The VCarve Inlay Technique
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2024
- This video explains the VCarve technique for making wooden inlays! This method is demonstrated by making a walnut coaster with a maple butterfly inlay from start to finish!
Sections of the video:
1:02 - VCarve Overview / Theory
9:30 - Drawing/CAD/CAM tutorial (VCarve or Aspire)
22:40 - Machining the coaster
29:38 - Making a coaster holder
Example File:
www.gano.name/shawn/CNC/VCarv...
Router bit I used: PreciseBits 60 deg V-bit (M2E4-2500-60VC):
www.precisebits.com/products/c...
Custom 3D printed parts that appear in the video:
Laser Sight/Guide : www.thingiverse.com/thing:278...
Sanding Jig: www.thingiverse.com/thing:278...
Some of the Music from: www.bensound.com/royalty-free...
Other good VCarve Inlay Videos or resources:
- Dave Van Antwerp's video: • Vcarve Inlays on the C...
- Written overview by Paul Zank and Damien Durrant: www.vectric.org/video/aspire4-...
Files for the clamps and the low profile knobs (and 3D printable knob files):
www.gano.name/temp/CNC_Clamps...
Artwork: Many of the designs are from ShutterStock.com. The image IDs are: Butterfly (546040198), Rocket (252853276), frog (195952694), cat (537296575), hummingbird (537347419).
Music by: Bensound
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What a great job you did in explaining your techniques. Very much appreciated.
Thanks Shawn
You are welcome! Glad the video was hopeful and thanks for the comment!
Shawn, this is astounding. Extremely well put together production and explanation of one of the more complicated aspects of CNCing. CAD, CAM, & machining was shown, and you even threw in the bonus of the coaster holder! This is beyond excellent. From the voice over, edits, soft music--I have yet to find a tutorial that's as detailed and thoughtful as this one. Thank you so much for giving us this gem.
Thank you; I really appreciate it! I had originally made parts of the video as a reminder to my future self how to make the inlays (since I got fairly good at it after making that large batch of coasters); then I thought others may benefit as well so I tried to add a little more explanation up front. Take care!
I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video so many years ago....to this day I still go back to it and re- visit. I often get busy doing other things and forget the basics but this video has always been a great reminder of how it is done. Thanks Shawn.
Thanks Garry! Your comment made my day. It is funny you mention that but I originally started making this video so I could refer back to it myself as I had finally gotten to the point where the process made sense to me after a good deal of reading and trial and error. Then I thought others might find it useful as well and I am glad to hear that it has! Take care!
Thank you so much - this is about the most helpful video I've seen on Vcarve inlay technique!
You're welcome! Glad to hear the video was helpful!
This is still the best resource I have found for doing Vcarve inlays! So well filmed and explained. Thanks for balancing the sound volumes, much improved!
Thank you and glad the video was helpful!
One of the best tutorials on ANY subject I have ever watched. Thank you for this.
Wow I am very humbled; thanks I appreciate your kind words; and I am glad it was helpful!
@@shawngano can i get your email address
@@cruseboomerangeffect Click on my Channel's main page, then select the "about" tab, I think you can find my e-mail listed there.
@@shawngano didn't see it could you email me tcruse1987@gmail.com
Great job Shawn, this is exactly what I needed to learn, keep giving us more videos like this.
Thanks Robert and glad the view was helpful! Will do - when I get technique mastered it helps me to make a video to remind myself later on of some of the steps as well :)
I have watched quite a few videos on this process. Yours is BY FAR the best! Well paced, easy to understand you pain talk. Great. Thank You
Thank you Tom I really appreciate that! I originally captured the the videos as a way to remind myself how to make the inlays and I am glad it has helped others!
This tutorial was so helpful to me, love that 3D printed jig too! Thanks for taking the time to make this.
You are welcome and great to hear it was helpful!! That 3D jig saved my finger tips; I made it after sanding a couple fingers; I just knew there had to be a better way ;)
Thanks so much for your clear and detailed explanation of not just how how to do this, but how it works. Using this technique, I was able to pull off some ornate text on my first try. Great work!
You are welcome; glad it was helpful and great to hear you got it to work the first time! It took me a few tries the first time around :)
Thank you so very, very much for the detailed, informative video. You've been a HUGE help!
You are very welcome; I am glad to hear it was helpful!
I used your technique this weekend and it worked perfectly. Can't wait to do more.
Excellent! Glad it went well and have fun!
I'm looking at doing my first inlay and found this to be the best video out there. Brilliantly explained thank you so much for such a detailed explanation video.
Thank you Cliff; I appreciate it and glad the video was helpful! Have fun!
For the longest time, I thought delicate inlays would be impossible, saying that the CNC would destroy those fine lines, etc. But this method proves otherwise. Thanks for opening a door for me!
You're welcome! It is a lot of fun and it is great to be able to learn from each other. Thanks!
This is incredible. Love what you did here. I've always wondered how people get such great inlays using aspire. I'm going to try this out asap
Thanks and hope your inlays turn out well!
Many thanks Shawn. I discovered the 2 sided feature and can progress. Regards
Thank you Shawn! Have been struggling with doing inlays. Bought VCarve and with your instructions and its been clear sailing. Last job the inlay was .2" thick so I added a clearing path with an End Mill prior to running the VBit as most of the inlays are walnut. Great instructions.
Thank you! That is great to hear you were successfully (and I am a big fan of walnut!)
Thanks so much Shawn. That was a really helpful video tutorial. Can't wait to try out the technique myself. Cheers!
You are very welcome; glad it was helpful and have fun!
This has been the most helpful vee carve inlay tutorial I have found! Thanks!
You are welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic tutorial, that's a true masterpiece. Congratulations from Brazil!
Thank you Douglas, I appreciate the kind words!
Really fantastic video. I so appreciate the work and care that went into each aspect of the woodworking, instructional, and production/editing of the video. That might be the most epic garage I've ever seen. Saluting you from Ann Arbor!
Thanks for the kind words James! I am glad the video has been helpful (it also use it as a good way to remind myself of some of the details). Go Blue! (You can see my UM sweatshirt around the 33:06 mark)
Great project. thanks for your careful teaching with the VCarve program, I learned a lot!!
Thanks and it is great to hear this was useful! [It will be useful for me too in the future to remind myself later how I did this :) ]
Hi Shawn, Thanks!! this was great. I learned a lot and as a new CNC user it was most helpful. Thanks again!
You are very welcome! I am glad to hear it was helpful --- I initially made parts of the video to help me remember how to make these inlays as I sometimes go months (or years) between making them and it is easy to forget the details.
Lots of great tips - thank you!
Your welcome; glad the video was helpful!
Great! I found this very interesting as I use a plotter to cut greeting card designs and a lot of the design elements are similar. I shall have access to a CNC machine soon, looking forward to playing with it! Your presenting style is good, clear and easy to understand.
Thanks! That is very interesting, I can see how a cutting using a plotter would be quite similar so I bet you will pick up using a CNC quite quickly. Have fun!
@@shawngano I'm hoping to use it for making craft related things, just as I do with a 3D printer - only removing material rather than adding it! I think the design elements will come easily, it's the tools, speed and depth that will be harder for me (and the terminology!)
Great video, i've been trying flat pieces with mixed results, I will try this v-bit method now!
Thanks! I hope your experiments with the v-carving inlays go well!
Thank you for explaining the theory. I've been trying to understand the meaning of the start and flat depth. Now I get it. Thanks again
You're welcome; glad to hear the video has been helpful!
What an excellent tutorial - thank you very much!
Your welcome, glad it was useful! (and thanks for watching!)
Thank you so much. Very detailed tutorial. Hope to see more videos from you.
You are welcome! Thanks for the kind comment; take care!
This is an excellent instructional demo. As a former teacher, I can honestly say that you have some serious skills.
Thanks Mark - I really appreciate that!
This is the best explanation of this technique I’ve seen! Thank you!
You are welcome and thank you!
Great job. Thanks for the tutorial.
You're welcome; thank you!
outstanding! I am new to CNC and Vcarve, your video helped explain several things, much appreciated!
You are welcome and thank you; I am glad to hear it was helpful!
Thanks for the great explanation of the clearance pass for the male inlay.
You are welcome; glad the video was helpful!
Brilliant Shawn, thank you so very much. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for the knowledge gained and the inspiration received by watching your video. I have been recently learning Fusion 360 to use for designing bits for my recent 3d printer, an Ender 3, also a brilliant tool and am just in the final stages of building an MPCNC LowRider2 CNC machine that I found on thingiverse. What perfect timing it was to not be able to sleep tonight and to find your very clever video in my feed, brilliant. I saw something like this a few years ago and dreamed of how wonderful it would be to have the tools to do this sort of inlay work but it was only a dream. Now tho, having been retired early because of serious health issues and finding my hands also failing and thus not capable of the fine carving work I’d like to do, well, this has been a Godsend for me and I’d like to thank you both, Thank You!! I am so pleased and inspired by your hard work and so very, very grateful. Please keep up the great work mate, it has been worth every bit of effort that you have put in and it is extremely and truly appreciated, even if only by one little old Aussie down here down under, thank you
Hi Philip! Thank you for the kind words and I am very glad the video was helpful! After getting over the initial learning curve of Fusion 360 - it is amazing what that program can do and it works so nicely with 3D printers (that is cool you are building/printing a LowRider2 CNC! Enjoy and have fun!
Thanks Shawn, it’s a wonderful journey made possible only by the fantastic assistance of people like yourself, thank you so very much mate, brilliant 😎👌
This is great. I haven't done an inlay yet, but I imagined in my head that this is how it would work and you laid it all out perfectly. Thanks!
You're welcome! Have Fun! Also based on the video teasers from the next version of VCarve Pro - they seem to be adding the capability for computing both sides V-carve inlay automatically (version 12) which should be released within the next few weeks (which could make this even easier).
@@shawngano Badass. I may have to upgrade to Pro
Outstanding work. Thanks Shawn.
Thank you!
Now I am really craving for CNC routers that can do this. It is so much fun, you can design anything and produce outstanding result. Yes!!! CNC routers are so damn expensive and hoping for prices drop in the future. Thank you so much for the well explained tutorials of Vcarve.
You are right CNC routers can do quite a lot and are fun! But they are definitely expensive initially (they can earn their keep though). They seem to be slowly decreasing in price overtime as the competition increases; hopefully that trend continues. Take care!
Very nice - many thanks for this brilliant tutorial!
Thank you very much; I am glad it was helpful!
Great job explaining the process! I want to try this so bad because I have people who want to have coasters made and doing the inlay would be a great addition. Out of my scope of skills right now but I am getting there....with this video I have hope. Thank you
Thank you and you are welcome! Have fun and you will get there soon!
Very clear tutorial. Thanks from France ☺
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tips. Thank you for sharing,
Your welcome; glad it was helpful!
Great video. Easy to follow and you took the time to actually explain the rhyme to to the reason. Thank you.
Thank you! Glad it was useful!
That is a really good tutorial, learned a lot from it, thanks.
You are welcome; glad it was helpful!
Interesting, from a very good instructor with the detailed information needed. Thanks.
You are welcome Brian! Glad it was helpful!
Amazing job! thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the kind words; glad it was helpful!
Thank you a lot.You helped me quite a lot with this video.Keep on the good work!
You're welcome! I really appreciate the comment and glad to hear the video was helpful!
Excellent, detailed tutorial. Good work, Shawn! You did a great job of covering everything, and good photography on the carving, too.
My only suggestion for next time is to leave out the music when you are talking, because it is very distracting. It is fine during carving. Thanks!
Thanks Steve! I appreciate the feedback and that is a good point, next time I will suppress the music when talking.
@@shawngano Great work - And, I agree with everything Steve Potter said. I'm going to subscribe now.
@@shawngano Kill the music completely, please. Great tutorial. BTW, try axeeez... :) Like your spoilboard design, it's given me something to think about.
I actually liked the music but just -6db or so would be nice so that it doesn’t compete with the dialogue
I liked the music. Metalica would be better.
Great video! Not only am I inspired to make some cool inlays but also to figure out how to control my cnc with an nes controller!
Thank you! Ha ha - yeah the gamepad turns out to be a really nice and natural way to control the CNC machine manually. I highly recommend it (and they are much cheaper than traditional CNC pendants and allow motion in multiple directions at once.) If you want to learn more some good keywords to search for are "gamepad" and then your control software like Mach3 or LinuxCNC, etc. Have fun!
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Really like the idea of the laser assist for zeroing to your workpieces
Thanks! After a few years I still use it all the time; so I am really glad I added it. If you want more details on it see: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2782511
@@shawngano thanks! I will definitely check that out
I finally got a chance to subscribe. I apologize I didn't do it earlier. Really like your vids. Much like Garry below, I find myself going back to this video quite often. I think anyone who has any V-carve experience, or CNC inlay for that matter, regardless of the software, will say that it's easy to "forget crossing a T or dotting an I" and then all hell breaks loose. :)
Thanks Todd I appreciate the comment and fully agree that the details matter and can be easy to overlook at times :) But I guess those are also good learning moments!
Thanks this is the best explanation of creating V-carved inlays I have seen. The graphics explaining the start depth and flat depth is very well conceived. Well thought out educational process that is presented very nicely. You should do training videos professionally.
Thanks Ed - I truly appreciate the kind words and glad to hear the video was helpful!
dude. yours is the coolest homemade cnc i have ever seen
Thanks; though as much as I would love to take credit for it, it isn't homemade (it was built by Probotix) -- but I have made a number of modifications.
@@shawngano duly noted
Great tutorial! Coasters look really nice!
Thanks Scott!
Excellent explanation! You should use the CNC to cut in your logo or signature on the backs of your pieces 😊
Thanks! That is a fun idea; will give that a try sometime.
Hi Shawn, thanks for a very informative video, I'm sure I'll reference it many times when my CNC router finally gets here. I commend you on your dedication to answering nearly all the comments people make after so long, I'm sure they appreciate it, I know I picked up many useful bits of information in your replies. My only criticism is the music in the video should not be so intrusive, sorry. Thank you for taking the time to make such a well constructed and detailed video.
You're welcome Barry and thanks for the feedback! You are right, I definitely learned from this video to cut back on the volume of the music especially while talking. When editing I found it awkward to hear myself and the music helped cover some of the background noise so I turned it up way too much. -- Enjoy your CNC router!
Best tutorial hands down! Thank you.
You are welcome Don! I am glad it was helpful!
Very concise, good explanation. Hope I can put it into practice ...with success
Thanks John and I hope it goes well too!
Great video - even for a Michigan fan. Thanks for posting this.
Ha! :) Thanks!
Very clean work, great job man!!!
Thank you!
Excellent craft and tutorial.
Thanks! Glad the video was helpful!
Fantastic video. Thank you!
Thanks Michael!
Super explanation of making V-carved inlays, now if only I could afford to buy a CNC.
Thanks! CNC routers are slowly getting more reasonable but I agree they aren't there yet; but if they continue to become more popular then they hopefully will also get more affordable. The other trick is they tend to take up a lot of space - but they sure are a lot of fun and open up a lot of interesting possibilities. Take care!
thanks for the informative video!
You are welcome and glad it was helpful!
this is a great tutorial! thank you for making it
You are welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Seriously amazing video man great job. I need to do some research to figure out how you are doing your Z axis calibration. That looks slick!
Thanks I really appreciate that! Here is some more info on the tool length sensor: www.probotix.com/wiki/index.php/Automatic_Tool_Length_Sensor -- and for the initial z-touch off here is my DIY solution (though I have 3d printed a better version recently - but it still works the same): th-cam.com/video/MpVBYfTKSDU/w-d-xo.html
@@shawngano hey thanks for the reply! I really appreciate the info on this.
Excellent tutorial!
Thanks Brian!
perfect tutorial..couldn`t ask for a better explaination
Thanks; I am blushing :) -- glad it was helpful!
great video thanks for sharing i will be trying this asap
have subbed , going to watch some of your other vids now
@@venriceallman5146 Thanks! Hope your inlay project goes well -- after trying it out once or twice I found it was really fun to do!
thats was greaaaaat. thank you for putting this together.
You're welcome; I am glad it was helpful!
Beautiful work.
Thank you Sergio!
Impressive and great work!!!
Thank you!
Awesome Work! Thanks.
I appreciate it; thank you!
Get walk-through. I can't wait to try this
Glad to hear the video was helpful and hope it goes well for you!
Great video!! sure wish i could spring for Vcarv or aspire
Thanks! Yeah VCarve/Aspire are pricey but if you can sell a few items you make they can actually pay for themselves fairly quickly based on the time you save.
well done. your graphics are fantastic.
Thank you Tim!
Nice work. Smart approach.
Thank you!
Thank's to share your technique
SO MANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED! Thank you!!!!!
You're welcome; glad it was helpful!
Great work thanks for sharing
Thanks and you are welcome!
Great video, very well explained and simple to follow. You did a great job on what we do to leave the glue-gap, but I didn't quite get why we did our offsets for the inlay carve at 0.08 and then another 0.1.
I blindly stole the settings and it worked great, but if you revisit the topic or write an explanation and pin the comment it would be great.
So many videos on this topic, this one is beautifully clear.
Thank you! I added those offsets mainly to allow for clearing tool paths since the v-carving starts below the surface as I didn't want to plunge the v-bit so deeply on the first pass (I had done a inlay in purpleheart wood - and since it was so dense I ran into issues). I believe newer versions of V-carve now have an option for adding clearing paths automatically (with straight bits before the v-carving) which would help a lot and require a little less of using those manual offsets. But thanks for the suggestion for when I update this in the future as you were right I didn't explain that part too well. Take care!
@@shawngano, in the video I think you did a great job explaining why you were clearing. For fun, I did a version on some scrap Sapelle vit the v-bit burying itself without clearing first, and the results were as ugly as you predicted :) Would have been usable if not for all the charred edges :)
The piece I was hoping you can clarify in future, is why you came to those dimensions and hence why would a person change them.
Using a 0.125" or 0.5" bit I do not think they would change the offset, but the depth of cut is doubled, I guess the offsets would double?
@@BrianIrwin It just dawned on me - you are absolutely right I didn't explain at all where I got those offsets. What I did was: I knew the angle of the v-bit (60 degrees) and the depth of the total cut -- and since the V-bit will end up with a slanted edge, I didn't want to clear away any of the space where the slant would be -- so I did a little trigonometry (and rounded up) to figure out the distance away from the line to be to insure I didn't clear out too much. It should be linear with depth -- so if you make a cut using a 60 degree v-bit that is twice as deep just double the offsets.
Great explanation!
Thank you!
Great job , i liked the way you explain everithing thanks for sharing . best regards!
Thank you I appreciate that! Glad it was helpful; take care!
That is very good explanation !!!! And awesome video!!!! 👍👍👍
Thanks; I appreciate it!
Outstanding job sir!
Thank you!
Hi Shawn, This video has been very helpful for my recent experiments with wood inlay projects using a
CNC router. That said, I'd like to add some background to the information presented here. The "VCarve technique" is a somewhat ambiguous name for the methods that Paul Zank discovered in 2006 and generously disclosed to the public on the Vectric Forum. Zank's original white paper on his method can still be found at the Vectric Forum, along with ~24 pages of dedicated discussion over the past 12 years. While there were several half-hearted attempts to name the new technique in the early days, no one thought (least of all Paul himself, who is quite modest) to simply name it the "Zank V-Inlay Procedure". Unfortunately, people very often confuse the Zank V-Inlay Procedure (or Zank VIP, which embeds a certain amount of poetic justice to the name) for Vectric's canned Inlay function. The fact that one of Vectric's best-selling products is "VCarve", all versions of which feature an "Inlay" function, has led to further unnecessary confusion. It will readily be appreciated by those familiar with both methods that Zank VIP uses a custom set of toolpaths from Vectric software that is completely distinct from those found in Vectric's canned Inlay procedure. Over the ensuing years, a number of forum contributors have made important refinements to Zank's technique, but the essential elements have remained unchanged since his discovery and it is certainly no exaggeration to say that Zank's method is far more versatile and elegant than the Vectric Inlay function.
Thank you very much for the additional background; very informative! I did include a link to Zank and Durrant's white paper in the full description; but this context helps put the pieces together better. The naming did give me troubles too as I wasn't quite sure what to call it as VCarve seemed to be a bit overloaded (but you do use a v-bit!). I totally agree this method is much better than the inlay functions within the software and is quite versatile and quite tolerant of machining and glue-up errors. Thanks again!
Great tutorial, thanks!
Thanks Ian!
Great work, really amazing. Happy I found your channel. New friend here!
Thank you!
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Superb tutorial. Thanks.
You are welcome; glad it was helpful!
very nice tutorial.
Thank you!
awesome video and lesson thanks
You are welcome and thank you!
Great job!
Thanks James!
Nice Job!
Thank you!
Fantastic video; thank you
You're welcome and glad it was helpful!
I have watched your video 5 times. It's awesome. Thanks. Just broke 2 bits on the male version of my inlay and watching again I figured it out. Needed that pocket toolpath for clear out. Again, great job on this. I consider your video the bible on inlay. haha
Thank you Chuck! I am very glad this video has been helpful! I reference it myself when I go back to make an inlay after not doing one for a while :). Have fun!
Increíble trabajo eres un artista genial!!!!
Gracias!
Great project! Thanks for sharing!!! :)
Thank you!
Great great maaan!!!! Thank you so much!
You're welcome; glad it was helpful!
Great job.
Thank you!
Very good work, I love the Aspire / Vcarve software. The only tip I have to you is to machine the male part first. Because in the case to make any fix on the female part, it will be much easier if the plate is fixed in the machine.
Great idea thanks Geraldo! I hadn't thought of swapping the order of making those parts before; I will give it a try next time!