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"Try Grizzly Industrial (grizzly.com). Their catalog has a section of luthiers suppli…" William McCauley replied Apr 9, 2013 to Looking for fret boards	5	Apr 9, 2013 Reply by William McCauley
"Find a "Woodcraft" store, they have a pretty good selection of exotic woods. A word…" William McCauley replied Oct 12, 2012 to Exotic woods	14	Nov 1, 2012 Reply by Tony
"Very nice build. You can't go wrong with the blue punch boxes. " William McCauley replied Sep 12, 2012 to First build.	7	Sep 12, 2012 Reply by William McCauley
"I have found that Forstner bits do not like to cut fiber board. I use a hole saw in…" William McCauley replied Aug 27, 2012 to Cigar Box With Masonite Lid	13	Aug 27, 2012 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"That's a nice box, I'd leave it alone. If someone doesn't like offer to sell it to t…" William McCauley replied Jun 11, 2012 to What Kind Of Paint	32	Jun 22, 2012 Reply by jabes
"Does anyone remember John Hartford and his sheet of plywood?" William McCauley replied Jun 9, 2012 to Ultimate Stomp Board.... sorta	19	Jun 13, 2012 Reply by Cigar Box Gus
"Can't go wrong with semi-gloss spray laquer, (imnsho)." William McCauley replied Jun 9, 2012 to What Kind Of Paint	32	Jun 22, 2012 Reply by jabes
"Just leave the way it is, with the logo upside down. Or, cut the other side and fab…" William McCauley replied Jun 8, 2012 to What Kind Of Paint	32	Jun 22, 2012 Reply by jabes
"Good thinking on #2, I ran out of fret wire and started using 1/8" brass rod. Looks…" William McCauley replied May 25, 2012 to My First CBG and many more to come	19	May 25, 2012 Reply by Evan Zadd
"I use the Stew-Mac information, measure using a metal yardstick (not a tape measure)…" William McCauley replied May 22, 2012 to Fret spacing	13	May 22, 2012 Reply by Rouxdy Blues

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William McCauley's Discussions (140)

"Try Grizzly Industrial (grizzly.com). Their catalog has a section of luthiers suppli…"

"Find a "Woodcraft" store, they have a pretty good selection of exotic woods. A word…"

"Very nice build. You can't go wrong with the blue punch boxes. "

"I have found that Forstner bits do not like to cut fiber board. I use a hole saw in…"

"That's a nice box, I'd leave it alone. If someone doesn't like offer to sell it to t…"

"Does anyone remember John Hartford and his sheet of plywood?"

"Can't go wrong with semi-gloss spray laquer, (imnsho)."

"Just leave the way it is, with the logo upside down. Or, cut the other side and fab…"

"Good thinking on #2, I ran out of fret wire and started using 1/8" brass rod. Looks…"

"I use the Stew-Mac information, measure using a metal yardstick (not a tape measure)…"

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