Saturday, November 11, 2006
Binding the back
The binding on the top not only looks good but it made the body much stronger since the kerfing inside wasn't fully supporting the top. Besides wanting more binding practice that was good motivation to bind the back as well. Once again I routed the back in sections to avoid tearing out the wood. However, just like the top there were a couple of gaps because of the poorly installed kerfing.
I bend the binding just as I'd done for the top and glued it on a little bit at a time since the Weld-On Cement sets rather quickly. It's not as fast as super glue, but I didn't want to take any chances.
I cut the binding to size before I glued it on and once again I cut it too short! Foo. This is a skill I'll have to work on. Since this part of the binding will be visible on the back of the guitar I patched it up using a small piece of scrap binding. I'll have to clean up the gaps once the glue is dry.
That done I let the binding dry overnight. I fold over the end of the tape to make it easier to remove.
I bend the binding just as I'd done for the top and glued it on a little bit at a time since the Weld-On Cement sets rather quickly. It's not as fast as super glue, but I didn't want to take any chances.
I cut the binding to size before I glued it on and once again I cut it too short! Foo. This is a skill I'll have to work on. Since this part of the binding will be visible on the back of the guitar I patched it up using a small piece of scrap binding. I'll have to clean up the gaps once the glue is dry.
That done I let the binding dry overnight. I fold over the end of the tape to make it easier to remove.
# posted by Mark @ 2:09 PM 
