Purfling install and binding material making

     I completed the purfling install work. This guitar has maple, Brazilian RW, maple, and black dyed maple purfling. I have been using my custom purfling channel cut jig for the Dremel. It is a simple jig; however, it enables to cut the purfling channel quite accurately without delicate work. 

     I also completed binding material making. This guitar has African black wood binding with a  black and white inlay border. I always glue the black and white inlay before bending the binding. 

     Purfling and binding install proceses are a time consuming work. Curve fitting work is the most important process. Before glue the purfling and binding, a perfect fitting makes a high quality gluing without any gaps. As you see the top has one coat of shellac. This is a prevention coat from the fiber tear off, when I remove clumping tapes.