Yesterday, the f-hole was bound. I used maple for this as I will do for the body binding. Using special iron for luthiery (basically a electric hot pipe, with an alan wrench stuck out the top for bending small items) , the wet maple was shaped to match the f-hole with the steam created by the iron and water. Then was glued in place with super glue. Strong tape, like filament tape, is necessary to pull the binding strip into place against the top plate. The bound f-hole is made up of four pieces of maple strips. After it was bound it was time to sand flush with some 100 grit sandpaper (the picture).
With the f-hole bound, the inlay in the body completed it was time to glue the walnut top to the mahogany body. First, Titebond Wood glue was applied with a roller (small rolling-pin with a handle) to the body surface. I put blocks underneath the body to elevate it off the table so I could get the clamps underneath it. The old routing fixture jig (pictured on a previous blog) was placed on the walnut top (to protect it from the clamps digging into the wood). About twenty clamps did the trick (picture).
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