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So, I’m building 10 or 11... I don’t know, and I’m to the point that I’ve planes down the bindings enough so that they are close enough to the top to use a scraper, I’m afraid of gouging with a plane edge...

One issue I’ve ALWAYS had is how to HOLD the body securely as I do this a troji solved the issue for holding it on end, but I still hadn’t figured it out (I can be dense) as far as the top and back go.

Well.... I use a radius dish. To use the dish I have a pipe in the middle of a plywood sheet that I can move around easily . It just clamps to the table. On each of my molds I have holes drilled in the corners and on the plywood so I can insert dowels and hold things still while I radius.

Duh... just put the body back in the mold and tack it down to the plywood sheet...
done

Why do the simple solutions escape me for so long haha.
Anyway. I hope this helps another noob out:)
Peace


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Sounds interesting, do you have any pictures you might post?

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Here ya go. Build one of these holders and a guitar vise with pipe clamps, threaded base plates, and cork lined 1/4” plywood. Easy to do and it will simply your life enormously, especially scraping bindings.

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Well I could take one but it says profile missing and I can’t take pics:(


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SnowManSnow are you signed in? I can see your profile OK

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Pretty much same idea as what I use, simple and works well.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Yeah, like that.

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George :-)

Yeah got that too, little different form, but a couple of must haves IMO.

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