Well done...thank you fo sharing your technique. First project I saw with a wood inlay on a curved surface - process makes total sense but the settings for a tight fit my be interesting - as you suggest a separate video on how you get these right would be interesting.
Cool, thanks! Yeah, I now have basic experience with it to figure out how to make it work. I hope to do a more detailed cutting board at some point and, and I can discuss how to find the right inlay parameters. I've seen a lot of videos on how to do it..but none of them explain what to do when things aren't working right and how to correct a specific error (ie: too loose with it bottoming out too early or too tight with a hole at the bottom -- really that is it, but knowing what to do is the hard part).
@@CorbinDunn again a thoughtful response and very appreciated. I paid for Broinwood’s course and he discusses how to test to get the right fit and steps to get there when things aren’t right. But his instructions are for cutting board inlays (flat inlays). what was super interesting for me was you taking into account the curved surface. That is a new level of complexity - well done.
@@RobSandstromDesigns Broinwood does some amazing work! I bet his course is spot on for how to do it. The curved surface is conceptually the same; it's just projected to the model.
I'm not sure of the CNC runtime; without the inlay it's definitely a project that could easily be made in half day, starting from rough stock. The inlay does add considerable more time due to their being more operations and waiting for the glue-up.
Scott - YES! I strongly prefer Fusion 360 for toolpaths - it is so much more powerful with a lot more control of how things happen. The only reason I use VCarve is because of the VCarve inlay; it is really difficult to do VCarve inlays with Fusion. I've seen some people get it to work, but there are lots of caveats and it won't work for all designs. I've also been informally keeping track of what CNC Woodworkers seem to prefer: Fusion or VCarve. I've found that more people want files that are setup for VCarve than Fusion 360. One of my goals is to share information, and I think I can reach a larger audience by making stuff with Vectric.
Oh! The other feature of VCarve that I depend on for a curved model like this: Project Toolpath to the Model -- I haven't been able to figure out how to do this type of operation in Fusion when doing a VCarve.
@@CorbinDunn That makes sense. If your just doing it for yourself, you could probably use both, Fusion for the spoon body, Vectric for the inlay. I've done some inlay work with Fusion (not on a curved surface); it's a bit tricky.
@@SRG216 That is a good idea! I do use Vectric just for some flat-inlays; but the curved model v-carve made it tricky. It would mean I'd need some way of accurately indexing the model in both Fusion and Vectric at the exact same location. I can get a lot of a accurate placement in Fusion, but it seems to be a lot trickier to do VCarve. I have some ideas on how I might be able to do it.....I'll have to give it a go and see how well it works. Thanks for the ideas!
@@CorbinDunn In your video you show using the vcarve XY Datum offset. You could use this offset, perhaps zero is your machine zero when homed. Then create a sketch in Fusion to match that does the same thing as the XY Datum, and make the corner of your sketch your zero position. I often use a sketch point for my CAM zero when there's not a good place on my model or stock.
Ooops...I just noticed some of the video highlighting got off when I zoomed in. Ah well...I think the meaning still comes across!
Corbin: Awesome project!!
Thanks Pete!
Well done...thank you fo sharing your technique. First project I saw with a wood inlay on a curved surface - process makes total sense but the settings for a tight fit my be interesting - as you suggest a separate video on how you get these right would be interesting.
Cool, thanks! Yeah, I now have basic experience with it to figure out how to make it work. I hope to do a more detailed cutting board at some point and, and I can discuss how to find the right inlay parameters. I've seen a lot of videos on how to do it..but none of them explain what to do when things aren't working right and how to correct a specific error (ie: too loose with it bottoming out too early or too tight with a hole at the bottom -- really that is it, but knowing what to do is the hard part).
@@CorbinDunn again a thoughtful response and very appreciated. I paid for Broinwood’s course and he discusses how to test to get the right fit and steps to get there when things aren’t right. But his instructions are for cutting board inlays (flat inlays). what was super interesting for me was you taking into account the curved surface. That is a new level of complexity - well done.
@@RobSandstromDesigns Broinwood does some amazing work! I bet his course is spot on for how to do it. The curved surface is conceptually the same; it's just projected to the model.
Ciao, bel progetto. Io uso Aspire 10, avresti i files VCarve per la versione 10?, grazie
Unfortunately I developed it with VCarve 11.5, so you'd have to upgrade to be able to open them.
Not including the inlay how much time does one of these take? Great videos!
I'm not sure of the CNC runtime; without the inlay it's definitely a project that could easily be made in half day, starting from rough stock. The inlay does add considerable more time due to their being more operations and waiting for the glue-up.
Have you tried using Fusion 360 for toolpaths instead of Vectric? You have a lot more control with Fusion.
Scott - YES! I strongly prefer Fusion 360 for toolpaths - it is so much more powerful with a lot more control of how things happen. The only reason I use VCarve is because of the VCarve inlay; it is really difficult to do VCarve inlays with Fusion. I've seen some people get it to work, but there are lots of caveats and it won't work for all designs.
I've also been informally keeping track of what CNC Woodworkers seem to prefer: Fusion or VCarve. I've found that more people want files that are setup for VCarve than Fusion 360. One of my goals is to share information, and I think I can reach a larger audience by making stuff with Vectric.
Oh! The other feature of VCarve that I depend on for a curved model like this: Project Toolpath to the Model -- I haven't been able to figure out how to do this type of operation in Fusion when doing a VCarve.
@@CorbinDunn That makes sense. If your just doing it for yourself, you could probably use both, Fusion for the spoon body, Vectric for the inlay. I've done some inlay work with Fusion (not on a curved surface); it's a bit tricky.
@@SRG216 That is a good idea! I do use Vectric just for some flat-inlays; but the curved model v-carve made it tricky. It would mean I'd need some way of accurately indexing the model in both Fusion and Vectric at the exact same location. I can get a lot of a accurate placement in Fusion, but it seems to be a lot trickier to do VCarve. I have some ideas on how I might be able to do it.....I'll have to give it a go and see how well it works. Thanks for the ideas!
@@CorbinDunn In your video you show using the vcarve XY Datum offset. You could use this offset, perhaps zero is your machine zero when homed. Then create a sketch in Fusion to match that does the same thing as the XY Datum, and make the corner of your sketch your zero position. I often use a sketch point for my CAM zero when there's not a good place on my model or stock.