Jig for fitting Bindings
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:34 pm
I recently had a stressfull day when fitting some bindings to a Soprano uke I was building after having to route out twice before I was happy with the finished result.....
Following all the stress I had with this job, I couldn't switch off the brain..something tells me there has to be an easier way to do this job apart from rope and sticky tape and painfull fingers..and this is what I came up with "The Acme binding jig"....It's still in the prototype stage and there are a couple of improvements still to do before I make the final one...I knocked up a mock uke body out of MDF routed the channels and gave it a test run with CA glue and Zapper..It almost worked perfectly with no glue on the fingers at all, no gaps and it just took minutes..I started at the waist wicking in the glue and zapping..I worked outwards clamping about 30mm spaces two a time top and bottom bouts together...Here are a few pics....There is more on this story here http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/sho ... ings-alert
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Following all the stress I had with this job, I couldn't switch off the brain..something tells me there has to be an easier way to do this job apart from rope and sticky tape and painfull fingers..and this is what I came up with "The Acme binding jig"....It's still in the prototype stage and there are a couple of improvements still to do before I make the final one...I knocked up a mock uke body out of MDF routed the channels and gave it a test run with CA glue and Zapper..It almost worked perfectly with no glue on the fingers at all, no gaps and it just took minutes..I started at the waist wicking in the glue and zapping..I worked outwards clamping about 30mm spaces two a time top and bottom bouts together...Here are a few pics....There is more on this story here http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/sho ... ings-alert
![Image](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0003_zpsasy8ei48.jpg)
![Image](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0006_zpshcqmdvuj.jpg)
![Image](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0011_zpsznzmdcv4.jpg)
![Image](http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0015_zpstonfg0ta.jpg)