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The binding is being glued up.
The first thing to do is to route out the channel for the binding.
Since this is a four layer binding I need a double channel. One for the
bocote binding that I made, and one for the black-white-black perfling that
gives us a total of 4 lines.
The picture above also shows another reason why I have to put that kerfed
lining into the instrument. If I didn't have that material I'd be cutting
the top off of the instrument
I glue the binding on and tape it up.
However, it's not really that easy. The bocote has sprung back a bit and it
never seems to fit exactly right. So I need to clamp the heck out of it to keep
the binding tight. I don't want to leave any gaps.
Now you can see why I went through all that work of laminating the maple veneer to
the bocote binding. It leaves this fine white line between the side and the binding.
Because of the clamps I can only glue one one edge at a time. I have to let that
dry and then I can glue the next edge.
So while The glue dries I worked on the headstock. First, I filed and sanded to smooth
out any part of the bandsaw cut that wasn't perfectly smooth. Then I routed the outside
edge of the headstock to give it that rounded over smooth look.
Now I have to cut the string ramp in the front and sand the interior so everything
blends together. But it's starting to look pretty nice.