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   salamfam | Apr 02, 2010 09:28am | #1

   The banding for that huntboard is very simple, made from alternating strips of dark and light wood; probable ebony and holly. As you can see in the article it is shop made and fairly thick, looks like about 1/8" to me. If you are going to take on such a project you should have no trouble producing your own banding.

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   joinerswork | Apr 02, 2010 06:57pm | #2

   ww,

   As Bob suggests, you can make your own, by sandwiching (laminating) contrasting slabs of solid stock and/or veneer, then slicing off the edge of the sandwich to get the strips of banding. Some yokel named David Ray Pine even wrote a how-to article , I bet it's in the archives- I'm telling you, if he can do it, you can!   You can match what is in either article, or get creative. 

   Alternatively, you could purchase some store-bought banding ready-made. The old timers frequently did just that.  It doesn't have to match what the author used, necessarily.

   Ray

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   RMillard | Apr 02, 2010 07:56pm | #3

   Ray,

   What issue was the banding article in? I thought I had seen/read all of your articles.

   Every time, I turn my thickness planer on, I think of your glazed door article, or more accurately the passage in that article on how for maximum accuracy, you should run the stock through the same place on the surface planer. 

   Of course, I believe I told you before, but  your fret work article is my all time favorite FWW article.

   Rob Millard

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   joinerswork | Apr 03, 2010 08:27pm | #4

   Hi Rob,

   It's in #59, the one with the pool table on the cover.

   Thanks for the compliment, now you've done it, none of my hats'll fit .

   Best regards,

   Ray

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   periodcraftsmen | Apr 05, 2010 11:08am | #5

   Banding

   Hello!

   My name is Freddy Roman and I make custom/period banding for furniture makers.  Now is the banding easy to make?.... Yes. Yet now you have to buy veneer and research how thick the veneer is, figure out how much you need, pay shipping, stress over the whole process, etc. etc.  Even John and Thomas Seymour bought their banding .  So if your interested please contact me @ [email protected] or call me @ 860-670-2584.  

   Cheers,

   Freddy 

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   pakman1 | Apr 05, 2010 04:06pm | #6

   Cuff banding

   I was fortunate a couple of years ago to take a workshop with Garrett Hack and we made the banding and did some string inlay.As someone said, it is easy to make. It is alternating strips of ebony and holly glued up into a large blank and then pieces are sliced off,cut to size, and then glued into recess routed into the legs. You really should give it a try. It's easy and a lot of fun.

   Pat