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James Orr
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Hi everyone

I'm just daydreaming here, thinking about some things I'd like to see with
mahogany. Tortise shell bindings keep coming to mind. Has anyone
worked with it? Or look-a-like plastic binding? How do you bend it?


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James,

It can be bent as it's put on. No need to bend it ahead of time.

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Dip it in a little hot water for tight turns and/ or thick binding. Hot
sand works great too if you have any.

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Gentle curves like a guitar can be bent as you go. If I was using it for a mando scroll or something similar, I'd prebend like Louis described - you can also use a heat gun if you're careful...

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Great tip there Louis and Mark, thanks!

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For tight headstocks and scrolls etc. I sometimes make up a little
form out of scrap, tape the bindings to it and heat with a hair dryer
or heat gun set on low. Grizzly makes a nice one that has adjustable
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[QUOTE=Louis4052] For tight headstocks and scrolls etc. I sometimes make up a little
form out of scrap, tape the bindings to it and heat with a hair dryer
or heat gun set on low. Grizzly makes a nice one that has adjustable
heat control.

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Becareful though this stuff burns (as in FIRE! not scorching) so fast it nearly explodes.... be careful.


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Yes Brock is correct, most of the tortoise and Iviroid bindings are
nitrocellulose and can go up in flames fast!! I would stick with hot
water or sand in all but the most extreme cases.

I did use the hairdryer method while replacing bindings on a 1940's
Epiphone archtop. I believe those were white ABS plastic bindings
that may be more heat resistant. (i.e. they will burn and melt fast
but might not explode.)

Do use caution with fire!

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