HUBCAP guitars 3 string etc. So few

I've seen Steve seasick's hubcap guitar and a few others. The hubcap guitar must be a very difficult instrument to make.
A good friend of mine is interested at the task. I have no idea how one would go about getting the neck on..or in. There are so many very nice hubcaps and very few hubcap guitars...if anyone has made one I'd appreciate hearing your story ...
There seems to be smaller hubcaps that are used...A pair usually somewhat falter and low so the neck comes up to meet the top of the hub.
There's also the type of hubcap guitar that sits in an acoustic guitar body like a dobro...also cool.
The kind I'm interested in hearing about mainly are the metal hubs that join together...but either or..
Seems daunting to get a neck in between the hubs and I've seen round necks...a few square ...hardly fretted. So few. So tough looking and by tough I mean awesome!

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on May 1, 2015 at 9:59am

How do you clamp or join the hubs please?

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on February 17, 2015 at 3:22am

I took the easy way out on my Hubcap build as it was built from a 15" Hudson cap and just made a back out of 3/4" pine that the neck is attached to and screwed the cap to the board.

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Permalink Reply by davey on February 17, 2015 at 7:07am

Very nice! Does it have any electrics or is it acoustic? How does it sound? I've done similar myself with a gas can guitar - made a wooden 'chassis' which took the neck and slipped inside the can, thus the can didn't need to do anything structural - just had to look nice and sound nice :-)

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on February 17, 2015 at 9:36am

I have a bottle cap Piezo under the bridge and the volume pot uses a brass tire valve cap for the knob.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on May 1, 2015 at 12:31pm

It all came together because I have a friend with a Dobro and I told him they were made out of old Hudson hubcaps.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on May 1, 2015 at 12:41pm

Thanks Wayfinder!

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