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    Inlay pantograph

    Thought y'all might want to see the pantograph I built for doing inlay -

    David
    CurlyWoodShop on Etsy, David Falkner on YouTube, difalkner on Instagram

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    Nicely done. And,with the hinge,it looks like you could do 3 dimensional carving as well.

    If you don't mind a bit of advice,if possible,I'd recommend hanging your flexible shaft motor down from the ceiling right over the stylus's position. It really pays so keep those flexible shaft cords as straight as possible. My wife uses a Foredom a lot in her jewelry work,and several times she has had to replace the cable inside the flexible shaft from bending it (necessarily),in use.

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    Thanks! I suppose it would do minor 3D, may try some day.

    Yeah, it was a last minute placement of the Dremel when I got the cameras out. I need to hang it higher - thanks for the advice!

    David
    David
    CurlyWoodShop on Etsy, David Falkner on YouTube, difalkner on Instagram

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    Since building this I have discovered that the runout of the chuck on the flex shaft is too great to do clean work, so I have modified it to take the Dremel directly. Also, I added a micro adjustment at the stylus. 1/4 turn of the adjustment equates to 0.004" depth of cut change at the bit (on the 4:1 reduction, that is).

    Micro adjusting stylus.jpg
    David
    CurlyWoodShop on Etsy, David Falkner on YouTube, difalkner on Instagram

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