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I've started using elastic rope to install bindings and purflings. It's working really well. At the moment I glue one side, when set, glue other side. I'm wondering does anyone glue both sides at once using a roping method, if so, how?

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Joe:
I rope my bindings but only do one piece at a time. If you do two(or four.......good luck) you have to start at the waist and then work out to the upper and lower bouts. One at a time is enough for me but it is a slower process.
Tom

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A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything!!!

I started doing both side before roping. I now just do one side at the time. That seems to work best for me.

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EddieLee

I just bound a guitar by roping two sides of binding at a time using a 40' 1/4" cotton clothesline and a carriage like Todd's. I'm sold on the method.

I did the last guitar using the rubber bands and prefer the rope simply for storage purposes. The bands got tangled to high heaven.

I use tape and can do all 4 quads at one sitting.

I use that strapped packing tape that is mentioned in Trevor's Book.

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Old growth, shmold growth!

The bands and I got off to a bad start. They came tangled and knotted, and from that moment on it was like trying to braid Rapunzel's hair.

I use 1/8" shock cord for my ukuleles. If I was doing guitars I would go with 3/16". I get 100 foot rolls on ebay

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Goat Rock Ukulele
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