Post by garylyb on Feb 15, 2018 18:15:16 GMT -5
I figured I'd share this as it's so good and easy.
I wanted to inlay some numbers into a clock so that the numbers were proud of the clock, and a different color.
The hard part was cutting out the numbers that were under 2 inches high.
I tried double sided tape, that was a mess. I tried to onion skin on the CNC, but the thin wood was not flat enough. I cut either too much or too little.
I sure wasn't going to use tabs on all these little parts and came up with this procedure.
I cut some maple a little thicker than I needed, in this case about .2 inches thick and painted it.
I then cut the male parts at .185 deep which left them securely attached at that time.
Then applied masking tape on the front of the piece, and ran it through the drum sander with small passes. I stopped when you could see the outline of the parts clearly, and some of them were cut all the way through.
I then turned it over and removed the masking tape, and amazingly, all the little parts were right there as perfect as could be. The thin skins around the parts can be flicked off with your fingers, no sanding required.
No glue, no double sided tape, no sanding.
This is a good thing.
I wanted to inlay some numbers into a clock so that the numbers were proud of the clock, and a different color.
The hard part was cutting out the numbers that were under 2 inches high.
I tried double sided tape, that was a mess. I tried to onion skin on the CNC, but the thin wood was not flat enough. I cut either too much or too little.
I sure wasn't going to use tabs on all these little parts and came up with this procedure.
I cut some maple a little thicker than I needed, in this case about .2 inches thick and painted it.
I then cut the male parts at .185 deep which left them securely attached at that time.
Then applied masking tape on the front of the piece, and ran it through the drum sander with small passes. I stopped when you could see the outline of the parts clearly, and some of them were cut all the way through.
I then turned it over and removed the masking tape, and amazingly, all the little parts were right there as perfect as could be. The thin skins around the parts can be flicked off with your fingers, no sanding required.
No glue, no double sided tape, no sanding.
This is a good thing.
