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Reinforcing the box

Hey, any downsides to reinforcing the cigarbox with a small amount of tightbond in the corners, or maybe some kerfing on the inside corners?

I'm assuming that this won't hurt the meager sounds coming out, but would like any options.

Thanks,

Ken

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Permalink Reply by brad smith on February 8, 2010 at 2:24pm

How do you make em so fast?

Roger Martin said:

Because I build and sell many CBG's and DB's a year ( about 300 or so far this year) I cant afford to have even 1 come back that didnt hold up.With the internet for communication now days just 1 dissatisfied customer can hurt your reputation .
So because of that I tend to over build sometimes.
I tell my customers that their wife could smack em over the head 5 or 6 times and the CBG will be fine, but you still cant leave it out in the rain,,,,

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on February 8, 2010 at 3:02pm

Brad,
I work a full time job in the Mall where my shop is.I work 2nd shift.So before I leave for work I go out to the workshop and work building necks.I will build say,,,,,,6 to 8 necks at 1 time.
When I get home from work at midenite I go back out to the workshop and either finish out the necks or get all the boxes ready.I work like this most every day,building before and after work until wed and thurs.Those days I take all the parts I was working on all week and assemble all the CBG's and or DB's I'm going to build that week.Usually between 6 to 9 CBG's and maybe 4 to 8 DB's.Assembly is the quickest and easiest part because I have everything ready to go.Assembling a 3 string CBG takes about 30 minutes from start to string up.A 1 string maybe about 15 minutes.
On Fri I take all the stock I built in to our retail shop and add them to the available stock for sale.During our tourist season I can just barely stay ahead of sales.Right now is our off season and I'm trying to build enough to allow me to slow down some this coming season.It wont work but I'm trying anyway lol
I almost NEVER build just 1 CBG,I cant afford to build that way time wise.

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Permalink Reply by Larry McInnes on February 10, 2010 at 4:14pm

For my one and only build so far (therefore, I'm an expert!) I did glue some small blocks where the neck meets the box. The surface area where the cut box edge meets the neck seemed so small that I wasn't sure if either TiteBond or Superglue would be enough to hold. But that's it.

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Permalink Reply by Max "Georgia Boy" Legge on February 11, 2010 at 5:01pm

Larry, Wood glue is always best with wood. Not super glue. Thats best for plastic.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on February 11, 2010 at 6:18pm

I agree with MAX on superglue. Though I HAVE used it here and there for very small jobs, I never use it for anything that really requires any strength.It just doesnt have the deep bonding power , but thats just my opinion,,,,,,,