So I worked at this somewhere around 12 hours yesterday ending around 3:30am today. As it turns out much of my struggle was with a poor design in fusion. After getting that ironed out it only took a few attempts and logging results to get a killer fit. I'm still trying to understand just what's happening when using crc at the mill, but for now at least i can make it work.
This is a square pocket with an island, then a square donut. I could press them all the way together but would never get them apart. So today it's back to the mission of inlaying a mahogany heart in an oak box lid.
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