# Fine Detail carving **URL:** \ **Category:** Carvey\ **Created:** [December 28, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885 "2017-12-28T14:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RussHavens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/russhavens/32/50041_2.png) [@RussHavens](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussHavens)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/1 "2017-12-28T14:42:58Z")
Just got my Carvey a week or so ago and have enjoyed it so far. It definitely is a lot different than using a scroll saw where my previous skill set lies. Got a question on fine detail carving. I get a bit of breakout on the wood when when it is very thin stand up piece like you have on some of the fonts. Is it best to slow down or speed up the feed rate when this happens? I am aware it has a lot to do with the wood grain and things will vary on that but I am using Mahogany, Purple Heart, and Walnut. In the picture below I used poplar as it is far cheaper to test on. You can see the break out in the lettering. ![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/6/2/623a2d6d9fb7d6b97526e116028bd2e6ea3578b4.jpg) Any advice would be much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![AllenMassey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/allenmassey/32/84441_2.png) [@AllenMassey](https://community.inventables.com/u/AllenMassey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/2 "2017-12-28T14:51:58Z")
What type of bit are you using? ---
**Author:** ![RussHavens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/russhavens/32/50041_2.png) [@RussHavens](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussHavens)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/3 "2017-12-28T15:10:41Z")
1/32 spiral upcut. I am guessing it is just too thin but wanted to see if there was any settings I could play with to possibly improve it as the design really cannot be much bigger. ---
**Author:** ![AllenMassey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/allenmassey/32/84441_2.png) [@AllenMassey](https://community.inventables.com/u/AllenMassey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/4 "2017-12-28T15:19:51Z")
A vbit will give you better results. ---
**Author:** ![RussHavens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/russhavens/32/50041_2.png) [@RussHavens](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussHavens)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/5 "2017-12-28T15:23:57Z")
ok cool will try that out. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![RussHavens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/russhavens/32/50041_2.png) [@RussHavens](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussHavens)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/7 "2017-12-29T12:19:53Z")
Thank you both for your assistance I have ordered both a set of V bits and downcut bits. ---
**Author:** ![JoshLockie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@JoshLockie](https://community.inventables.com/u/JoshLockie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/8 "2018-12-12T17:12:31Z")
I’m looking at getting a carvey for making pretty intricate cuts in plaster of paris blanks. I can’t find anywhere how fine of cuts the carvey makes, does anyone know where I can find that? Thanks Josh ---
**Author:** ![RussHavens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/russhavens/32/50041_2.png) [@RussHavens](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussHavens)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/9 "2018-12-12T17:33:13Z")
It really depends on the bit size and software you are using. One thing that I have found that is completely annoying with Easel is that if you draw just a straight line even if you select on path it wants to go around the line instead of just going back and forth. As far as how fine of detail basically double the width of your bit and that is the smallest detail I can get Easel to cut reliably. The Carvey doesn’t do what I bought it for but I chalk that up to having much higher expectations. I do a lot of scrollsaw work and didn’t realize how hard it would be to emulate that with the Carvey. ---
**Author:** ![NeilFerreri1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/neilferreri1/32/84403_2.png) [@NeilFerreri1](https://community.inventables.com/u/NeilFerreri1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/10 "2018-12-12T17:42:37Z")
> [@JoshLockie](#): > > I can’t find anywhere how fine of cuts the carvey makes, does anyone know where I can find that? According to [Inventables](https://www.inventables.com/technologies/carvey): Accuracy: 0.003″ Spindle runout: 0.001″ Motor resolution: 0.001″ or greater on all axes Work area flatness: ±0.020″ > [@RussHavens](#): > > Easel is that if you draw just a straight line even if you select on path it wants to go around the line instead of just going back and forth. > > As far as how fine of detail basically double the width of your bit This isn’t true. How are you drawing your line? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/0/a/0a52d190ccd076f47f8ddc43772d05f7bb9f90e2.png) ---
**Author:** ![RussHavens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/russhavens/32/50041_2.png) [@RussHavens](https://community.inventables.com/u/RussHavens)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/11 "2018-12-12T19:27:54Z")
Ok I stand corrected as when I last tried it with the fountain pen icon previously it was going around the path instead of on it giving me a cut twice the diameter of my bit. ---
**Author:** ![JoshLockie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@JoshLockie](https://community.inventables.com/u/JoshLockie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/fine-detail-carving/47885/12 "2018-12-13T14:34:00Z")
Thanks guys, looks like this will be plenty detailed for what I need, now it’ll be the long learning curve to figure it all out. Josh