From Impossible to Easy: Advanced Laser Wood Inlay Made Easy

This new Laser technique delivers even finer details than ever—up to 60% smaller and twice the quality of any previous laser Inlay. The best part? This new method is easy and consistently repeatable.
Imagine creating art with a wood inlay that captures every tiny detail in veneer wood like never before. In this video, I’ll show you a groundbreaking process that’s truly unique, allowing for incredible detail and quality.
The detail is so good that with this process, it is now even possible to produce inlaid wood veneer photographs showcasing a quality unlike anything else seen before in the world!

Web Links and downloadable design files:

Trotec Laser Machines:

First INLAY VIDEO Laser hack (Old News)

Design Files used in this Video:

Tools and Materials:

[BaneWilliams]

This is actually a damn great tutorial. Trotec out there providing the heavy lifting by showing cool things you can do.

[SP-nyfk]

Laser Dave, Laser Dave,
Crafts with skill so bold and brave.
Inlays shine, wood designs,
Teaching us his crafty lines.
Look out! Here comes the Laser Dave!

[TheChzoronzon]

I don't even own a laser... but I appreciate greatly your generosity and the clarity of the tutorial

Plus the results are indeed stunning... people like you is what makes YT a treasure cove, thanks mate

[jankykerle]

There's so much value in these videos. Thank you, Dave!

[Batendor]

Gosh the Ideas that are popping up in my mind using this process! Thank you very much for sharing.

[basikstuff]

Trying this out today. The aluminum tape as a transfer sheet is genius!

[gsawards]

Absolutely love this laser hack!!! We can’t wait to see what everyone makes with this new technique!

[gga]

This is insanely clever! Thank you so much for sharing this technique so openly. I simply can not wait to see what you and the other brilliant minds there come up with next!

[warrenking]

Great idea, thank you for sharing it with us on you tube👍👍👍!

[Graeme]

Like so many 'inventions' this is obvious once someone discovers it. Amazing innovation.

[thomasleftwite]

Wow, this technique really stimulates the imagination!

[kevinrich]

This is crazy good! Thank you for sharing! New subscriber

[MandSWoodworks]

Dave, I know you create these videos with the primary reason to benefit your customers, but I hope that you realize how much you help the entire laser engraving/cutting community.
I own a different brand laser, but have used some of your previous methods on projects and they are incredible! Thank you for your efforts!
With that, I find myself having to "re-engineer" some of the settings you recommend for your Ruby software to work with my current software, and understandably so.
Would you mind sharing what Image Mode was used for this?
Since there are no gradients in these images, would you use "Threshold" to get the desired results on the inlay plug or would you recommend something different?
Again, thank you for sharing. Subscribed!

[JerryGryz]

Thank you very much
I have 22W diode laser.
Never used before. So it’s interesting adventure for me.
Anyway, thanks for your reply and have a super nice day
Cheers

[chitowntexan]

The projects are absolutely beautiful.

[storytellerHD]

Oh man. I’m floored Dave. This is outstanding!! Thank you for sharing this technique. It’s gonna take a few tries for us to get it right. Those exotic woods are gonna get pricey.

Question. Will the parallax effect from the overhead camera cause your two subjects to be out of true or alignment for this kind of precision? I could understand if placing them in direct center below the camera improves accuracy however the further away from the center of the bed, the more problematic this may become. Especially so when running batches. We’ll plan this out, pick up some supplies and try a few runs. It’ll take some practice. The foil bit is insightful. Not understanding why you don’t get reflections anywhere in this process. This is really cool…your vids are always top notch and keeps us engaged.

[ИгорьИгорь-бч]

Thank you. Excellent technology for fine detailing.

[entee]

Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge. Cheers!

[mtz]

im getting a wecreat laser, i truely hope this works with it, really nice vid.

[peteraagaardcarstensen]

awesome work!!! thank you so much for your teachings