|
|
Post by andrew on Jun 2, 2017 1:34:57 GMT
A first run at wood inlays.. The Great Lakes.. Went pretty well for a first go at it  Made from a 1/4" thick scrap piece of a canoe paddle blade and some 1/32" birch plywood (stained). Pretty amazed at how tightly the plywood cutout fit in the pocket. Gonna have to play with this more! Think cutting boards, coasters, canoe paddle blades... Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by Derek the Admin on Jun 2, 2017 4:47:29 GMT
Awesome work. I just put that on our Facebook page. Inlay work is a blast and it looks like that was a tough one. There are some fine things in there that all had to be just right.
What was your workflow on this?
|
|
|
|
Post by markwisniowski on Jun 2, 2017 13:47:45 GMT
That looks cool! Great work, very interested in your workflow and any tips you might have with the tolerances.
|
|
|
|
Post by mp4doggie on Jun 2, 2017 16:11:32 GMT
that came out really well . I like the contrasting wood
|
|
|
|
Post by bowhntr7846 on Jun 6, 2017 5:53:01 GMT
That is truly awesome!
|
|
|
|
Post by aforww on Jun 6, 2017 11:39:18 GMT
Awesome work!
|
|
|
|
Post by andrew on Jun 6, 2017 23:10:18 GMT
Thanks guys. I make hollow shafted canoe paddles sometimes and give them away as gifts. Was thinking I could turn it up a notch by doing some inlay in the blades. That one was an experiment on scrap piece of blade to see how it would work out. I'd say successful! Am working on a new paddle now with hopes of a sandhill crane in it... Broke my only 1/32" endmill though cutting out the insert (use more tabs) so am waiting on some new bits (from drillman1) to show up so I can finish it.. The finished paddle in the picture weighed in at 20oz. They are very light weight paddles! Easel makes fairly quick work of generating inlay gcode with an App they have. You do have to do some legwork and steal/create/find a solid closed SVG to import and make it work. So on this great lakes one... - Found a JPG, converted it to black and white. - Imported the JPG into Inkscape - Did a "trace bitmap" to create the vector. - Saved vector as a generic SVG. - Imported that into Easel - Used the app to generate the outlines and pocket - Adjusted the cut thicknesses - Deleted the pocket image, generated and exported the Gcode for the insert, then undid the pocket delete - Deleted the insert image, generated and exported the gcode for the pocket - Undid the delete insert so it would all save and I could do it again if need be.. A bit of leg work, but end results seem to be worth it.. Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by aforww on Jun 7, 2017 2:14:43 GMT
Might wanna look into Vbit inlay techniques as well. It's a pretty solid method and makes dealing with intricate stuff a bit easier. It also lends itself to glue up very well. The draw back, much more finishing work on your end.
|
|
|
|
Post by VGCustomShop on Jun 29, 2017 3:25:23 GMT
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
|
|
