After a recent fall and injury I was unable to get into the shop and build for almost 2 years. I really was not in that bad a shape, could've been a lot worse. But I was not comfortable enough on my feet to walk around a shop safely, so I chose to stay out of the shop. As you can well imagine my head is spinning with projects I am dying to get started on. I am equally as excited about the three or four projects that I had underway at the time of my fall. I would like to thank the good people of cigar box nation for occupying my mind and entertaining my eyeballs with such a wide variety of projects. These cigar box building community appears to be a quite tight community that is willing to share what it knows with others. I have been involved with other creative endeavors where members of that community were not so anxious to share their tips and tricks. It is refreshing to see that so many builders want so badly for people to see their projects underway and then complete. One of my first projects upon returning to the shop will be a vintage suitcase amplifier. I have had the suitcase for years and have stared at it and contemplated it in all possible manner. As in most of my projects I will photo document it's  progress.