A improvment on my wrench.

[knight_toolworks]

for a 2700.00 tool you would think they could give you a better wrench then a stamped metal wrench. so I fixed mine with some ebony and inlay. the inlay is bloodwood.

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[cnc_works]

Great idea and great presentation.

I just gotta put a handle on mine now!

Donn

[knight_toolworks]

(G) it is not hard to do. I did not have time to cut the mortise on the cnc so I just did it on my metal mill. I doubt the handle will look nice for long with use but still. use a really hard tropical for longevity.

[jhicks]

Nice Steve, how did you do that inlay? V carve or some other technique/software?

[knight_toolworks]

I used v carve. there have been posts on how to do it. it's pretty simple do your standard v carve for the negative and for the positive mirror the piece put about a 1/2" or a bit less border around it highlight both and do a v carve toolpath with the same and end depth say .125 depending on how deep the first is. do that cut slowly as you are cutting deeper then .125 about 1/4" or so in a single pass. the put lots of glue on both pieces and use way more clamp pressure then you think you need and let it dry overnight.

[bill.young]

Paul Zank did a great step-by-step article for the wiki on that technique for doing inlays using VCarvePro.

http://shopbotwiki.com/index.php?title=VCarveProInlay

[henrik_o]

Steve, that's amazing!

Hm, I might have to purchase VCarve Pro sooner than I had planned, that is one killer feature right there.

[rick_woodward]

I dont have vcarve pro, I have artcam pro 8. has anyone used this v carve technique with artcam? will it do this with the same parameters? If not, can anyone offer guidance ? Really like this technique but dont need 2 programs that do the same thing?
I have photo carve from vectric but havent gotten vcarve pro ...yet. Thanks, rick

[rbarrow]

Artcam Pro has a built-in inlay toolpath selection...It is very simple to use...draw a vector and use the inlay feature to cut both the male and female...a lot less difficult than you think...

[paul_z]

Roy,

Does the Artcam software round out the sharp points to allow for cutter diameter? The V Carve approach allows arbitrarily sharp points and thin traces in the inlay while still using large V bits.

Paul Z

[curtiss]

Can you v carve into a duct tape handle ??

Curtis

[knight_toolworks]

sure and inlay with colored duct tape. though a knife may be easier (G)