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Week 18 – Binding Strips & Fret Board

Posted on July 1, 2015December 1, 2019 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

Binding Strips

  • Removed masking tape holding b/w/b decoration strips
  • Use flat file to remove excess glue round the binding channel
  • Remove bindings from side-bender and prepare as for decoration strips
  • Work on top first, glue bindings in place and hold with lots of masking tape
  • Bottom the same, but leave one strip over-length to allow cutting in situ once mostly glued down

 Fret Board

  • Removed excess sticky left from attaching template
  • Cut off at first ‘fret’ marking point at nut using Tenon saw
  • Mark centre line on back of fret board
  • Align neck template to centre line and top on back of fret board and clamp in place
  • Drill 2 x 1.5 mm holes in fret board through first and 12th frets into template
  • Draw round template, remove and cut with bandsaw to roughly the right size (did a couple of practice runs first)
  • Cut off excess frets from bottom of fret board while at bandsaw
  • Re-attach template using drill bits and flush trim using fixed router

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