difalkner Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Last week I finished the pantograph I designed for doing inlay work on guitars. This is for use with my Dremel and flex cable. I did one simple test with it and that worked fine but I'll do some more before I cut into some nice exotic wood or Abalone. Since I built and posted the video I have modified the pantograph to mount my Dremel directly because I discovered the flex cable chuck runout was too great to do accurate work. Also, I have added a micro-adjustment to the stylus since the video. It's very smooth and precise so I'm pleased with that part of it. It will do 2:1, 3:1, and 4:1 reductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Interesting but it would have been nice to see the end results in the video not just you tracing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted June 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 55 minutes ago, Chet K. said: Interesting but it would have been nice to see the end results in the video not just you tracing. Yes sir, but this was my initial test and not the final inlay job (that I haven't completed). The upper right corner in the video shows the pocket being cut and it looks pretty good considering the runout on the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Pretty cool! What sort of bits do you run in the dremel for this task? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted June 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Just now, wtnhighlander said: Pretty cool! What sort of bits do you run in the dremel for this task? I'm using a 1/64" end mill. Precise Bits has some even smaller that I may get to cut Abalone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Holy cow, how do you manage to avoid snapping it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted June 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 It cuts pretty good and I take light cuts. I guess a steady hand helps but it just seems to work with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Wow some ingenuity there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Thanks! Fun to design and build, especially when the idea works like you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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