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thanks lonman ,the chess board build you did there is very cool .

I saw your question about techniques for photos.  I've had good luck with water slide paper.  This essentially lets you make a decal.  You find your image, maybe edit the photo, then print onto the water slide paper.  It comes in both laser and ink jet varieties.  You then spray it with clear acrylic.  When it's dry, soak the paper in water briefly, then slide the picture  off the backing onto the box.

I made a uke this way.

Yeah, I know that I have never seen one before! I sort of ran into it by accident and turned out to be a freebie on top of that! The drawer bottom is solid wood, not ply... which from what I know about these things makes it fairly old. It has a match scratcher on the front of it, I didn't point that out in the video, but it's pretty cool to say the least. I like cigars, so it's a treasure to me, I will put it into use as soon as it's done. I'm not going to try and make it look new, I want to keep the "old" look preserved.

Hi Lonman!

Thank you for your kindly words... glad for the friendship!

Cheers mate for your comments on the truss rod cover and jack socket - i was given a bit of pearloid sheet - but i would not know where to buy it from - it's propper use was for a new outer skin on a drum kit - i guess you could try a music store but it may be cheaper to buy a Stratocaster pearloid scratch plate and use that to make your parts from - other than that try ebay

Thanks for your kind comments also.  Yup, the builds can accumulate.  But, you know, I truly enjoy about half a dozen on a frequent basis and a half dozen more on an occasional basis.  I did sell 2 the last too weeks (and too cheaply, but I had my fun.)  And I just finished a quickie build out of scraps that is spoken for - and I hate to let it go. 

You are finding some cool boxes and building some good looking builds.  Good on ya.