Post #23 - Binding headstock

Here is the guitar headstock.  I will be binding with I-B-I (similar to the binding that will be installed on the back).

I clamp it down and rout the binding with the Dremel with the binding attachment.  As always test with a crap piece of wood first to check depth of cut.  The corners are done carefully keeping one edge of the binding attachment flat with the headstock.

The binding will need to conform to a few sharp corners on the headstock.  Some builders miter the corners, but for this build, I'll be using a heat gun to soften the binding and conform its shape to to the binding edge.  I clamp the headstock and tape a section of the binding down.   With a heating gun, I work the corner with a wooden caul, being very careful not to melt the binding material.

Here is binding after some work with the heat gun and the caul.