I am an experienced Easel user. I recently used the inlay generator for the first time to make a 2 piece sign. After a few trial runs, I committed to carving the wood and the intended PVC to lay in. The pieces fit a little tighter than I’d like. Using the generator, I used a .008 tolerance. I would prefer to not start from scratch. If I run it again and adjust my tolerance, with the hopes of just recutting the Maple, what should I expect? I guess what I really need to know is, by increasing the tolerance with the intent of reusing the existing PVC pieces, will Easel make the inlay coutout a little bigger or the PVC pieces smaller? Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance.
It depends on the shapes you are inlaying. The inlay generator not only sets up the offset tolerance, it also takes into account the width of your bit. Depending on your shape, you might end up with it fitting fine, or having some wider areas with a visible gap.
What I’d do is get a scrap of wood and cut the new profile into it to see if your existing inlays would work. At least you wouldn’t be ruining your wood part.
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Supposed to be a better inlay app coming soon too
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