Back trimmed to shape, binding channels cut

Friday, November 25, 2005
I received my order from Roger Siminoff a few days ago, which included his binding routing tool, so I was able to cut my maple back to shape, and then cut the binding channel in the back. I also cut the top binding channel deeper to fit the WBW binding I'm going to use. Man, this thing is really looking like a mandolin! If I can shake this nasty cold I've had all week, I might even finish everything this weekend and have her strung up "in white", but we'll see. Still plenty of work to do. Carving mother of pearl with a bad cold isn't very fun.