# Doing Woodworking Inlays

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877>\
**Category:** Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1)\
**Created:** [July 25, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877 "2021-07-25T20:19:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![texasmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@texasmac](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/texasmac)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/1 "2021-07-25T20:19:53Z")

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I am new to CNC work and am considering the Onefinity. Can this machine do woodworking inlays? I have seen videos such as those done by Broinwood and would like to try some of that although on a much simpler scale.

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**Author:** ![PaulC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/paulc/32/790_2.png) [@PaulC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/PaulC)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/2 "2021-07-25T21:14:56Z")

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Yes, with the proper bit it can do inlays. I think a v bit is used but I have never tried it.

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**Author:** ![Dragon29](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/dragon29/32/1436_2.png) [@Dragon29](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Dragon29)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/3 "2021-07-25T21:32:24Z")

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Works great for inlays… Here are a few I did with the onefinity…[Login • Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/engineeredwoodcraft/)

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**Author:** ![MikeH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MikeH](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/MikeH)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/4 "2021-07-26T03:28:00Z")

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You sure can! I used this video to figure out how to do my first attempt: [The VCarve Inlay Technique - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4VMo9DCzO8&ab_channel=ShawnGano)  
Here’s how my first attempt turned out:

 ![coasters](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/a/2/a2bce17b77c11c1320afbc52277c14fa7f1fc859.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![pwpacp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/pwpacp/32/1718_2.png) [@pwpacp](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/pwpacp)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/5 "2021-07-26T12:15:16Z")

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+1 for Vcarve as it worked great for me too! I tried some inlays with Fusion 360 but the results were nothing like Vcarve produced and too incredibly time consuming to configure.

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**Author:** ![texasmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@texasmac](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/texasmac)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/6 "2021-07-26T12:30:33Z")

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Thanks for your input guys. Sure looks like it can do the trick.

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**Author:** ![cyberreefguru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/cyberreefguru/32/27385_2.png) [@cyberreefguru](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/cyberreefguru)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/doing-woodworking-inlays/6877/7 "2021-08-02T22:27:50Z")

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I’ve done a number of inlays. The tolerances are a lot tighter than my X-Carve.

 ![5EAB8629-9A2F-4217-A419-398289AE67E6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/4/8/48a7620a19998565a9a14376ecaf674e132f0dbc.jpeg)  
 ![5F8E1CB7-3D12-4396-B0B5-16D198F20753](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/9/f/9febe26bc9f5a1c0bb3bc1d2176b512eaf2d6d6c.jpeg)  
 ![8E937581-6F96-4326-A066-94BA61893C04_1_201_a](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/d/9/d9efbe22ac8e6d2a1e552d2ec8331ec3650166e8.jpeg)

-Tom