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Once again.....took my eyes off the work and ended up messing up!

So here's what happened:
I was shapping the neck (with a Madagascar RW fingerboard and Maple Binding) when I got distracted and looked away and "voila"....sanded through the binding all the way to the fingerboard right at the end where it meets the nut! About 1/4 inch of binding is missing

Any suggestions?
I was about all done too

Start a new one is always a good suggestion but I rather fix this one first

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

I am *not* a repair expert (well, nor a building expert for that matter!
), but what about this...

clamp to the fingerboard a small block of wood with a straigt edge such
that it would work as a fence of sorts for a laminate trimmer or dremel
with a _Binding/Binding_Router_Guide.html">binding router guide. The
fence would be such that it will allow you to cut a new rabbet at an angle
that will give you the width of binding you need at the nut and will
"blend" into the existing binding over, say, six inches. Set a new piece of
maple on that rabbet and plane or scrape it flush with the existing
binding.

If you're a better jointer than me, with maple I imagine the joint could be
hidden pretty well.

Tell me if I'm making no sense at all. Or if it's just a dumb idea, which is
also a distinct possibility

Good luck.ecklesweb38765.9175578704

Never give up a chance to try a repair. I'd say patch it or replace it. The question is though did you get into the neck wood too deep also? That might be a tough one.

I'm not a repair guy so wait for one of the repair heavy weights to chime in. Might help to see it.

Good luck

I think that if you did not cut trough to the neck, it is salvageable, maybe by applying heat, scrape it off, make a new binding piece, glue up and voila! bUT WAIT FOR THE PROS!!!!

Heat the binding. remove it and replace. You will be happier later down the road

Thanks Michael me thinks i didn't do so bad in your absence han ? Waddaya say coach Michael ?

I don't think I would try to patch it. I agree
with the others,replace the binding.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

[QUOTE=Serge Poirier] Thanks Michael me thinks i didn't do so bad in your absence han ? Waddaya say coach Michael ? [/QUOTE]

spot on Serge