The lid is completely seperate from the box. I have a hinge but it's too short. Other than 4 screws or glue...what can I do to keep the lid down. The hinge I have is just shy of the holes matching up to the box dimentions
Anytime I need to put a hinge on a cigar box. I go to Lowes. They have tiny, tiny hinges, perfect of cigar boxes. You could put the screw on the side of your lid. They look nice because they're so small that they're unobtrusive, much like the ones that usually come on cigar boxes. However, if you wish to use the hinge you already have, then others have already given you some excellent ideas.
A riff on Vinylhed's idea: set one leaf of the hinge under the box top, with the outside leaf on the outside of the box. The hinge will be exposed to the outside, but you screw the hinge leaf into the inside of the box top. This will leave a gap on the hinge side of the box, acting as a sound port.
You might find that the pressure of the strings pushing down on the bridge might be enough. You could possibly use some corner pieces like those available at Gitty's, they would hold the lid in place I would have thought. Another idea would be to turn the hinge the other way and glue it inside the box to the side and lid.
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Use small powerful magnets set into the wood. Get from ebay. Thousands available. Ted
Happy building!
Screw it down , add a small block in each corner inside the box and screw through that .
Screw the top on..it'll be reet.
You might find that the pressure of the strings pushing down on the bridge might be enough. You could possibly use some corner pieces like those available at Gitty's, they would hold the lid in place I would have thought. Another idea would be to turn the hinge the other way and glue it inside the box to the side and lid.
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