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Permalink Reply by Doc Oakroot on June 5, 2009 at 3:02am

I do get boxes from tobacco shops. My recent big purchase (17 boxes) was from K&S Tobacco in Cary, NC - they quoted 50 cents per paper covered and $1 per all wood, but actually sold me 9 paper covered and 8 all wood for $10 ($2.50 discount).

But most shops want more - Tobacco Road in Sanford, NC - the other shop where I regularly buy (because it's next door to the UPS store where my mailbox is located) - charges $1 for paper covered and $2 for all wood... but sometime, they'll just give me the boxes.

The whole thing is pretty random. But most tobacco shops are willing to sell or even give away their extra boxes. If the shop knows about the cigar box purse craze, they charge more (even though that craze is mostly over now).


Michael Carnright said:

Hey Doc, I am guessing where you got the RYJ boxes is from a cigar/smoke shop. If that is correct do you find them pretty open to selling empty boxes?

Doc Oakroot said:

Actually Romeo Y Julieta is a cigar brand and they make a very wide variety of cigars in a wide variety of boxes. I happen to have quite a few RyJ boxes at the moment, because the store where I got boxes recently sells a lot of them. Some are square and deep, some are pretty normal paper-covered boxes. The box for my recent Blues Jam Special CBG is a RyJ Medallas de Oro all wood box with a golden colored figured veneer top - very cool looking (the top is the back on my guitar so not in any of my photos).

Michael Carnright said:

Man! I was stunned at the amount of cigar boxes for sale on ebay! I will check out home depot ASAP. Thanks for the info on Romeo Y Julietta box.

Jkevn said:

Romeo Y Julietta boxes are cigar boxes. They are usually more square and deeper than what one would use for guitar making. I'm sure the wood to make boxes is available at Home Depot and the like. 3/16 or thinner plywood, or even luan type panels are in 4x8 or 2x4 sheets. "wood cigar box" or "Craft box" on ebay will keep you busy for a while.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 5, 2009 at 3:27am

Thanks for the detailed response Doc!

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on June 5, 2009 at 5:01am

I came up with a solution(I hope) to part of my "find a box" problem.
One of the guys at our local "bacca" shop is a dulcimer player.He had ask me to build him a dulcimer using a special box he had been saving.
So I built a nice neck using several different kinds of wood ,installed his box and strung it up according to his wishes.
When I presented it to him he ask what he owed me, ( knowing he's in the same boat as the rest of us right now),I suggested rather then coming up with all the money right now that we do it different.I suggested that simply from this point for the next 2 years when I need boxes that their already paid for.
So now for the next 2 years all I have to do is just go in and pick up my boxes, Simple solution to a problem that bugs me now and then.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 5, 2009 at 5:48am

Never thought of that!

Don Miller said:

Hollow-core doors are skinned with thin plywood, usually with a nice birch or oak face on the outside. They aren't too hard to pull apart and can be found very cheap or free.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carnright on June 8, 2009 at 1:21am

Thanks to all of you for the great amount of information in your replies! I went to Michael's this weekend and got some nice 1/8" plywood.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on June 9, 2009 at 2:53pm

I too use door skin sometimes when I need to make "adjustments".
Mostly when I'm running short of boxes and still have to turn out enough product.
What I do is pick out some of the thickest boxes and rip them down so I have 2 partial boxes.
One needs a top and the other needs a bottom.
I then grab some door skin and cut it to fit both boxes. In a few hours after the glue sets I now have 2 boxes from the 1 I started with.Door skin is easy and fast to work with and easy to get.
This week I need to build 10 to 15 1 stringers to have enough stock and 2 or 3 3 stringers IF I can find the time to get it all done.

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