Ok thanks I will upload the svg files tomorrow.

In regards to deleting certain lines, it would be the ones underneath...if I try as is after grouping then the whole line goes....just looking to get rid of those underneath

New to inkscape and trying to merge svg files so I can delete lines I dont need that I want to be underneath. So have these 2 files and trying to accomplish what I was able to do in tinkercad with 2 stl files then 3d print them. Only this time I'm wanting to use them on my cnc machine which carbide ...