Beginner Cigar Box Guitar

Step 5 Blocking

 I'm not sure if this step is 100% necessary, but I I wanted to make sure the neck had plenty of support, so I cut down an old fence rail to make a couple of blocks that would fit underneath the neck inside my cigar box, giving it a bit of extra support.

1. Open your cigar box and measure the depth from the base to the bottom of the notch you created in Step 2. Mark the fence rail.
2. Next, measure the width of the notch. Mark the fence rail
3. Use the hand saw to cut 2 chunks off the fence rail the same width as the notch.
4. Then, clamp each chunk and saw it to the depth you marked in #1.
5. Sand them smoothish.
6. Place the chunks at either end of the cigar box & fit the neck on top.
7. If the lid doesn't close flush, sand the chunks down a bit more.
8. Paste the bottom of the chunks with wood glue, then clamp them in place for at least 30 minutes (or whatever the instructions on your wood glue say...)