I was watching this video and I started wondering how could this be done using the CW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=oUNMJtBarsY
It seems so easy on the Shapeoko...
So I started trying to replicate on Designer, starting with an outline of my dog, which I imported from a DXF file. I made sure all tight curves could be cut with the 1/8 bit.
My thought was to make a carve region from the outline, which could be made faster if we had an easy to implement pocket function, and then use the a second on top of the first one outline and assign the 1/8 bit and cut on the inside of the path to clean up the slope left over by the carving bit.
The next step would be to use the same path, on a contrasting colour wood, cut on the outside of the line to create the inset portion of the carving. This should fit in the "pocket" created above.
I hope that I have explained this in enough detail. If I have not, just watch the video and see if you can figure out an easy way to do this with the CW.
Attached is the file I've been playing with. It has all components on one piece of wood so I can see the relationship between the different operations, but like I said above, the inset cut would be done on another piece of wood. You can try hiding and unhiding the paths to see their relative cut positions.
Thanks a lot.
...Peter
LabInset.mpc