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Comment by Rooster on October 25, 2015 at 8:18pm

Great post Kalmario.........................Wayfinder, great diagram. Looks like the perfect way to bolt on a traditional acoustic neck ;-)

Comment by Kalmario on October 21, 2015 at 9:18pm

Just glued at this stage. Usually put in a couple of screws too for insurance. Only time I've had one fail was with pva glue and left in a hot car all day in summer:)

Comment by Pickedmoor Jon on October 21, 2015 at 6:27am

Hi W, what type of joint did you use to link the fret neck to the sub frame that has the rod, surely it is not just a glued butt joint, I wouldn't have thought that it was strong enough?                             I do like this idea, it leaves lots of space and you can use quite delicate cigar boxes or other antique items, maybe a jewellry box and I think it would be an ideal system for fuel cans or pots and other non standard items. I wonder if this can be adapted for resonator cones or plates. Nice post , thanks again

Comment by Kalmario on October 20, 2015 at 1:41pm

Hi Wayfinder, cool diagrams. I found the box I had wasn't the best as far as its own construction went the paper/wood attachment wasn't stable, and neither was the corner where the heel block and side attached (moved quite a bit). re-enforcing the box fixed it easy. some of those heavy duty boxes all wood boxes you on here would not even need a heel block at all. I also think your system would be a lot more visually pleasing 

Comment by Kalmario on October 19, 2015 at 7:30am

Cool, thank you for tidying it up too

Comment by Cigar Box Nation on October 18, 2015 at 5:01pm

Great article!  We're going to feature it. I edited it by adding a top image and made main topic text bold.   Thanks, Kalmario. 

(And I remember those soundhole discussions in the old Yahoo group. Doctor Oakroot introduced us to the Helmholtz acoustic theories.)