# Trouble with Inlays

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**Created:** [June 15, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/trouble-with-inlays/17693 "2025-06-15T20:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/_michael/32/2962_2.png) [@\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/u/_Michael)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/trouble-with-inlays/17693/2 "2025-06-15T23:53:16Z")

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I have some posts that might help you.

Check the opening post of this thread for pictures of my end result. There is a v-carve inlay cheatsheet and I do my best to explain what the settings mean.

> [@My latest cribbage boards](https://forum.sienci.com/t/my-latest-cribbage-boards/12257/4):
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> TLDR; Copy settings from pictures, win! These are my settings for the cribbage board inlays along with part of this other post. Use the top link if you want further reading because there is a description and procedure file that’s a good read there. Okay so what do these settings mean you ask? Well let’s start with the pocket or female part. It’s just a plain old v-carve and all you need to decide is how deep you want to go into the receiving part. I chose 4mm and might …

That post also links to this one where I posted the cheatsheet and a PDF about the v-carve procedures that I found somewhere.

> [@VCarve Inlay Cheat Sheet](https://forum.sienci.com/t/vcarve-inlay-cheat-sheet/9650):
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> I was searching for something else on my hard drive when I found this cheat sheet that I had saved. I thought it might be useful so I’m posting it here. It explains what all the numbers do as far as start depth and flat depth for both parts. [VCarve\_Inlay\_Cheat\_Sheet.pdf](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/short-url/wICj8ywYYXy0awbTryM11aO3Xfp.pdf) (188.8 KB) Edit: A recent heart, thanks @Scottp, reminded me that I wanted to put the other V-Carve Inlay PDF that I learned from here so they can be found in one spot. Basically, all that I know …

If you have any questions after looking at that stuff let me know and I’ll do what I can.

EDIT: Another tip I’ve heard is to do the clearance pass last because that way you have more wood supporting intricate areas of the carve and are less likely to get chipout. Not sure if that is mentioned in the other stuff I linked.

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