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jordan aceto
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About halfway down this page of FRETS.com, there are a few pictures of a blue laminate trimmer being used to level bindings and purflings at the Collings factory. It looks like a pretty slick trick. I have always scraped and filed bindings level with the top and back, and i like doing it that way, but that trimmer looks pretty speedy.

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Feature ... ngs04.html

Anybody here doing something similar?

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Yes, I've tried that. You need a SHARP bit for it to work. I had a dull bit and it ripped the binding right off. [headinwall]
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Maybe I just don't get it but it looks like if you let off on the pressure on the base/wood part you just dug a hole in your top/purflings/bindings...... Personally I get along better with idiot proof jigs and tools..... idunno
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I thought about doing something similar but then decided ...no. The scraper took longer but is much safer.

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Jordan,

If I recall, John How uses that method with good results.

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rlrhett wrote:
Yes, I've tried that. You need a SHARP bit for it to work. I had a dull bit and it ripped the binding right off. [headinwall]


Hesh wrote:
Maybe I just don't get it but it looks like if you let off on the pressure on the base/wood part you just dug a hole in your top/purflings/bindings...... Personally I get along better with idiot proof jigs and tools..... idunno


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I thought about doing something similar but then decided ...no. The scraper took longer but is much safer.


Thats kind of what i thought, it seems like quite a bit of added risk for the small gain in speed. I dunno, i still might try it for fun.

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In a production environment I would probably go with something like that. Doing them one at a time I don't think it is that big of a deal to do it by hand. On the other hand, in several more years I may have changed my mind. idunno

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That is a rather tedious part of the job when done with a scraper. I usually use a small plane until I am too close to keep risking a tearout in the purfling/binding or a gouge in the top. Then scrape.

I'm tempted to try the router.

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