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Yes, you can. As I mentioned, I did it more than 70 times without any binding pulling off, nore any other issue.

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Alain Moisan
Former full time builder of Acoustics, Classicals and Flamencos.
(Now building just for fun!)

wood maybe
Plastic I wouldn't recommend it.

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

Good point. I only did it with wooden bindings.

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Alain Moisan
Former full time builder of Acoustics, Classicals and Flamencos.
(Now building just for fun!)

Plastic? Eww.....
Kidding.
I only use wood. I don't see how it could be a safety issue. I use a ribbecke style jig with a carriage, wear hearing protection, eye protection, respirator etc..,
Time will tell...

Plastic will not cut as nice as wood with the router. When I did this with a plastic binding it destroyed the binding and actually pulled the binding off the guitar. The plastic binding shattered . I think the plastic being softer can get pulled by the bit .

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

This is true, I have witnessed this myself. It is a bad idea to try to flush trim plastic binding. I use a rolling pin sander, scraper and hand sanding. It takes precious time but I see no alternative.

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Ken

I finally got to try that whitesides bit I posted a picture of (earlier). I used climb cut to trim top and back with through cuts. ZERO tearout, zero issues, and it was very smooth. I LOVE this bit. Note: I am not recommending it for binding trimming. Never used it for that.

Mike

Nigel, Was that a 1/8 or 1/16?

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Pat

regarding plastic binding and a router:
....i have no experience with this, but i do use weed whips every summer, so i could imagine...

If you mean the shank - 1/4", as for the size of the roundover - don't know I'm afraid! It was the bit from one those cheap "selection boxes" that came with a router. I don't recall the size, it wasn't such a small bit, but then these was on an archtop, so the plates were pretty think compared with a flat top. I set it up in the router in my LMI binding jig, tested the size of cut on scrap and routed away. You could use whatever your taste dictates and your top/ribs/linings could cope with. If you draw it out full size you'll see how big a roundover can work. A big roundover would certainly be unconventional but can look really nice.


nigel
http://www.nkforsterguitars.com/#/book/4568936095

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nigel

http://www.theluthierblog.com

Thanks. I guess a 1/16 would give you the full radius but larger would have more of a bevel look and you could sand the corners. I sort of did this with just sand paper around the rib and armrest areas and really liked the comfort factor.

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Pat

Hey, why don't you do a test with a 12" long board,
with the binding glued into a ledge,
and give it a whirl.

Am I the only one using a Stewmac/MacRostie binding trimmer? With this tool, I trim my binding to match the binding channel plus a few thou for scraping flush after gluing. The usual binding bit bearing limited size selection also becomes a non issue. I thoroughly recommend the tool.

Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

+1 Stewmac/MacRostie binding trimmer?