Huge thanks for these tips and instructions! I read about the StewMac set of routing tips and found it has a lot of praising reviews. That set plus buying a decent router plus some kind of tilting accessory with them is gonna go over my budget at this point but definately worth considering in the long run. It's too bad I don't have a man cave to put these tools. Plus winter is coming so can't work outside from october till may. Down side of four seasons here.
What I learned from you already is that I cant place the binding to be glued like I thought but have to place it so that the tape won't force it to bend/tilt. Meaning I will place the whole strip below the rounded part of the top edge.
I read somewhere that some luthiers like to use acetone in stead of glue? It melts the plastic so that it binds to the wood and as the acetone evaporates - plastic hardens again to take grip - have you heard about or maybe tried that? Just curious - I'm gonna stick to glue even though acetone seems to be easy to get in form of nail polish remover. The idea could be useful in some other uses on the way though. Maybe attaching a couple of strips together to make wider material?...
I'm using plastic binding and when glueing I was gonna heat it slightly with a hairdrier when following the curves. Or heat it first to take form all the way around using tape to hold it in place. Should be easier to glue in place when you don't have to force it so much? I saw this somewhere in the bottomless bucket of info they call google...
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