Ditch your Router, Jigsaw and Sander for the Dremel Trio

by Julie on September 10, 2010 · 6 comments

in Home, Kitchen, News

Crafty geeks will appreciate the new Dremel Trio multi-tool. It can sand, cut and rout materials including wood, plastic, drywall, sheet metal, wall tile and more without switching tools. It has a non-marring base and is capable of a speed range of 10,000 – 20,000 rpm. I think this tool might come in handy for my new hobby of making Cigar Box Guitars. It’s available now from Amazon for $99.

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1 Bob Deloyd September 11, 2010 at 12:34 pm

Julie I’d be interested in learning more about your Cigar Box Guitars!

2 Julie September 11, 2010 at 3:51 pm

@Bob I haven’t even completed my first one yet ;) But it’s very close. This first one is very primitive. It actually uses eye bolts as tuners. I got the instructions from this site:
http://handmademusic.ning.com/forum/topics/build-a-cigar-box-guitar-in

3 Bob Deloyd September 16, 2010 at 2:56 pm

@Julie
I hope you post a few pictures of it when you get it completed!

4 Julie September 16, 2010 at 4:43 pm

@Bob Here you go:
http://static.the-gadgeteer.com/CBG

It’s not 100% completed. The action is way too high. I need to work on that this weekend. :)

5 Bob Deloyd September 19, 2010 at 1:21 pm

@Julie
So this is a three string guitar; interesting. I like how you used brass bolts for the bridges and the eye bolts for the tuners; simplistic but very clever.
I see your kitty couldn’t resist being in the pics :)

6 Julie September 19, 2010 at 3:15 pm

@Bob Thanks! But for full disclosure, I didn’t invent the eye bolt idea. I got the plans online :)

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