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| Author: | James Orr [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:13 am ] |
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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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| Author: | burbank [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:24 am ] |
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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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| Author: | Louis Freilicher [ Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:34 pm ] |
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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. Louis |
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| Author: | Mark Tripp [ Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:52 pm ] |
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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... -Mark |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:12 am ] |
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Great tip there Louis and Mark, thanks! Serge |
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| Author: | Louis Freilicher [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:17 am ] |
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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 heat control. Louis |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:55 am ] |
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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. Louis [/QUOTE] Becareful though this stuff burns (as in FIRE! not scorching) so fast it nearly explodes.... be careful. |
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| Author: | Louis Freilicher [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:50 am ] |
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oops! Louis |
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| Author: | Louis Freilicher [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:51 am ] |
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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! Louis |
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