Routing for guitar binding: fixing a mistake! 

It would have been cool to see, but im pretty sure they just ran that section across a router with a flush cut bit and put a little stain on, so we probably didn't miss much.

Would be safer to trim it with a chisel and finish with sand paper. Quicker too.

Julien Sorosac You're right, that's probably what they did. I thought the portion sticking out was thicker but after looking at it again its smaller and a chisel would take that down quick and safe. I was mainly thinking that whatever they did it was something fast so router just popped into my head first as a fast way but like you said that's not the best way.

I bet that, lIke his gran's table, by the next day Stew had forgotten what it was, sawed it in half and put it on the log burner. Lol

It can never split open if you route down grain, sometimes that means routing from 2 sides (flipping the body over).

That's because good luck is a choice

@@UmVtCg no

The wind favors the abliest sailors.

Just ask his wife

Kevin I agree. He needs a gopro helmet stream in his shop so we can watch from his perspective!

I know what you did!

I’ve sent a dial indicator airborne before. It hit a clock across the room breaking the glass. Bulls eye.

How do you know? “Wonderful job” of not showing us the repair.

Thanks for watching Kyle! We're glad you enjoyed the video!

My father once told me, pertaining to carpenter work, “everyone makes mistakes, what matters is how quickly you recover from it.”.

you don't seem to know many luthiers...

When routing binding (regardless of the specific binding jig you are using) you always want to roll from the high points to the low points. So, from the peak of the upper bout into the waist, from the peak of the upper bout toward the top of the guitar, the lower bout to the waist, the lower bout to the heel, etc. Cutaways are a little tricky -- especially right at the tip of the horn on a tight radius shape like an LP. When I was routing the tip I just got it a bit too far over the edge and an instant later the guitar was on the floor across the shop. (YIKES). It was mostly ok. I had to add a thicker wood purfling (which you can see in the video) but it was missing a hunk of mahogany. I searched for it thinking I might be able to fit it back into place, but it was gone. :( I've since learned to use this jig with better results, but this was the first time I tried this method of cutting bindings with the router at a fixed height from the table top. I usually use our True Channel system, or a Fleishman/Williams setup where the router floats on top of the body, but I wanted a consistent amount of wood showing from the back of the guitar.

I'm sorry, I cannot seem to find the repair video in our archives that you're referring to. Perhaps the video you're thinking of was posted by another RU-vid channel demonstrating instrument repairs. I'm sorry we could not be more helpful.

Thx for checking your archives. I guess I watch too many guitar repair videos. You're probably right.