Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building

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Comment by PhilUSAFRet on February 10, 2012 at 6:22pm

I was planning on using either the 6" aluminum cone on ebay for about $20 or the brass/aluminum ones on Smokehouse Guitars for $25.  No fancy cover plate, but sure looks like they are worth the money.  Anyone use them yet? Can imbed peizo in bridge.....guess he wire goes down through the cone inside the box?

Comment by PapaSimone on January 1, 2012 at 1:51pm

Thanks so much! The Dremel did come with an edge guide. I think I can figure this out with the Dremel and several light passes.

Comment by Ellwood T. Bear on January 1, 2012 at 1:50pm

PapaSimone, Dremel does make a router attachment, Model 335 Plunge Router Attachment, comes with edge guide and a circle guide. has guide bushings that can be used with a template, like the one that Jim Mitchell posted the link to.  I picked mine up at Home Depot or Lowe's.

Hope this helps..

Comment by Jim Mitchell on January 1, 2012 at 11:13am

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/img0014-2?context=user

Above is a link to a couple of pictures on my page of the jig I used to route the channel for my truss-rods... The basic idea is I have an adjustable fence on the underside of the jig. It allows me to position the slot on the neck. There is a collar on the router that guides the cutter. The jig and neck are held in place in the vice.  Note I am in the camp of taking many light passes, something you would have to do with a dremel. (Didn't your dremel come with an edge guide? that's what I would use. ( if that was the only tool I had for the job) One last comment obviously I do all this work before I carve the neck.  Hope this helps the cause. 

Comment by Ian MC Donald on January 1, 2012 at 9:01am

Hi
All you need is to determin the width of your baseplate say its 45mm and your neck is 40mm make a simple jig out of softwood the same width as your baseplate with two upright pieces that project higher than the baseplate including the thickness of the neck,
If you want I will make a simple jig and post the pictures on my page I will use a router for the purpose but a dremmel might not be powerful enough for the job if the cutting blade doesn't rotate high enough you will get the blade pitting with resin forming on the cutter creating a dull edge and subsequent burning,
You can get a pretty good router on eBay I use the trend t30 for smaller work like guitar necks the cost about 90 gbp they are about 800watts you can get a bigger router up to 2000watts but I think the t30 is the one
Hope that helps and I havnt confused you
Let me know and I will make the jig up
Ian

Comment by PapaSimone on January 1, 2012 at 8:36am

I have a Dremel. Does anyone know if there is an attachment jig that would work to make a channel? The side attachment it comes with is too long.

Comment by Wade on December 31, 2011 at 10:10pm

Most Channels i've seen are done with a few passes with a router. The best guys appear to use a jig or sled to guide the router accurately.

Comment by PapaSimone on December 31, 2011 at 7:41pm

How do people cut the groove for a truss rod? Table saw?

Comment by Wade on December 31, 2011 at 6:55pm

Thanks-I have a chunky oak flooring neck glued up as we speak. I'll eventually break down a do a truss rod neck. For now I'm keeping it simple.

Comment by The Phrygian Kid on December 30, 2011 at 11:49pm

truss rods do not keep a neck straight, they are there to correct it when it bends

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