Binding Setup

[GuitarGoat]

I'm making an ML style guitar and want to bind the neck, headstock and body. How should I set up the neck so it's perfectly straight so I can use a pattern bit with the bearing on the end of the bit to cut the rabbet? I don't think hand planing it will get it totally straight and I don't want there to be a wave in the binding. Could I get a straight edge and use a pattern router bit with the bearing closer to the shaft to get the edge straight? Either that or use a jointer-planer for most of the length and use a hand plane the rest of the way. I'm not sure here. Please help. Thanks

[Mattia]

Bind the fingerboard before gluing it to the neck.

If you don't know how to plane/create a straight line in wood, you might want to consider some more reading/practicing general woodworking skills before tackling a gutiar.

[jmrentis]

You could always bind the fretboard before attaching it to the neck. This way you get a bound neck without having to develop a setup to bind the neck, at least for that part of the neck, headstock would still require a binding jig setup. I just did mine this way Fretboard binded first Best of luck. J

Edit: Mattia beat me to it, its actually pretty easy to do this way.

Edited November 15, 2007 by jmrentis

[GuitarGoat]

Ok, I'll probably decide to bind the fingerboard before attaching it to the neck. Sorry to disappoint you, but I've already built another guitar