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What is your set-up for making your bindings on table saw?
What kind of featherboard arrangement, etc.?

I used to make my binding on the table saw. What I found that worked the best for me was to make a L shaped cutting jig that was attached to the rip fence. This allowed me to attach my "feather boards" to that set up. This way I had the same set up and I had zero clearance for the blade to eliminate the slapping and exploding of the thin wood.
I made the thickness cut first IS .060 or .080. I had a jig for each. I also had 2 width jigs , one for 1/4 and one for 3/16. You can tweak the jigs easy enough. I use the bar clamp to hold the jig to the fence and also to hold the feather stick at the blade.
john hall
blues creek guitars.

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John Hall
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Good thread, Terry!

I have a brand new 80 tooth Diablo blade for doing this but have not taken the plunge yet.

Any pics of your setup, John?

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JJ
Napa, CA
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I've only made binding a couple of times and I really liked it.

What I would do next time is make one of these jigs for the table saw

http://benchnotes.com/Strip%20Cutting%20Gauge/strip_cutting_gauge.htm

and use a splitter, this way the binding strip is not running against the fence.

After cutting the bindings I've just run them through the sander to get them to the right thickness, usually only a couple of passes on each side cleans it all up.

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So which method yields superior quality of bindings...Todd's or Rod's?

Pros & Cons please.

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JJ
Napa, CA
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Don't know about pro's and con's, as I've never tried Todd's setup. However, Rod's method works well and is similar to what I use. My TS has a sliding miter table with a long fence, so I just use the end of my miter fence as the stop to determine the binding thickness. A good zero-clearance insert and a 40 or 60-tooth 7 1/4" Diablo and you can whip out consistent binding strips in no time with a minimal amount of jigging.

I just went from a 40 to a 60-tooth Diablo. The 40 was a great blade but this thing rocks! With a good setup, you can go straight from the TS to the guitar. Seriously.

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Wes McMillian
Santo, TX
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Thanks, Todd. As always, a very solid and understandable presentation.

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JJ
Napa, CA
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40 tooth Diablo and the Unisaw fence ... then clean the up in the thickness sander. I use a piece of premade binding to set the fence a touch wide to allow for sanding

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Why the need for cleaning up on the thickness sander? You mean to tell me that the Diablo blade won't produce bindings ready for glue-up!!!??? I bought a separate 60 tooth blade exclusively for bindings.

Where's Grumpy when you really need him?

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JJ
Napa, CA
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