Craft Parts & Hardware

We created this box kit specially for license plate resonator guitars at the request of the community. This kit also affords builders the opportunity of building their own, perfectly sized Cigar Box Guitar body! This box style features true "Box Joints"...

Choose from 3 different pack sizes of these nice brass-plated 7/8" grommets/bushings/candle cups that can be used for a variety of craft decoration purposes. They are especially good for sound hole decoration on cigar box guitars and other home-made...

These are classic-style decorative brass-plated hinges, each one sized at 1 3/8" wide and 2" total length. These can be used on cigar box guitars as tailpieces, and as normal hinges on most any craft project. These packs do not include screws.

What better to use as a resonator in a cigar box guitar than a repurposed paint can lid?  Not only does it deliver the convincing metallic dobro sound, but it's also thin enough to be used on almost any build.  No deep routing is...

This is a pack of 100 small black round-head Phillips screws. The nominal size is #2 x 3/8", with a fairly small head. This is the same style of screw used with many of our tuners. These are pretty thin screws and won't stand up to a lot of torque,...

This is package of 3 matched pairs (6 pieces total) of laser-cut hardwood F-hole cutouts, perfect for use as decorative embellishments on cigar box guitars and other instruments. Each one has two mounting holes, and you can place them over or near round...

This is a set of 4 shiny brass-plated medium-size trunk corners with matching screws (3 screws per corner). These give a nice distinctive look to any box they are used on, and are perfect for cigar box guitars, cigar box amplifiers, jewelry boxes...

This is a two-pack of 5/16" x 1 1/2" stainless steel threaded rods, perfect for use as basic cigar box guitar nuts and bridges. If needed, the grooves that you intend to run your strings through can be deepened a bit using a hacksaw, if the strings...

This is a two-pack of 1/2" (0.50" diameter) x 1 1/2" long black steel threaded rods, perfect for use as bridges on cigar box guitars with standard 1x2 necks. If needed, the grooves that you intend to run your strings through can be deepened a bit using a...

This is a set of two shiny nickel-plated butterfly-style hinges, with matching mounting screws (#4 x 3/8" Phillips round-head). Great for box making & woodcrafts, replacing the chintzy hinges that come on most cigar boxes. With some drilling these...

This is a stainless steel pet dish, very much the same as could be bought (at a higher cost) in many pet supply stores. They have a much better use than for providing water to pets, however: they are of a perfect size and temperament for use as resonator...

This is a set of 4 surface-mount box/panel corners, custom laser-engraved and cut from 1/8" solid genuine mahogany hardwood panels. Into each one is set a genuine U. S. "Indian Head" Nickel (also known as a Buffalo Nickel) five-cent coin, a classic piece...