Official Luthiers Forum!

Anyone ever done this? Good results? I don't feel like spending 100 bucks on a binding bit from stew mac if I don't have to.

Make your self or buy an adjustable binding cutter like in the sites below.


http://www.kitguitarsforum.com/archives ... 26_0_5_0_C

http://www.jsbguitars.com/productDetail ... category=1

http://www.luthiertool.com/binding%20cutter.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ho89N1 ... er&f=false

_________________
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

The StewMac bit is $50, and the bearings about $6 each (about). Just buy the bit and the handful of bearing you need for your specific binding. Whatever binding size you need, I would also buy a bit a size or two down so you can sneak up on it in two passes if you want to.

Oh you're right. I only noticed the option to buy it with all bearings for about $100. Still though, I can't help but think I could just put a smaller bearing onto any of my good quality Diablo router bits I already have. Either a flush trim bit, or a rabbeting bit.

Thanks for those links, Steve.
I'll make one of those guides for the trimmer that rides on the sides of the guitar,
some day!

I looked into this as well, since I have a bunch of flush cuts, but I went with the stew mac set up with a few bearings from them. I did not find anything out there that would give me what I wanted. When I lived in SF, there was a sharpening shop, Sartor Saw works, that had smaller sized bearings for when they sharpened a straight cutter, but I could not find them. The stew mac is also a skewed blade so you get a down cut action, like all their stuff, a bit more then you want to spend, but a good product when you get it.

_________________
http://shastaguitar.com/
http://www.kalimbakit.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/comfyfootgr ... ature=mhee
http://www.facebook.com/robert.renick.7

That sums it up right there. Pretty much everything I buy from them works properly and is high quality, so I part with a few extra bucks to get something that I don't have to fiddle with.