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Old 04-17-2016, 11:52 AM
jessupe jessupe is offline
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Originally Posted by Tim McKnight View Post
Sometimes things just don't go as well as you've planned. We wanted to use curly walnut binding on the electric to match the acoustic build but the wood was just too stubborn to comply:





It would get to about right here:





And then SNAP





Even this guy was no help:





Frustration was setting in BIG TIME! I made the binding thinner, as thin as I could and it still snapped. I soaked it over night in Super Soft II and still no luck. Sometimes its just best to just take your lumps and humbly move in another direction:
perhaps next time this may be of some help? You do beautiful work!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0SsAyHKzc