Inlay with an Amana 6 degree 1/32" -1/4" ball nose bit
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I would like to have an inlay with a very steep, but not vertical wall. I have an Amana 46280-K bit that is a 6 degree bit on a 1/4" shaft and a 1/32" ball point tip. If I simply have a circle on the top of my stock and select a v-carve toolpath, it complains that the bit won't support it and I can't close that dialog box. If I pick a 2D countour, the simulation shows the bit cutting outside of the top of the pocket. This is for the female part of the inlay. I am wanting it to contain the bit inside the circle, and understand that the bottom of the cut will be smaller than at the top because of the 3 degree incline on the side of the bit. How can I adjust the toolpath to stay inside the line? I haven't looked at the male component, but the opposite will occur - I want to touch the line on the outside at the bottom and will be cutting into it by 3 degrees at the top. The attached picture shows that the female cut will interfere into the stock. How should I think about inlays with a very sharp ballnose bit? Or do I adjust the bit definition to fool the program into thinking it is a v-bit without a ball nose and just use the engraving toolpath? I do understand that I won't get the sharp corners that a vbit could deliver on the top surface...
