With gratitude!
Thanks for the feedback!
The absolute Best instructional video on the internet about vcarve inlays.
Every CNC router company should have a link to this video on their website. Excellent job, thanks for taking the time to make it.
I have studied this concept over and over and watched many, many videos and until now could NOT get my head round it. Everyone has different parameters. Now I understand. This is simply the best yet! Thank you, thank you!
Excellent, thank you. I had the same issue with the start depth of an 8mm plug and was working on different solutions to avoid stressing my machine. Thankyou for your solution it has saved me a lot of time!
.One of the best explanations I have seen on this subject. Thank you.
Merci beaucoup, the best tutorial that I've seen so far for creating inlays. Good luck tomorrow night (not really).
I have watched almost EVERY VCarve inlay video there is.......... You my friend explained it in a way that I understand!!!! The standard 60 degree v bit process is good for simple projects, but the deep carve you explained is the absolute best!!!!! Thank You my friend!!!!. I will post my project after its completion
Thanks for the feedback. Can't wait to see your project!
Stephan, Thanks for this video!! I just did an inlay and I couldn't figure out why my bit was plunging all the way to the final depth. As soon as I started watching this, I realized what was happening. I didn't even need to finish watching, but I enjoyed it. Thanks again!
Спасибо, дорогой друг! Очень рад, что нашел твое видео! Ты очень хорошо и подробно объясняешь, у тебя талант. Отдельный лайк за графические вставки!
The is THE best inlay video there is! Thank you very much for going top such detail and taking the time to make graphics of it to better understand the different values when cutting.
Thanks from a danish engineer!
Merci, Stéphane pour cette vidéos très bien expliquer, claire, net et sans chichi
You are a dead set legend. In a single, extremely well produced video, you have got me producing good quality inlays. Something I could not do before. Thank you.
Knowing it helps people having fun and achieve results by not reproducing all the mistakes I went through (and still do) is always a great feeling. Thanks. ;)
This is by far the best and most in depth on this topic, thank you so much
Hands down the best instructional video I've come across, your explanations and diagrams are excellent and to the point, every question I had while watching your video was answered seconds later, easily my new go to tutorial channel, thank you for taking the time to put this video together, I've work in video production and know how much time you must have spend filming and editing this piece, it is very my appreciated. Bravo.
Watched this again. You are definitely one of the best wood cnc UA-cam instructors ever! Your video skills are also second to none. I’ve learned so much from watching your videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you 3 times for your time and the effort you put into each of these videos.
For my machine, when I do clearing toolpaths, I try to minimize the movement of my gantry since it is quite bulky (Legacy Maverick 3x5); for me the gantry moves along the x axis or long length of the table.
Thanks! Indeed it's a good idea to minimize the movement of the heaviest part by changing the Raster Angle!
Stephan. Merci for tutorial. Did my own self training and the same UA-cam sign as test done successfully. I am working in Carveco Maker but in general it works the same way. Super. Thank you so much for great and easy to understand tutorial.
And now I machined my design. It works perfectly so I got good result and UA-cam signed box. Thx again.
Excellent video! I was struggling to understand how to increase the depth of my inlays until I found your video.. you explained it perfectly and I was able to follow along and understand what you were doing!
Thank you!
Very good explanation! Thanks for making the video.
Thank you very much Stephan. Every minute of your video saves me hours of trials and errors. Your video is very descriptve, clear and easy to understand and I can imagine the amount of work, time and experience that you put in it. I subscribed right away. Big thank you from Czech Republic.
Great video Stephan. Lots of useful information.
A long time finding this video but well worth the wait. Fantastic explanation of v-carve inlay process.
Thank you.
You have solved many problems that an awful lot of others had no answer for. Very well explained. I just started using 15 degree. I too have done a lot of experiments that were not more than fire wood trying to do deeper inlays. Those that establish the method need credit as you did but those that further it and fine tune it and are willing to share need equal credit. Thanks
I couldn’t have found this video at a better time. I was wanting to make an Inlay end grain cutting board with my shapeoko, but was trying to figure out getting around the massive start depth. Great video, thanks!!
Finally a clear straight forward tutorial!!!!
Thank you Stephan for a very useful and understandable video. I am now able to do my plug-inlays without problems any more. Keep up the good work you do on your channel!!!
Brilliantly eplained! The technique of creating several plugin-passes has never been mentioned in older tuts. Merci!
THE BEST! love his technique!
Out of hundreds of videos I have searched and watched to learn this process, this is by far the best I have seen for explanation and examples! Thank you for taking the time to make this. I will rewatch this and try to make this work for me.
Merci beaucoup.
I was confused about inlay calculations and getting it straight visually in my brain.
NOW, I understand clearly.
I subscribed to your channel.
Finally. Thanks for this video. I now get it. No one else has made it this clear. Thank you.
Outstanding. Best instruction for inlays on UA-cam. Subscribed.
Best inlay explanation I have seen. I will be implementing this once my machine arrives. Great job!!!
I have seen all the videos on using VCarve on cutting boards. Not one actually addresses the depth problem except yours. I also make videos and this must of taken days to complete. I thank you so much for doing this and finally show how you can do deep inlays in a cutting board. Bravo.
Thanks so much for your explanations and demonstration especially how to overcome the deep start depth. I did my first inlay yesterday for 3mm depth. You kind of lose the fine details of using 90 degree. I was shock when the bits plouged to 3mm depth and lucky it didn't break as i slowed the feedrate. This solved my pressing issue. Brilliance
Thanks. Yes, 90° is really wide. I generally use 10° bits! :)
Best inlay tutorial for hobbist cnc by far. I am speaking from Italy and i own a heavily modded vcarve xlarge. Thankyou so much Stephen. Of course I instantly subbed to your channel
Thanks!
I think it has already been said... but thanks for the best tutorial on this. Spent ages searching and this is by far the tutorial for those with small machines. Thanks
Thanks!
Great video and thanks for making. I have been operating for 4 years and this is the best video I have came across on vcarve inlays. Very good explanation of the plug multi pass trick. It will save me some bits even having a heavy machine. It always made me mad that it did the plug in one pass and I just assumed missing with the values would miss something up.
Thank you for the work you've put into this. 👍
Thank you for this detailed, in depth explanation on "deep" vcarving. Very valuable lesson.
Finally. Spent several hours watching this and tweaking my cam to suit my needs. Thank you so much for this. I'm finally able to get great inlays.
Thank you Stephan for your time and dedication to show step by step
Great video. The results are just fantastic and the details that you can achieve with your method far outperform other methods I've found. Merci Beaucoup!!
Thank you so much for your video, now I see the LIGHT and have saved the little grey hair I have left!!! Thanks from Norway!
Finally a tutorial that explains V-Carve inlays with great detail and in a very understandable way.
Thank you for this. Please keep making this quality content.
Wow wow wow 🤯 I’m so incredibly thankful you went through the trouble to post this. I’ve had to watch it a few times to wrap my brain around how it all works, but you did such a good job of explaining so many complicated ideas, and I’m so excited to start making my own crazy wood inlays!
Thank you so much sir! Great job! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks for the feedback! I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun creating inlays!
THIS is the tutorial I’ve been looking for. Thank you for explaining it so well and in a way that users of other software besides V-Carve can still apply the knowledge. Great work!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much.
Brother, you killed it! the multiple tool path for start depth was an issue I have been like what is going on Aspire!!! Your tutorial is amazing no one else has a better explanation Im ready to try this!!
Thank you!
Thank you for this video I had do everything metric but that wasn’t too hard and my project came out very well, my client was very pleased. This is information I can use for ever
Happy it helped you! Yes I grew metric and all the tooling we get here (Europe) is metric. :)
By far the best video for vcarve inlays on UA-cam! Thank you so much!
That was a great video. As a CNC newbie learning things, learning inlay is important this was the best video on this topic I've ever seen. However, this is also one of the best educational videos I've seen on any topic. I'm a science geek and watch a lot of UA-cam science educators and they could learn a lot from you.
Outstanding description of the vcarve inlay. Thanks for video.
Amazing job of explaining the process!
I could literally just copy and paste Bill’s comment! Thank you so much for this!!
Excellent video! Very simple to understand. I wish this video would have been around several years ago when I first started doing vcarve inlays, it would have saved me a lot of trial and error learning. Thanks again for sharing.
Absolutely awesome! That is exactly what I was waiting for after spending nights studying a dozen well-meaning Vcarve-Inlay videos! This is the best video dealing with this inlay technique I have found on the net. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind feedback!
Fantastic video and very much appreciated. The level of detail and explanation was incredibly helpful to someone who has not yet done an inlay but will soon. I appreciated how you would demonstrate something and then explain why that wouldn't work and then go back and show how to do it properly. I especially liked the walkthrough on how to make additional paths to avoid breaking bits. Previous videos I'd watched did it all in one go and merely mentioned not going too deep. The only extra tidbit I would have liked to see in this video would be some advice on how to figure out what are appropriate depths of cut for one's own machine. I realize it depends on each setup, but some basic advice on what to consider to calculate what's right for a given setup would be awesome.
Thank you for your fantastic work!
Thank you for putting forth the energy and skill to create this excellent tutorial. The accompanying illustrations made the concepts so much easier to understand. I appreciate your gift.
Like everyone else has already said, this is BY FAR the best video I've seen on doing inlays. Great work!
Thanks!
I have the same software and I don't change the zero depth in the "male" part like you discuss starting at 23:18.
After I get the g-Code done for the "female" part, I do flip the image for next program for the male part to a mirrored image and put another vector box around it. I then cut it just as any other piece. The machine doesn't need to know its going to fit together as one. You do have to create a small offset, but trial and error of a small design, like a star, you can get your magic number that applied to your machine and will work for all inlays then going forward.
If you do it this way, it will fit perfectly without the complicated part about changing the zero depth and chance breaking bits or damaging your machine.
Give it a try it works great for me.
Indeed you can do it by flipping and creating an offset. I even made an Excel sheet that calculates exactly what the offset should be based on insertion depth using trigonometry. :P But I got better results by using the Start Depth technique, so I stuck to that one and tried to find the best values.
This is the most informative tutorial iv seen on this technique yet. Your explanations were very informative and easy to follow. I learned a ton! Thank you
Watched this video 3 times now, got all my toolpaths set up tonight (after struggling to convert to inches haha). Will be trying this out on the CNC tomorrow! Thanks for the great tutorial.
Sorry for the metric. ;) Let me know how it went!
Haha I'd love to use metric but all my measuring tools are imperial :(
@@stephanforseilles Hi Stephan - I have a question about the cutting depths in each toolpath. For the first pass in your plug it will cut 3.5 mm in total. Do you still have the bit run multiple passes to get down to 3.5 (i.e. does it do 3 or 4 passes at 1 mm each during that toolpath) or do you have the bit cut that full depth in a single pass?
@@ianbost193 Yes, up to 4-5mm in one pass is okay for my machine. If we're talking about the plug and you want shallower cuts BEFORE start depth then you have to create more 'fake toolpaths', more closely spaced. Anything between start depth and flat depth, Vcarve will create the passes based on how you've configured your bit.
@@stephanforseilles Yes I think we are talking about the same thing. For example in your first toolpath for the plug you start at 1.5 and go to 2.0 flat. That is a total 3.5mm of material removed for that toolpath. Then you are using a 3.125mm endmill for the clearance. I assume then you are setting that endmill's pass depth (via Edit...) to something high enough to get it done in a single pass. As opposed to it having a default pass depth of say, 1 mm, in which case it would start from 1.5, plunge 1mm to 2.5 and do a pass, then plunge another 1mm to 3.5 and do a second pass (for the total 3.5 mm on that toolpath). When I did mine I didn't take this into account and so every tool would go around the entire thing, go a tiny bit deeper, go around again, etc etc. Took a long time. Apologies for these questions haha. I bought a shapeoko and the very first thing I did was to try a v-carve inlay (standard method 0.2 inches deep, 60 degree bit). Now I've watched all of your videos and so the second thing I decided to do was move straight to deep inlays in endgrain using your method. Thanks again :)
This was an excellent explanation of how to make deep inlays. Thank you, I think I'll be rewatching step by step as I do my first few inlays
Excellent tutorial. One complaint I've seen several times in the comments was about the units used or the units used in other tutorial videos. I can help with that. VCarve makes it easy to convert units inside the fields. To convert from a value in mm to inches type the keys "* i =". (without the quotes or spaces). To convert from inches to mm, type "* m =".
Great tip!
alternatively, you can change back and forth between metric and imperial using the job set up icon in Vcarve after your work is done. It will convert and recalculate the toolpaths when you switch.
I joined your channel right away by watching this instructional video about the V-carve. I congratulate you for the excellent and clear explanations. You are the only one among the many who create cutting boards in head wood but do not divulge the technical notions. Congratulations again and thanks for the valuable information. I too am thinking of entering this type of cutting board processing and I would like to buy the first CNC. Give me a suggestion on a CNC machine measuring 60x40 cm (the minimum) that is sturdy and precise to make inlays on end wood cutting boards. Thanks keep it up
Thanks Andrea. I get as much joy in sharing than in learning. For the CNC, I love my Sorotec machine but it's not cheap (comes from Germany, starts around 2k€). For about half of that you probably can get a Chinese 6040 from Amazon or Aliexrpess. I know plenty of people who are happy with it even if it won't be as rigid as the Sorotec.
Great video! You are a natural teacher. Thanks for taking the time to create this.
I have done some nice v carve inlays but I had to go through a bit of a learning curve. Especially the "start depth" on the plug. Watched a bunch of tutorials etc. I really like your method to get a deeper inlay with multiple tool paths. This is a my-t-fine video tutorial. Thanks.
I didn't understand what he was doing with the plug cut. Why not set your z zero 2mm or gap wanted above your material? I must be missing something on this
From Syria.. Appreciate your video.. The best of the best
Enjoyed this video
Thanks from Houston, Texas
Epic tutorial! Brilliant work, with a highly effective presentation. Vectric themselves could learn from your teaching style. Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you for this. Your detailed leasson is excellent. If your not a teacher, you should be.
Thanks! I'm no teacher but I like to explain things. :)
Great, easy to understand video. I’m just beginning my inlay quest, and I’ll be referring back to this video a million more times as reference to what I’m doing. Thank you!
Came back to watch again awesome tutorial
Thanks
Hi Stephen,
Thank you for a great explanation on doing inlays. You have a super way of explaining something that looks complicated, however it actually looks easy to do when you take your time, like most things...if you rush through the process, well the results are normally negative. I hope todo one tomorrow, not sure of design, but will start off simple and hope it all works out. Thanks again. Keep safe and healthy. Andrew
Yes thinking everything through several time actually saves times in the end. How many time did I have to re-make plugs because I had forgotten to mirror the design...
Very good tutorial. Helped me to understand the inlay process much better. Thanks!!
Stephan - greetings from Pennsylvania, USA. Thank you very much for this video. Very informative.
Very helpful. The concepts are somewhat obscure at first but you explained them very well. Before I saw this video I vcarved a somewhat complex logo and tried it on a piece of scrap wood. It was perfect. Of course when tried on the actual projects it was way off. Anyway great video.
Wood projects are a bit like exams: all good when you prepare and try before, but on the day... I know the feeling! :D
I like the energy and effort u put in the tutorial. Love and peace from pakistan
Thanks so much for sharing...for new comers like me, the whole process looks less daunting ...thanks to your very precise illustrations and clear instructions..👍🏼👍🏼
Very well done, sir. I went on and watched all your inlay videos. AND I've liked and subscribed !!! 👍
Perfect! Congratulations from south Brazil!!!
Such a brilliant tutorial
Nice tutorial. This one will get me started with vcarving! Thank you! 🙏
Thank you very much for the very informative explanation. It is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for this it was very clear and concise and at last I am beginning to understand how to VCarve
Very good video! I appreciate the time and effort you did. A really good explanation of the inlay process.
What values determine the glue gap vs how much the male piece protrudes above the female? In your example I assume the 1mm glue is the difference between the depth of the female piece compared to the final depth of the male. 8 vs 9. But what values control the gap of the male piece above the female?
Thx
Hello. Glue gap would be (Flat depth of pocket)-(Start depth of plug). What protrudes (gap that 'sticks out') is flat depth of plug.
Thank you very much! Awesome vid!
Outstanding ! you cleared up a ton of that start depth confusion i had
Great vid. Exactly what I was looking for
Thank you very much for such an in depth tutorial.
Brilliantly explained, do you have a guide on how to do the inlay toolpaths for small lettering? As im having a problem with that thanks
Hello. No I don't have a specific guide. But as a general rule, avoid segments narrower than 2x your bit nose, if possible. Don't hesitate to spend time in Node Edit mode at high magnification in Vcarve checking and correcting those. It's not fun but it does help a lot. Also, the choice of font is always important.