I have, for the most part, got the binding scraped and sanded on the bass side. Everything looks good, except for a little sliver near the waist. I'll fill it with binding mud and re-sand. I think it will look fine when it's all said and done. The top of the scroll looks a little funky in this picture, as I haven't sanded around there yet. I have to laminate a second piece of binding in on the inside edge to get to the correct height on the inside of the scroll.
Progress is slowing down, as football practice started for me this past week. Just don't have the same amount of time to work on things. I was really hoping to get the box closed before football started, but between vacations, shop upgrades, and other general life business, it just didn't happen. Oh well. Still moving on along!