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Permalink Reply by Chuck Dubman on March 13, 2014 at 11:15am

I've recycled plenty of old Baltimore city school desks.  Very nice, heavy maple.  Hoping to find one with the right carved initials to resaw into guitar tops, something reminiscent of the cover from School's Out.

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Permalink Reply by TN Twang on March 14, 2014 at 1:15am

Goodwill furniture wasn't much help, but housewares had some great wooden stuff: Cutting boards, serving trays, wooden towel racks, and even an oak breadbox.

Nothing long enough to make a neck our of, but several options for the sides and bottoms of boxes--all in the $1-$3 range. (That's cheaper than "craft wood" at Lowe's.)

WARNING: They use nails and staples to stabilize the glue when they factory-make this stuff. Watch out for metal when cutting into found items.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Dubman on March 16, 2014 at 9:45am

Rare earth magnets make good metal detectors.

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on March 12, 2014 at 3:25pm

Hi David.

CBN also has info on box building...

Here's a discussion group dedicated to that topic: Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0

Most of my instruments are based on home-made sound boxes of various shapes.

-Rand.

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Permalink Reply by David on March 12, 2014 at 3:28pm

Just what I was looking for, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Groucho on March 16, 2014 at 12:50pm

I just went to Goodwill this afternoon and picked up this stuff for about $11.  A metal file box, 2 lunch boxes, 2 spoons, a heart shaped candy tin and what appears to be some sort of portable "Tavern in a Suitcase".

 

 

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