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I'm so tickled every time I use this at how well it works, I thought I'd share it.

I basically wanted a way the size bindings (to width) accurately, consistantly, safely and without loss via kerf. The jig I came up with is easy to make & use.

The components are a hardwood block glued to ply ("the bed") and clamped to a bench, a "free" block, a #2 X-ACTO blade, shims & clamps.
You hold the binding against the bed block and slide shims of equal thickness up to it.
Then put the free block over the shims & binding. It will hold down the binding & its left face establishes the location for the slit.
Clamp the blade to the free block so it just touches the binding.
Pull the binding out & check the blade scratch for proper location (& move free block if needed). Then, feeding from the back, the sequence is simple
PULL THROUGH
FLIP END FOR END (to keep scores vertically alligned - THE KEY!)
PULL THROUGH (scoring the opposite side)
restart the binding & TAP THE BLADE (for a little more depth of score)
REPEAT
At some point, the scores will meet in the middle & the binding will seperate.
You can do a 3-pc slit by doing the above BUT the rotate 180 deg SIDEWAYS and repeat BEFORE tapping the blade (ie 2 pairs of scores)
The jig works for solid or laminated ABS and for wood (although wood takes more "taps"). This is .300" wide curly maple slit to .200" & .100"

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Dave
Milton, ON

Thanks Dave. I like it. I'll be using it for sure.

Very clever Dave and great pics and step-by-step too!

Dave

Brilliantly simple and timely. I was wrestling with this task last night and messed up a binding. Heading down to the cellar 5am tomorrow morning armed with this idea - thanks for sharing it.

really cool. i am totally into the simple jigs. big jigs are nice, but i prefer the simplicity and closeness of working things by hand and with simple jigs like this.

thanks

Thanks to you Dave, I was able to make myself a nice binding strip yesterday.



Cheers & thanks Hip.

Very nice. Thanks for putting the pictures up for everyone to see.
Chuck

Thank you very much for sharing, I look forward to learning here at OLF