So you know you have been spending to much time in the shop when you can't figure out why your ROS isn't sanding well. And then you finally look and you forgot to put the sandpaper on.
Anyways on the the question. I had some tear out on my Maple when I was routing an inlay last night. I am really not sure how to fix it. I either need to find a way to fill it in that is not too horrific after I am done or just re do it. Any and all suggestions would be so appreciated. I am making a table for the Daughter. It is Bloodwood and Maple.
Sounds like your router was set to deep ?
Sharp Bit or well used ?
You could always route another line along the first for a smaller trim 1/8" or 1/16"
The bit was set for 3/16th was that just too deep to begin with. It is bloodwood and I am having a hard time getting it much smaller than a 1/4" I don't have a band saw worth a crap. So I went down 3/16th and was going to sand it flush. It is looking like just redoing it and taking shallower cuts to start with.
Try a razor or sharp knife cut on the line and a strip of packing tape over the area before routing to prevent tear-out. As for what you already have, can you cut a slightly wider inlay piece?
@shipwright, I cut a piece at a 1-5/8th and going to try it again. I am going to try it with using 2 inch wide painters tape. I will do a test on another piece of wood to see how I do.
I would try to widen the dado for the inlay to get rid of the tearout and then add another wood (ebony?) to the inlay along the edges to widen it. If you can do that without further tearout, you should be able to make it work. Just from the look of the tearout I would suspect you router bit is dull as there is some problem on both edges. You may want to try a spiral bit to cut the dado to minimize the tearout.
I ended up putting guides on both sides so I can go both directions with the router to help reduce tear out. I did three passes at 1/8th, than 3/16th or so, and final cut depth. I cut the line with a marking knife and used painting tape over that. The only problem is the painters tape made it hard to slide the router, next time I will try the packing tape I just didn't have any. Long story short it came out real nice this time. All left to do is sand down to level, well if the Bloodwood doesn't eat the sandpaper first.
@shipwright and @DaddyZ, I really appreciate the suggestions it was mighty helpful.
Cozmo, you know I really should have done some more searching on here to find an answer but I was quite tired. Dan's way of using the epoxy was just incredible. I will certaily try that next time.
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