Post #29 - Biding the fingerboard.

I start out by scribing a line approximately the thickness of the bindings along the side and front edges which will be bound in ivoroid.  I then setup a fence which will allow me to route out the edges to accomodate the ivoroid binding.   A cautious approach would be to set the fence so that the first pass is just shy of the line, and then minor adjustments to the fence can be made subsequently until the line is gone. 

Here, I dry fit the fingerboard after routing.  To begin with, the neck width is wider than the fingerboard and will need to be filed down after fingerboard installation.

I cut the bindings and then miter the ends at 45° on the bench sander's spinning disk with the table set to 45°.  Below I dry fit the bindings to the fingerboard.

Here is a close up of the mitered ends.

I prepared for the tape up, by attaching strips of the tape to the bottom of the fingerboard.  I then glued and taped up the end, and then proceeding along a fist side, being careful to make sure the bindings were flush against the side and the bottom.  Here is shot of the fingerboard taped up and waiting to dry.