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Author: | Irwin R [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:23 pm ] |
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Hi ...I hope have a go at binding my guitar in the next week or so. I bought ebony bindings a while ago to do this. I have since been reading ( in preparation) that ebony can be difficult to bend. I just have my trusty hot pipe as my bending method. Have I chosen a tough wood to bend Cheers...and thanks.. |
Author: | Doug O [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:30 pm ] |
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Irwin, I just posted pics of my first guitar, and used ebony bindings. Bending was ok - used a fox style bender. Doug |
Author: | old man [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:31 pm ] |
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My first four guitars all have ebony binding, so I've bent 16 pieces, broke one. All bent with light bulbs on a fox style bender, for dreadnaught guitars. I tape them together with blue masking tape and bend just like I bend the sides. Spritz with water lightly. Didn't seem hard to me, but I don't know about a pipe. Ron |
Author: | JohnAbercrombie [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:49 pm ] |
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I've bent one set of ebony binding (4 pcs) and didn't have much trouble at all. I soaked them in water for an hour or so (Mario-style sewer pipe) and wrapped them in foil. OOO shape in a Fox/Doolin bender with heat blanket. I also bent some ebony for binding around headstock curves, using a hot pipe-type electric iron. I think that it may depend a lot on the stick that the bindings came from. Some ebony I've come across has been a bit splintery, but my bindings bent like (stiff) plastic when hot. You have to get the shape exactly right as you won't be able to pull the bindings tight easily- they're stiff when 'set'. An iron is handy for touch-ups at the waist area. Good luck! Cheers John |
Author: | Bobc [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:29 pm ] |
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Well I don't remember exactly how many I broke trying to bend over a hot pipe but it was quite a few. Then someone suggested thinning to .060 and viola they bent pretty easy. Now .060 may be on the thin side for some but just add a .020 black perfling on the inside and it now looks like a .080 binding. I use a fox bender now and they bend pretty easy at .080 |
Author: | JohnAbercrombie [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:45 pm ] |
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A wet rag is a good thing to have handy by the bending iron as well. Sometimes a good steaming is needed to get things loosened up. It all depends on the stick, I think. John |
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