I have had my Avid Pro 48x48 for about two years now. I was concerned as many others were about the vibration with the aluminum frame with the raw power of this machine. Many online comments said it wasn’t stiff enough to do detailed cuts. One of my favorite creators in woodworking is BroInWood an…

I’ve been doing inlays like this for some time on the avid. It was one of the reasons I got the machine to be honest. I needed more rigidity and repeatability. Now I have gone to add servos and an ATC which makes the process even that much better. Here are some that I’ve completed [IMG_1942] [IM…

Beautiful work! What do you all use for clamping the inlays in place?

At one time I used a press I made from Pneumatic rams from amazon but have since gone to a vacuum bag which give very even pressure.

I bought a cheap press from Harbor Freight and mounted some baltic birch plywood to give me some extra surface. The bottom pieces are not screwed to each other so I can add or remove them depending on the thickness of the project. I had tried using every avail clamp in the shop but never got the p…

Thanks. Love your channel and have learned a lot from your videos. Just installed the 45w laser and that is next up to learn how to use it and see what else I can make. Keep up the great videos….Rick

Your cutting board reminds me of a ceramic plate I decorated with one of my lasers a few years ago. [image]

Wow. Man I have a ton to learn about this new laser. I had no idea you could do something like that on a plate. Great work.

Look up NWT (Norton White Tile method). You spray paint it with any kind of spray paint that has like 15% or more TiO2, and then blast it with the laser, then wash off the paint with acetone. The laser fuses the TiO2 to the ceramic permanently. This one was done with my old 15W laser.

RickP - I’m curious as to exactly which bit you are using for these? Do you prefer to do the clearance first, or the v-carve? What bit are you using for the clearance? And how deep is the inlay? Just collecting some details on what people are doing!

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My first attempt, messed up the alignment between cuts a bit. Next time I will use dowels in the bottom to get it perfect.

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