Hello all --

It's late, and I'm frustrated. My excitement over closing the box on my two sister OMs has quickly been replaced by a nagging sense of inadequacy as a result of trying to get my bindings to sit flush in their ledge. I'm not sure if it's the bindings (flamed maple) and my lack of hand bending expertise, or the ledge, which I thought came out pretty good. Here's a pic:

The ledges seem nice and square, and when I run a small piece of binding around the edge, it sits nice and flush, yet when I put the actual binding in place, there's a significant gap, only around the upper bout, which leads me to think that it's a result (in addition to my utter lack of experience), of the binding distorting in response to the dome of the back.

I'm wondering if any of you have encountered this, and what can be done to deal with it. I'm pretty sure I can't sweet talk it into place come glue-up time, and I don't imagine glue filling the gap in a...pleasing...kind of way.

Seems like the only solution is to undercut either the binding or the ledge to accomodate the other, but this seems like a compromise. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Ken