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Long story shortened, while "free-hand" routing the binding channel on the back of a build the router base and I both had a major malfunction. The result was a channel that was over depth and slanted inward [from the side to the surface of the top] as well as being scalloped a bit and a couple of chunks out of the back.

After several months of letting it sit I am finally back to salvage and completing the build.

I have re-routed the channel to "square it up" and the resulting binding scheme is going to be:

.064 black [ABS from Stu/Mac] X .25 inner topped by .080 Ivoried outer. There is a step in the routing that will require a fiber B/W/B [3/32 X.080] between the bottom of the ivoried and the side to deal with the "over-depth" issue.

Laminating the Black and Ivoried binding before installation would seem to make for difficult bending [total thickness of .145] and glueing so I have planned to install one at a time.

1. Black ABS to the routed channel [.064X.25]
2. BWB fiber to the edge of the side [ 3/32X080]
3. Ivoried to glued to the Black and the [edge] fiber. [.080X.25]

I have on hand: LMI binding glue, Duco, acetone, Titebond, LMI white, Hide [hot].

Question is: What glue(s) to use? ABS to wood? Fiber to wood? Ivoried to ABS? Ivoried to fiber?

Any suggestion as to which combination of glues I should use or if one of the above will work for all would be Greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Mike J.

I seal channels and use CA on all bindings, irrespective of materials.