How To Do Binding On A Body With Elbow Cutout?

[iskim86]

if i use a jig i won't be able to get that part.... so what should I use?

in fact, what are the tools necessary to route the channel for a body binding for an electric guitar? i can't seem to find any in-depth binding tutorials

thanks

[SwedishLuthier]

This http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Special_...outing_Jig.html might work, but I would be skared using it the way you would have to do. It also cost muchos dinaros

[thegarehanman]

You do not have to buy that tool. You could easily build it. Everything it's made from is easily and affordibly available online. Yours may not end up as clean, especially without a milling machine, but it would certainly function. The part that attaches the dremel to the vertical post is just a piece of angle aluminum, if anyone was wondering. However, I've seen much better designs for this sort of things, some that work much more smoothly. Springs that allow the router to move vertically more easily would be a start.

peace,

russ

[biliousfrog]

Setch's carve-top jig sprang to mind when I saw that.

[iskim86]

is this something I can use? I already have a dremel. the router bit comes with a sort of bearing for the channel depth, but I still need something to define the width of the binding.