Oops! Forgot photos of the neck joint cutting... Here's where we started...

And ended. Done on the table saw and bandsaw, the cuts are actually angled so that this, and the neck being cut at the same angles, creates a dovetailed joint, with a huge amount of gluing surface. I'll then lock the neck in place with two dowels. Though it would appear to be impossible to remove, it will indeed slide right up and out when steamed, if the need ever arises. More on this joint as we progress...

The J-5 gets three point protectors of cocobolo.

Time to rout for the bindings and purflings! well, bind the top for now, at least <lol> In a router table, I have my bit and bearing set to height, indexed off this little riser block. Two other risers of the same height are clamped to the body, to hold the whole thing level as we rout; the clamps will have to be moved once, each, in order to get all the way around.

Simple, and perfectly effective!

Some of the tighter spots will still require some hand work, as will the points and neck areas where the top rises a bit in height. The A-5, on the other hand, is a cinch.

The cocobolo bindings for the J-5 will be cut from these guitar side off-cuts. Waste not, want not...

I'll set up my table saw, and make a test cut on scrap to check the fit.

This is what I get from that one guitar's off-cuts.

The SFSF mandolin will get lightly figured Honduran Mahogany bindings, again, from guitar side off-cuts.

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Note the tight-fitting blade insert; do NOT attempt to slice bindings with the large throat insert! Also note my favorite blade; the 7-1/4" Freud "Diablo"; 40 tooth in this case. Amazing blades; simply amazing.

The guitar sides are around .085" thick, and I want .062" thick bindings, so they need to take a trip through the thickness sander, on this backing board.

The backing board has a little block to hold the bindings.

I'll now pre-bend the wood bindings to fit; plastic bindings can be installed straight on, no need for bending, other than the scroll on an F-5. Had some time on my hands, so I bent one strip to go all the way around the A-5 in one shot.

The J-5 presents a few more opportunities to do some nice mitering.

Masking tape, again, is used as clamps.