How to Make an Inlay Cutting Board with CNC|How to Make a Cutting Board

Male/Plug Settings:
Advanced V-Carve:
- 1/8" Endmill:
- Step Over: 0.0875
- Depth Per Pass: 0.125
- Plunge Rate: 60
- Feed Rate: 80
- RPM: 18000
- 60 deg vbit:
- Step Over: 0.008
- Depth Per Pass: 0.100
- Plunge Rate: 25
- Feed Rate: 70
- RPM: 18000

Make sure to keep an eye out for the follow up video where I go over some of the lessons learned and hope they help new cutting board builders.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Milling
1:14 - Glue Up
2:18 - Jointing edges (only sides of cutting board)
2:34 - Surfacing of Cutting Board (do this to both sides)
3:02 - Sanding after surfacing pass
3:08 - Steps on how to finish a non-inlay cutting board
3:26 - Pocket in Cutting Board Prep
3:38 - Setup of Pocket Toolpath in Carbide Create
5:14 - Timelapse of Pocket Toolpath
5:28 - Surfacing of Male/Plug Material
5:39 - Setup of Male Piece/Plug in Carbide Create
7:36 - Timelapse of Male Cut on CNC
7:55 - Placing plug into pocket
8:21 - Surfacing of plug
8:32 - Sanding of Plug
8:37 - Filling of chips/voids
8:55 - Raise grain with water
9:05 - Oil to Board
9:34 - Final Product

[briangarrett]

This entire video simplified the process of both inlays and carbide create!! THANK YOU!!!

[acsacs]

saved this so I can watch it 30 times then hopefully by then I can try this out on my own! Thanks a million for posting this!!!

[baustin]

Dude, you are my frickin hero. I've spent so much time trying to figure this out but all the other videos are for VCarve, not carbide create, and I just don't have the time to trial and error this. I really appreciate it.

[greatgrandpaswoodworking]

Amazing. I must have one. Our daughter and her husband are big fans of Sally and Jack.

[SmokeyTheBrisket]

Great video. Very straight forward and showing the end result makes me believe in the process you outlined. Thanks!

[thewetlandgypsy]

Great video. Thank you for the explanation on how to do the inlay! This method is much better than the one I've been using!

[markb]

Awesome video & super easy to follow - great job!! Also loved the cutting board inlay and the fact you showed how to achieve this with Carbide Create.

[StephenMaffeo]

Thanks so much for this video! It was very concise and to the point. I can finally add the inlay options to my projects.

[maddogwalby]

This is awesome, I am new to CNC and this gave me a lot of inspiration and project ideas, being so new I could have used more explanation of some of the steps and settings you used and why. Thanks.

[mikebohannon]

Great video. I don’t understand the .09 start depth for the plug. Aren’t you still starting at your zero height?

[eladsinay]

another great video. i definitely following and looking t all your videos. quick question, why did you have to run it 4 times for the male part? what went wrong?

[JoseVazquez-gjxp]

Nice lesson, Can you share the set up you have for the spoiled board tool in Carbide Create, and also how you program the toolpath you created. I am a newbie on this too and would like to understand better how to remoe the excess with that tool. Thanks in advance

[jmjmusser]

I am trying to make the exact same cutting board for my daughter in law for Christmas, she loves nightmare before Christmas .however I am having trouble on the VCarve. The lines are so teeny tiny that the inlay will not fit in. Is there a difference in the image? Did you manipulate it before doing the inlay? If so could I purchase it for you?

[richpogue]

great video< would like to know how you got the design into the program. im having a terrible time trying to get anything into the program to work with. thank you

[customwalldisplay]

Great video!! I don’t have those fancy claps I see other videos show but I have the ones you have so I will give it a try. I have a cnc so I can do the the flattening part.

[kenmeeks]

Great video. Can you tell me where you import the art. Appreciate the help.

[patriotwoodworker]

If one bit was 1/8 end mill and the other a v bit won’t that create a void when the pieces come together?

[richardpogue]

That turned out awesome, gotta ask where you found the Jack and Sally art at. My wife would really like for me to make her one like that. TIA. Well done 👍

[iwannaapple]

When you do an advanced v-carve, how do you know which bit to use first. The end mill or the v-bit?
May sound like a dumb question but it shows two different bits on the same file path so that is confusing as to which to use first.
It may tell you which bit to using carbide 3d but I don't use that.

[John-xocv]

What settings did you use for the v bit on the male piece? Was it the same as the female piece or was it the stock settings for the #302 bit? They are very different.