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.
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| Author: | jordan aceto [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
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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| Author: | rlrhett [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
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.
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
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..... 
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
I thought about doing something similar but then decided ...no. The scraper took longer but is much safer. |
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| Author: | Pat Foster [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
Jordan, If I recall, John How uses that method with good results. Pat |
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| Author: | jordan aceto [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
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. 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..... SteveSmith wrote: 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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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
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.
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| Author: | Howard Klepper [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: leveling bindings/purflings with a laminate trimmer? |
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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