challagan

Well I found some time today to mess with Tom's jig holder and used it to inlay a maple diamond shape into a walnut piece of stock. The photos pretty much tell the storage. They are numbered and contain the text. Overall it was a success.
I must say though on the cutting of the actual inlay. I decided to rout the inlay outside of the jig holder using double sided tape on the inlay and the workpiece. This did not work and evidently it allowed the template to move a bit as the piece just was not the proper shape. So I went back and fixed it up in the jig holder with packing etc. like I should have and it worked just fine as shown in the photos. Anyway... this one I am happy with... it was fun!

Corey

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Joe Lyddon

Very good Corey!

Did you use an Inlay guide / bushing kit with a 1/8" cutter on a 1/4" shaft?

What did you use on the router?

OH, BTW, Black text, in pictures, shows up best against a light background. ... pics were self-explanatory.

Thank you.

challagan

Yes, I used the Whiteside inlay set which includes the inlay guide/bushing and 1/4 shank - 1/8 spiral cutter. Not sure what you mean Joe on "What did you use on the router" ? On the text, the program defaults it to the top. Black would be to dark to read on portions so I just used white on the whole thing.
Thanks, it's fun using one of these... but the carpet tape allowed too much movement it seemed so I am glad I had handy the jig holder. I know others have used carpet tape to hold it... not sure why it moved that much as it shouldn't.

Corey

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bobj3

I think it looks good Bud and you did a good job...

You may want to use the cams or the wedges ,, the wedges don't take any screws to make them stay in place and they do hold well...I use them and I got that trick from Bob R. of the RWS..


Plus I can read your text on the snapshots just fine


Bj


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challagan

Thanks BJ, I decided today while making my packing that the wedges would work great on this and worth the time to do. That is now on the to-do list!

corey

P.S. I don't know what it is about the software but the photos were in the proper order for about half an hour and now the are jumbled. Glad I numbered them. The white is hard to read in some areas but black would be on some photos. I didn't take the time to learn how to move the text around. It's defaulted to the top of the photo, it's not dragable.

Corey

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bobj3

Hi Corey

Download Paint.net It's free and will let you do many things with pictures.
I think you will like it


http://www.majorgeeks.com/Paint.NET_d4548.html


Bj


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Joe Lyddon

Very good Corey...

I asked "What did you use on the router" in case you used something other than the Inlay Kit.

I've found that using 2-3 strips of around the Pattern holds it good...

I recently used the same Inlay Kit to cover up a goof-up on a wall shelf I made. I had good results the first time I used it too.

Yours turned out really nice!

On the text, I thought you entered the text with a photo editor where you have control over colors & position. What did you use?

challagan

Thanks Joe, I got yah. I think it was the kind of tape... it wasn't the what you see most people use, it was all Home Depot had when I bought it. It's kind of a mesh tape with this several glue lines on it across it's width. It sticks like all get out but it raises the project up a bit and allows you with pressure to momentarily move it a bit .. then it snaps back. The other stuff I am sure would work well but the jig holder holds it with out any of that mess. The text thing is what is built into irfanview that I resize photos with.

Corey

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Bob

Alright bud..... you are getting ahead of me again while I am detained on another project. Now I have to try to catch up, but by then you will advance again

I knew you could do it and it came out great just as I knew it would. Now I know there is hope for me yet That came out looking great and it does not sound like you had too hard a time. I can't wait to get mine out now.

Great pictures on the how to and very self explanatory.

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challagan

Thanks Bob! This is actually a little trickier than the Spiro in my opinion. FIrst you need to make sure the bit and plate are centered properly. It goes pretty quick, just depends on how much removal you have to do.. just depends on the size of the template. I just used the same bit in the router to remove the interior just moving it back and forth cleaning it out. Also have to be sure that you have the depth set right so the inlay isnt to proud leaving a lot of sanding or not to low... sanding won't help there I hit mine about right. The hardest thing on this is making sure that when you cut out the actual inlay that you keep the bushing up tight to the template edge all the way around.. if you bobble inward you will have a divot in the edge of the inlay. All in all though not to hard and fun!

Corey

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