April 4, 2012 09:00am-05:00pm
OK...now for the hardest and most frustrating part of the build.
Putting the binding on the headstock!
The binding is made flexible by dipping it into hot water. It is then formed to the various sections on the headstock. Also, you must make sure that all joints are mitered to fit. Then you must put glue in the channel and tape the binding into the channel. Easier said then done!
The first 2 pieces were easy....
The next piece was the inside of the small curl. Mark actually formed this piece of the binding. I think he was sensing my frustration!
Halfway there.....
The big curl was a big pain in the ass!! Took several tries to get it right.
Here's all the rest of the pieces tapped up.
All pieces installed.
There were a couple of spots where the binding didn't fit tight. For these, we super glued some ebony powder into the gap.
Final product! Sanded and buffed. Turned out pretty nice in the end.
A final tweak to make one of the corner joints to match the headstock wood.
Next up, the maple back. Checkout the curly pattern in the curly maple.
I next sanded the maple to a thickness of 15.8mm on the table sander.
I then traced the sided onto the maple and cutout the back on the bandsaw.
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