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Frrst a strip of, in this case Blackwood, is cut in the
bandsaw |
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and thicknessed to 6mm (final height of the bindings). |
Strips are then cut in the bandsaw
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and thicknessed to 2mm in the drum sander. That
is it, simple.
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Now we make the first pass with the binding attachment and
router in the Dremel.
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Scrape off excess glue
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and run the binding attachment around again.
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Cleanup with a sharp chisel. The Dremel can't route
out all the binding groove, particulalrly around the front
of the instrument, so this needs to be cleaned out with the
Dremel and a hand chisel to finish off..
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Now we need to bend the bindings. This is done the
same way as the ribs are bend around a hot pipe. Heat
the pipe with the gas torch.
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Bend the wooden bindings around the pipe. These are
the bindings I am going to use, not the ones I made up from
Blackwood.
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Glue around the groove.
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Rubber bands to hold the binding in place. First one
side is bent and glued, then the other side is bent and
glued into place.
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Once the glue is dried, the ends of the bindings are
clipped,
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and trimmed flush with the front of the top.
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Last step is to trim the top of the bindings flush (or near
flush) to the top with a finger plane. Careful not to
made tool marks in the top.
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