Randy Roberts wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 11:28 pm
Eric,
Really nice. your scarf joint is nearly imperceptible. And it's pretty near impossible to hide the joint of any kind on light color woods.
Just an idea, but if you were to make a butt joint instead, but have it be at 12 o'clock. Then cut your oval in two equal pieces, through the butt joint, (or cut into 4 pieces at 90 degrees). Then put a layer of your black dyed line where the cuts are to fill the kerf, you would have no scarf to see and it would look like you just made the binding fancier yet.
Whether that would make gluing it in easier or harder I don't know. Just an idea that jumped up looking at your test piece.
That is such a good idea I went right to the shop to try it. Here's an early trial. I just cut some kerfs with a small saw that is just the right size for a piece of veneer.
This uses the old design principle of, "If you can't hide a joint then accentuate it." I should have thought of that myself.
I think it might make gluing it easier. I wouldn't add the accents until after the binding was glued in place. That way the butt joint wouldn't have to be perfect, just close enough for a 0.5mm kerf to be cut through it. I just eyeballed the cuts for this trial, I would make them more precise in practice.
Thanks for the idea, I think I like it. I will try it again with my next trial with curly maple instead of this plain.
-Eric
