Binding....Day #2

July 21st...Well, I'm into Day 2 of gluing my binding. I just spent about four hours finishing the binding of the peghead (that one piece I didn't do yesterday) and completing the binding on the top.

There it is, to the right. I'll have to wait until tomorrow before I do the binding on the back. I have my technique down now, so tomorrow's binding shouldn't take as long.

By the way, to the left is a quick photo of all the tools I need to have at my disposal as I do the binding:

paper towels (for wiping up Duco cement) waxed paper (so glue won't get over everything) masking tape and rubber bands (to hold the binding in place) Duco cement and superglue (for gluing the binding) a tuna can for mixing acetone and binding scraps (for patching miters) popsicle sticks (for wedges to hold in the curly areas of scrolls) sanding block (to sand down the popsicle sticks into wedges) various chisels and a deadblow hammer (for chopping and shaving binding) wood block (to do the chopping on) metal pick (for mixing and applying drops of melted binding) pencil (for marking where I should chop the binding) hair dryer (for softening binding so I can bend it)

Here are a couple of photos of some of my miters. They're a bit messy at the moment, because I had put some of that acetone/binding mixture at the junctures. But when I scrape them down, they should look pretty good, I think!