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Intro: Cedar Treasure Chest
This is a simple project that can be completed in an afternoon. Tools that I used are as follows ( not all are necessary, use what you have available!):
- chisels and mallet
- drill press
- table saw
- sand paper
- wood glue and tack nails
- router ( I did not have one but this tool is a great asset)
- treasure and lots of it to fill your chest
- trust worthy treasure guardian
Step 1: Ripping the lid and marking the template
To start this project off, I first ripped a 1/2" inch off my 4x4 piece of cedar using the table saw. This will act as my lid. I also marked a square in the center of my soon to
be box where I will begin hollowing. I measured 1 inch in from the ends and a 1/2 inch in on the sides to give me a nice sized template for where the box will be drilled
out.
Step 2: Hollowing the box out
Next we are going to use the drill press and a 1 1/2" forsner bit to hollow out the inside of the block. Make sure you set the drill press to drill to a consistent depth,
I chose a 1-inch depth from the bottom. Try doing all 4 corners first and then work your way into the middle of the block.
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(e.g. art, literature, architecture, music)
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and achievement
– Expressions of culture may prompt political and social change
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• Design
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So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in
the middle of it, take me a little piece of plank, nailed it onto that cigar box, and I got
me some screen wire and I made me a bridge back there and raised it up high enough
that it would sound inside that little box, and got me a tune out of it. I kept my tune
and I played from then on.
—Lightnin' Hopkins
9. How To Build A Cigar Box Guitar
• Follow these simple steps towards building
your own cigar-box guitar!
• Remember, the number one rule of building a
cigar box guitar is:
• Be careful to have Fun!
14. Warnings
• Always work with the permission of your parents and
the help of an adult.
• Sand wood in well ventilated areas.
• Use proper safety procedures. Tools can cut and power
tools can cut quickly.
• Beware! Some woods are hazardous when inhaled.
Please know your woods and how to treat them.
• Use paints and solvents in well ventilated areas.
• Be careful. Sharp tools will cut, so use proper safety
procedures.
15.
16. Materials Needed:
• Wooden Cigar Box (or cookie tin)
• 3 foot long 1×2 (poplar)
• 1″ Finishing nails (12)
• 8/32 X 1½ ” bolt
• ¼” X 2½” Eye bolt
• Wood Glue
• ½ pint stain/sealant
• Sponge brush (1/2″ to 1″ is fine)
• Sandpaper Multipack (Wood)
• Tuning pegs (3)
17. Tools you will need:
• Drill with multiple sized bits
• Hacksaw
• Pocketknife
• ½” wide Woodworking file or reasonable
substitute (optional)
• Scroll Saw,
• various sanding devices
19. Determine if you are going to make a
left or right handed guitar.
– A right handed guitar has the neck oriented to the
left. The tuning pegs will be on the left and the tail
of the guitar will be on the right. A left handed
guitar will be the opposite. Measure and mark
accordingly!
23. • Instructions:
• 1. Basic Shape of the Neck at the Bottom. The neck and the
body of the guitar should fit together very snugly. Also, you
want the neck to come up flush with the body, so you need
to cut a notch exactly as long and deep as the lid. Here’s
how to do it: Take the neck of the guitar and line it up with
the box lid so that the bottom of the neck (where the
strings will be coming up from) is an inch or so from where
the box lid ends. Make a mark on the neck there and where
it protrudes from the other end of the lid. These marks
designate where the lid groove needs to be carved so that
you can get the neck to line up perfectly with the body. Cut
out the area between the marks, as deep as your lid is
thick.
24. • At each of the endpoints you just drew, draw a
line ¾” towards the bottom of the box, then
connect those two lines. This will guide you
for cutting out the notches for the neck to fit
into. Be sure to cut just inside your marks and
not quite as deep as you think you should.
25. • 2. Preparing the Body for the Neck. The body
of the guitar needs to have notches so the
neck fits snugly, and also needs sound holes
drilled in it so you can hear the twangy
goodness you create. This next step preps
your body. Take the cigar box and measure
halfway across each of the left and right side.
From 1X2 in the notch, and when it doesn’t
quite fit use the file and sandpaper to widen
and deepen the notches.
26. • The idea is to have the tightest fit possible.
Remember, you want the lid to close easily
over the neck of your guitar with no bowing of
the lid (notch not deep enough) and no space
between the neck and the lid (notch too
deep). Once you have the notches cut to
perfection, you are ready to drill out the
sound holes in your guitar body.
27. • 3. Working on the Neck. The top of the neck
will be comprised of a headstock and a bridge.
This next part discusses how to prepare those
parts. Remove the neck from the body of the
guitar. Make a mark around 4 inches from the
top of the neck. This will be where the
headstock ends and the fretboard begins.
28. • Drill 2 holes on the left side of the headstock
and one on the right. The two holes on the
right should not line up with one another, one
should be slightly offset so the strings don’t
interfere with one another when you string it.
I offset my top hole about 3/8″ further in than
the bottom hole. The holes are about 2″
apart.
29. • Next, the shaping of the headstock is in order.
I like to use the wood file because I can file
away little bits of the headstock at a time
without going overboard. I use it and the
pocketknife to shape the headstock into the
shape I want. After that, you can round out
the back of the neck for a more comfortable
playing experience.
30. • 4. The Bridge and String Holes. The last
manipulation of the neck piece is the drilling of
the sting holes at the bottom of the neck and the
creation of the bridge groove. Drill 3 very small
equidistant holes at the bottom of the neck,
approximately ½” from the bottom, this is where
you will thread the strings. On the top of the
neck, ½” below where the headstock begins, use
the wood file to cut a small round groove across
the neck.
31. • 7. String Her Up! Using acoustic guitar strings
is recommended by Shane Speal, the King of
the Cigar Box Guitar, and I’m not one to argue
with the king. He uses Martin Darco acoustic
guitar strings, gauged .045, .035, .026. Place
the bridge bolt in place, as well as the eye bolt
at the bottom of the guitar and tune it up.
32. Tuning
• A (A, E, A’)
• G (G, D, G’)
• A7 (A, E, G’)
• G9 (G, D, A’).
33. • Making the Guitar Electric
• Note for those interested in making the electric
guitar I have found one of the cheapest ways to
do this and still get a reasonable sound. You can
wire your cigar box guitar for about $5.00. You
will need the following: A Radio Shack Piezo
Transducer (part number 273-073 or 273-073a)
and a ¼” output jack.
34. • The transducer is in the section with the
buzzers, not the microphones. Connect the
transducer to the jack via two wires.
• Simply glue the buzzer to the inside of the
cigar box lid and drill out a hole for the jack to
mount to. Voila, electric cigar box.
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the Sea Museum
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Legends
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• Mac Arnold
• Mac Arnold Story
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• Brushy One String
• 16 year old girl play
ing with cigar box guitar
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