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Permalink Reply by john mackay on October 28, 2015 at 11:47pm

I've start to use these.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141577729767?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649...

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Permalink Reply by George Mesheau on October 29, 2015 at 12:27am

That looks like a great idea. easy to find at any HW store.. I have some so will give it a try on one I'm working on..

the knob types tend to let the strap fall off too easy..

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Permalink Reply by George Mesheau on October 30, 2015 at 9:14pm

Believe these would work well.. google " furniture connector bolts" 

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Permalink Reply by lawntrout guitars on October 31, 2015 at 5:18am

Great ideas . What a good group

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Permalink Reply by Titch the Clown on October 31, 2015 at 11:27am

Valve caps for car tyres.glue them on a bit of quarter inch dowel. Every shape under the sun available. You might even be able to epoxy a small screw inside them for a screw in style arrangement.

Or whittle your own. All you need is a bit of hardwood a nice sharp knife and some time. For something this small and imprecise a drill and a bit of sandpaper makes a good makeshift lathe.

I have done peg in hole style with whittled hardwood but if you get a set of plug cutters you might be able to knock out hundreds of screw through style ones in minutes..

For loop style string/strap holders ring pullls off cans. Baked beans can ring pulls are especially musical

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on October 31, 2015 at 12:52pm

Bolt with a loose washer. Slip the strap end over the bolt. Then the washer goes threw the strap. Between the strap and bolt head. Great for using straps that tend to come off. 

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on November 1, 2015 at 10:42am

3/8" Grade 5 bolt on my Sawzall Box Guitar.

Because "Nothing But Heavy Duty"

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on November 4, 2015 at 11:17am

HEAVY duty.

Since I started teaching, I've slimmed down from 199 to 192 and I'm 6'3.  Of course, I'm 12 pounds heavier with the guitar.  So yeah.

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on November 4, 2015 at 3:42pm

I try and find old pieces of "something" to use. The attached shows two sets of what will be strap holders, that came from my departed father's junk drawer.

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Permalink Reply by Scott McGilliard on June 8, 2016 at 8:41am

An empty bobbin from a sewing machine would work.

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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on June 8, 2016 at 1:31pm

Similar to Eric's reply, I used carriage bolts through a hole drilled in each end of the box with a nut on the inside and outside to secure the bolt. The wooden box was torch burned and varnished. As I looked at the finished product it jumped out at me....what I needed to really finish it up was a 5" x 5" Frankenstein vinyl sticker and two lightning bolt sound holes.
Frankie #1 was born!
Unfortunately, Frankie #1 was promptly purchased. Frankie #2 is on the drawing board. Or maybe a linen wrapped "Mummy" git.
Or "Creature From The Black Lagoon" with glit sound holes.
Or?

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