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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:59 pm 
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For those of you that are placing a thin maple strip behind tortoise binding to make the contrast of the dark and light more visible/ how are you avoiding causing a white purfling affect at the top? What thickness of maple are you using?


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:08 am 
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I did one recently with a layer of .010" thick cream colored plastic behind the tortiseshell. For the show edge on the top and back, I incorporated it into my purfling scheme. On the back, the cream simply became another line in the multi-line purfling. On the top I was using a strip of store bought marquetry which had white lines for the border. I did not want a double white line (actually a cream next to the white) so I scraped off the white border. The difference between the cream border and the white was barely noticable and the marquetry came out looking balanced.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:37 am 
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Thx Barry


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:45 am 
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Your welcome, Michael.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:50 am 
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Thats a tough one Michael,

Profile the rims, bind them in maple, attach the top and then bind in tortoise?

Steve


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:02 am 
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I would't recommend that approach. The joint will show especially on the back where the edge of the back plate would show through.


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