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Inlay pantograph
Thought y'all might want to see the pantograph I built for doing inlay -
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Super cool
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David that look great! Though you have to scale your follower pin as well, so if you're using a 1/16" endmill, for example, and the ratio is 3:1, you need a 3/16" pin to truly scale the pocket down..
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Agreed... That is super cool. I love seeing home made machines like this.
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Thanks, Louie! Yes, my stylus is 1/16" and I'll be using the 4:1 ratio with a 1/64" bit. I used the 1/32" bit for the test because I have two of those but only one of the 1/64" bits, so if I broke one I wanted it to be the 1/32". And it did cut slightly oversize by 1/64" as I expected.
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For your CNC, right? Have you cut Abalone/MOP on your CNC? If so, how did that work out and is it better than laser cutting shell inlay?
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I've used them on a Dremel, but yes, mainly CNC. I'm not a big fan of any shell so I do not cut them. But if I had to, I would super-glue them to a substrate like MDF, then soak that in acetone afterwards to remove the parts. I think a diamond burr may be a better tool than an endmill for shell. Laser however, removes any cutting forces and probably better for fragile stuff.
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I cut shell all the time on our cnc example Steve
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I have a shop that is cutting my .020 mop for my headstocks with a 60 watt laser. His 40 watt would almost do it but not quite enough Power. You better have a lot of things to laser to pay the note on a Universal 60 watt laser.
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I've seen Mike's headstocks and the inlay is perfect. Probably has less to do with the laser and more to do with Mike's skills.
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When I use the laser to cut any shell it turns the shell into dust, the resulting dust blocks the laser beam from cutting any deeper, even through ,multiple passes low power or even high power the results are the same, have even been talking with the manufacturer and they say it cannot be done unless the piece is so thin. 20 thou you could cut that with scissors and not shatter it Scroll to the bottom of the page http://www.mirwa.com.au/Our_Facility.html Steve
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I use a .5mm end mill
Some examples, I'm not in America whole different country so hopefully linking to a page on my website is allowed http://www.mirwa.com.au/Inlay.html
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Yep, feeds and speeds all comes down to experimenting with the end mill you have and the power or max speed your router or spindle can do.
Example I do about 6 passes to cut to depth on a 60 thou sheet of shell Steve
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