Yes Will, a good tool you know well will often do a better job. That's why I often end up using a cabinet scraper.

And I did make a start with binding the 2nd headstock this afternoon. My first thought was that I could shape all the pieces, trim them neatly, and glue them all in one. And of course, I could have, if it wasn't for the fact that the bloodwood insisted on misbehaving again

Even reduced to half thickness it wasn't going to go around those tight curves without a fight!!

So, I pre-bent the purflings, trimmed the bloodwood for the straight edges, and tried bending a piece for the end. And of course, it refused to play ball.





Nothing there is glued yet. The masking tape is just holding everything in place. But I decided to be pragmatic and come up with an alternative solution. If the bloodwood refuses to bend nicely, I'll glue a few pieces up into a solid block and carve it into shape





So here they are glued up in the vice. It's putting up a good fight, but I WILL win

Andy

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