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Posted by BP - RabidSalad - on April 24, 2016 at 11:24am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I'll try posting this in the right place this time....

I have several metal pieces that I think will make a good dobro git but I'll have to build boxes for them.  I'm going to use plywood and would like to use wood binding to hide the ply edges.  Is it as simple as gluing a strip top/bottom, leaving an outside edge to glue binding to???  Bending the binding strip is no problem for me as I have a heat blanket that does it super easily.

Any other tips or methods of hiding ply edges??

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  • Michael Fred Johnson April 26, 2016 at 10:21am

    I think this is what Ron means leaving the edge exposed,doesn't look to bad306548079?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

    • Ron "Oily" Sprague > Michael Fred Johnson April 26, 2016 at 1:08pm
      Yep, especially if you're creative with the stains. And if you do a rollover rout, you can even get the plywood to look like that on the top.
      • Michael Fred Johnson > Ron "Oily" Sprague April 26, 2016 at 3:22pm

        The ply edge has alternating end and long grain which takes the stain differently giving a contrast

        • BP - RabidSalad - > Michael Fred Johnson April 26, 2016 at 6:16pm

           Well if you can't hide it...  accentuate it...  sumthin like that. 

          I'd buy myself some tools but can't see spending 1200 on a cabinet saw.  I've bought the cheaper saws before and they don't last well.  Plus things are going to change for us in the next few years and the plan is to move offshore so hauling a shop along likely isn't going to happen.  So in the mean while...  I get inventive with the tools I have.  More with less and I like it...

      • BP - RabidSalad - > Ron "Oily" Sprague April 26, 2016 at 2:40pm

        I don't have a table saw or router.  The saw died and loaned out the router which found a new home.  So square and routed edges on my builds amount to what I can achieve with a belt sander, band saw and a few hand tools. As for stains...  I'm playing around with them more right now seeing what I can get away with.  I'm getting better at concealing the multitude of mistake I make...  )

        Thx guyz for all the tips...

        • Michael Fred Johnson > BP - RabidSalad - April 26, 2016 at 3:06pm

          With care you can cut the rebates using a marking gauge to scribe the width and depth then remove the waste with a chisel.Better still use a cutting gauge(I picked up an old second hand one from a market stall)

  • Michael Fred Johnson April 26, 2016 at 10:16am

    This one ditto but with mahogany strip + purfling on the front306547769?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

    • BP - RabidSalad - > Michael Fred Johnson April 26, 2016 at 2:32pm

      OOOHH Sweet builds...  and yes this is what I'm thinking of in the resonator build I'm working on. 

  • Michael Fred Johnson April 26, 2016 at 10:13am

    This one has a rebate cut around the box with a styrene strip glued on306547968?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • JL April 26, 2016 at 9:18am

    when I hide the edge of a piece of plywood, a thin slice of real wood does the trick.

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