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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 4, 2009 at 1:20am

I found a similar box at my local hobby lobby, but it had a crack in the side and top. And they were not interested, so I left the box there disgusted. There is another one that I know of, I could go check that one out.

Roger Martin said:

I just finished a guitar using a large box I found at Hobby Lobby also.They had 3 sizes and I bought the largest they had for $9.00.A pic of it is on my homepage.It already had a handle ,corner pieces and hinges on it when i bought it.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 4, 2009 at 1:23am

Hey Roger,

I looked but I could not find the pic of the hobby lobby box. Oh wait, did you stain it a dark brown? Yep I see the corner pieces! Did you glue the top shut?

Michael Carnright said:

I found a similar box at my local hobby lobby, but it had a crack in the side and top. And they were not interested, so I left the box there disgusted. There is another one that I know of, I could go check that one out. Roger Martin said:

I just finished a guitar using a large box I found at Hobby Lobby also.They had 3 sizes and I bought the largest they had for $9.00.A pic of it is on my homepage.It already had a handle ,corner pieces and hinges on it when i bought it.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on June 4, 2009 at 3:10am

Do a search on eBay on "thin lumber". There are several sellers. What I have bought has been good.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 4, 2009 at 3:25am

cool, I'll look. I searched yesterday using different terms and found that the shipping was as much or more than the product....

Paul Doug said:

Do a search on eBay on "thin lumber". There are several sellers. What I have bought has been good.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on June 4, 2009 at 5:22am

Read the whole listing on ebay. Most places will let you combined shipping on several items. You request an invoice from the seller when you have several items bought. Saves you some on shipping.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on June 4, 2009 at 7:09am

Our local Michael's has a whole "wood craft" section, with plenty of hardwood ply. Another source would be an art store. Our university art department has hardwood ply that the architecture students used for their projects.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on June 4, 2009 at 12:47pm

I didnt glue or screw the top shut.In fact I built it with the neck attached only to the top so it can be opened in the normal fashion.
I told the customers that bought it that I meant to use it as a lunch box,,,,,,,,

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Permalink Reply by Doc Oakroot on June 4, 2009 at 2:02pm

Actually Romeo Y Julieta is a cigar brand and they make a very wide variety of cigars in a wide variety of boxes. I happen to have quite a few RyJ boxes at the moment, because the store where I got boxes recently sells a lot of them. Some are square and deep, some are pretty normal paper-covered boxes. The box for my recent Blues Jam Special CBG is a RyJ Medallas de Oro all wood box with a golden colored figured veneer top - very cool looking (the top is the back on my guitar so not in any of my photos).

Michael Carnright said:

Man! I was stunned at the amount of cigar boxes for sale on ebay! I will check out home depot ASAP. Thanks for the info on Romeo Y Julietta box.

Jkevn said:

Romeo Y Julietta boxes are cigar boxes. They are usually more square and deeper than what one would use for guitar making. I'm sure the wood to make boxes is available at Home Depot and the like. 3/16 or thinner plywood, or even luan type panels are in 4x8 or 2x4 sheets. "wood cigar box" or "Craft box" on ebay will keep you busy for a while.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Lemin on June 4, 2009 at 8:40pm

Today i went to my cupboard to get my box of wood chisels out. I took it down and then realized that it was really quite a nice box and realized it was one of my old wooden 35mm slide boxes. I am sure it would work well as a CBG body and they can be bought cheaply in the op shops. Hold on i will go out and measure it.
It is 10 1/2 x 8 x 2 1/4. I see that the depth will not meet your needs.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 5, 2009 at 2:03am

Hey Doc, I am guessing where you got the RYJ boxes is from a cigar/smoke shop. If that is correct do you find them pretty open to selling empty boxes?

Doc Oakroot said:

Actually Romeo Y Julieta is a cigar brand and they make a very wide variety of cigars in a wide variety of boxes. I happen to have quite a few RyJ boxes at the moment, because the store where I got boxes recently sells a lot of them. Some are square and deep, some are pretty normal paper-covered boxes. The box for my recent Blues Jam Special CBG is a RyJ Medallas de Oro all wood box with a golden colored figured veneer top - very cool looking (the top is the back on my guitar so not in any of my photos).

Michael Carnright said:

Man! I was stunned at the amount of cigar boxes for sale on ebay! I will check out home depot ASAP. Thanks for the info on Romeo Y Julietta box.

Jkevn said:

Romeo Y Julietta boxes are cigar boxes. They are usually more square and deeper than what one would use for guitar making. I'm sure the wood to make boxes is available at Home Depot and the like. 3/16 or thinner plywood, or even luan type panels are in 4x8 or 2x4 sheets. "wood cigar box" or "Craft box" on ebay will keep you busy for a while.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 5, 2009 at 2:05am

Thanks for measuring it Brian! I am thinking if I had two I could glue them together and if need be cut out most or all of the middle, making one box.

Brian Lemin said:

Today i went to my cupboard to get my box of wood chisels out. I took it down and then realized that it was really quite a nice box and realized it was one of my old wooden 35mm slide boxes. I am sure it would work well as a CBG body and they can be bought cheaply in the op shops. Hold on i will go out and measure it.
It is 10 1/2 x 8 x 2 1/4. I see that the depth will not meet your needs.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 5, 2009 at 2:07am

I think what I need to do is start looking for likely boxes.

Our brains have amazing filtering abilities! I wanted to watch a movie recently and did a search for a local video store, it turns out there was one next to a place I eat at often, but I filtered it out cause I did not need to go to that video store normally!

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