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No CBG Yet, But Need Ideas for Top of My Case!

Posted by Barry Lampke on August 17, 2010 at 11:05am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion
Found a great old wooden box used to sell shoes in stores and spent the last couple of days reconstructing it as a CBG case.  I'll upload photo tonight.  It is about 16 x 40 x 6, of 1/4" x 6" rough-sawn boards.

I put an old wrought iron handle and an old leather strap with buckle to keep it closed.  Now I am looking to personalize it and have the following ideas, but nothing has really struck me.  Any ideas (with photos!)?

 - I thought of screwing down a beater mando neck and cigar box lid;

 - An image of the same cigar box lid from the instrument, mounted on a piece of wood, then spray poly.  The image looks too shiny on the rough box:

 - An old mando top screwed down (can't find one);

 - Some wrought iron ornament (music note? instrument? plant hanger?)

 - Other ideas?

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  • Barry Lampke August 17, 2010 at 9:40pm
    Or cut this out in a circle, spray adhesive it to a circular-shaped copper disk... Screw or nail it on the lid?

  • Barry Lampke August 17, 2010 at 8:49pm
    Here's the latest crackpot scheme. Take the neck (including headstock) of an old mandolin, trim the back so it sits as flat as possible, mount it to the lid, then screw the lid of a cigar box below it.
  • Mike Bingham August 17, 2010 at 7:48pm
    I would draw it with a pencil and burn over the lines. Would definitely practice on scrap first.

    Barry Lampke said:
    I do have a small wood burning tool but that's art! Any tricks to doing it?

    Mike Bingham said:
    How about using a wood burning iron to burn a picture of your instrument into the top?
  • Barry Lampke August 17, 2010 at 7:29pm
    I have this Rocky Ford image on photo paper that I was going to mount on a piece of luann. Worried it may be too shiny. Maybe put it on card stock...

    wes carl said:
    id router out places for the pis abut 1/16 deep and using fabulon that is the sealer they use on bolling alley lanes tough as hell but if used the right way gives a great finish good luck
  • Barry Lampke August 17, 2010 at 7:26pm
    I do have a small wood burning tool but that's art! Any tricks to doing it?

    Mike Bingham said:
    How about using a wood burning iron to burn a picture of your instrument into the top?
  • Mike Bingham August 17, 2010 at 7:14pm
    How about using a wood burning iron to burn a picture of your instrument into the top?
  • Keni Lee Burgess August 17, 2010 at 6:23pm
    You know what might be real nice. Using a router, cut away a little wood so pictures can be placed inside flush with the top. Squares, rectangles, circles, stars etc. Then using polyurethane, spray to seal the whole top. It will be a lot more classy then just gluing them to the top. Enjoy.
  • Barry Lampke August 17, 2010 at 3:13pm

  • Barry Lampke August 17, 2010 at 3:12pm
    Take a look at my photos...

    box1.jpg

    box2.jpg

    box3.jpg

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