{"id":104,"date":"2023-03-03T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/?p=104"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:46:53","slug":"how-to-make-a-cabochon-inlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/how-to-make-a-cabochon-inlay\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a Cabochon inlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use s small piece of contrasting scrap wood, plastic or Corian&#x2122; to make a unique Cabochon insert that adds interest and design your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/bottle-stopper-kits.html\">bottle stopper<\/a>\u00a0project. First determine the diameter of the cabochon. It can be as small as 1\/2\u201d or as large as 1-1\/2\u201d (3\/4\u201d cabochon shown in the photos).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/caboshon-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/caboshon-02.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/caboshon-02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While your stopper blank is still square, drill and mount your blank onto the headstock using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/PKBSYST.html\">Bottle Stopper chuck mount<\/a>. Put a drill chuck into the tailstock and, place a Forsnter bit the diameter of the cabochon into the chuck. Turn on your lathe and drill a recess about 1\/16\u201d deep. Remove the drill chuck and mount the live center in the tailstock with the point inserted into the dimple point of the recess. Turn the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/bottle-stopper-blanks-2.html\">bottle stopper blank<\/a>\u00a0to an appropriate profile rounding up to the edge of the recess. Sand and finish your stopper &#8211; the top will have a recess ready to accept your cabochon. There are many ways to turn the cabochon inlay disc &#8211; here\u2019s one our favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/caboshon-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/caboshon-03.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/caboshon-03-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penn State Indusries carries a dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/CSCPENCHK.html\">pen blank drilling chuck<\/a>\u00a0that is ideal for turning a pen blank into a cabochon up to 1\u201d in diameter. Place a pen blank (can be a short piece of pen blank scrap) in the chuck. Turn a dome to about 1\/4\u201d high at the end of your blank, match the diameter to the recess you drilled in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/bottle-stopper-blanks-2.html\">bottle stopper blank<\/a>. Finish and polish the cabochon dome, part it off of the blank, then glue it into the recess in the stopper blank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional Accessories to make a cabochon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Forstner Bits: 3\/4\u201d Bit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/FB34.html\">#FB34<\/a>\u00a0$5.95, 1\u201d Bit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/FB1.html\">#FB1<\/a>\u00a0$6.95, 1\/2\u201d x #2MT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drill Chuck:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/TM32.html\">#TM32<\/a>\u00a0$29.95 , 1\u201d Capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pen Blank Drilling Chuck:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/store\/CSCPENCHK.html\">#CSCPENCHK<\/a>\u00a0$79.95<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use s small piece of contrasting scrap wood, plastic or Corian&#x2122; to make a unique Cabochon insert that adds interest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}