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Author:  Blain [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:48 pm ]
Post subject:  How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
Searching Google and this forum and can't find anything with great pictures showing the Herringbone purfling.

How do those of you that use Herringbone purfling orientate the purfling on the treble and bass side? Opposite each other, or do you run it in one continuous pattern all pointing the same direction.?

I guess the correct way to phrase this is, would the purflings be mirrored from treble to bass, or would they run in a continuous pattern from treble to bass?

Thanks for your input.
Author:  Howard Klepper [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
The "arrowhead" points up on both sides, starting from a bookmatch at the tail.
Author:  the Padma [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
Yo, Blain

this ain't like rolling paint were you want the colour side out.

You can and may stick that herrybone in any which way you choose.

Like what me simple minded self don't quite get is....
in this 3D holographic multidimensional emerging universe, can someone be so kind as to explain "up and down" to me. Thats the part me no quite get yet.


Blessings
the
Padma
Author:  bluescreek [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:40 pm ]
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I like points up but the key is to match the joint . I like to have a clean diamond on the joint as it gives a professional appearance . I believe that is what Howard K suggested also .
Author:  Tom West [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:06 pm ]
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I,ve done both points up and points down and do not have a preference for one or the other.Have never run a continuous strip all the way around.
Author:  johnfgraham [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:44 pm ]
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you'd think that the traditional approach would be clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise in the southern.

j
Author:  Jamie_M [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
This may seem like a very basic question, but...I've never used herringbone purfling, usually just the b/w/b or some variation. So, I have some herringbone that is destined for the body I just closed up, but it seems much thicker than my normal purfling.

Should I be bending the herringbone like the binding, or should it be flexible enough to fit around the fairly tight waist of a small jumbo?
Author:  Blain [ Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
Thanks all.

I did as Howard said and ran arrows pointing up on each side.

It looks better than I thought. For some reason running it consistently one direction made more sense to me at first, but now after doing this, it does indeed look right and makes sense as well.
Author:  Darrel Friesen [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
Jamie_M wrote:
This may seem like a very basic question, but...I've never used herringbone purfling, usually just the b/w/b or some variation. So, I have some herringbone that is destined for the body I just closed up, but it seems much thicker than my normal purfling.

Should I be bending the herringbone like the binding, or should it be flexible enough to fit around the fairly tight waist of a small jumbo?


On the one I did with herringbone, I soaked it in water for about 45 seconds, wiped it and then taped it into the channel with the rest of the binding and purfling. No need to hot bend.
Author:  Jamie_M [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:17 am ]
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Thanks Darrel. I'll give it a go.
Author:  Fred Tellier [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:50 am ]
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Quote:
Should I be bending the herringbone like the binding, or should it be flexible enough to fit around the fairly tight waist of a small jumbo


I just glued up the binding and herringbone on a 000 12 fret, I put the herringbone in the heat blanket fox bender as like you I was concerned about the tight waist bend. This was the fine pattern herringbone that A&M sells and is about 2x as thick as needed for purfling but scrapes back quite easy after gluing. I dampened the herringbone before placing in the bender and shut the heat off as soon as it was bent.

Fred
Author:  Allen McFarlen [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
Living in the southern hemisphere I go counter clockwise. :D

Just did a Weissenborn yesterday with herringbone and do not pre-bend it, but do have the bindings bent. Apply hot hide glue and go at it. The glue warms the herringbone and it takes the bends like spaghetti. The tight bends in the waist don't want to roll, and is by far the easiest way I've found for doing wide purflings like this.
Author:  Haans [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:42 pm ]
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Haven't done a herringbone in ages except for the split HB on F4's rosette, but when I did I always preferred to keep the HB going the same way all the way around the edge and following the soundhole rosette with the arrow pointing up on the bass side.
Author:  Haans [ Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How do you orientate your Herringbone purfling?
Haven't done a herringbone in ages except for the split HB on F4's rosette, but when I did I always preferred to keep the HB going the same way all the way around the edge and following the soundhole rosettewith the arrow pointing up on the bass side.
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