DIY Guitar: Metal Omar Cigarette Box Guitar

So a couple of years ago, we set out to learn how to make our own cigar box guitar and share that process via a tutorial series shown here: https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Cigar-Box-Guitar/.  We decided the next thing to create would be a metal body cigar box guitar and so in this series, we will be using the following:

• Omar Cigarette brand metal tin box from the late 1920s (we've changed nothing about the coloring on the box)
• Black palm wood stock for the head and body
• Hand-made and hand-wound guitar amplifier from Bob Harrison's guitar amplifiers
• Hand-made tailpiece from aluminum stock
• Hand-made bridge from scrap pieces of layered wood
• Nickel frets (new process for us!) installed by hand
• Guitar tuners

We hope you enjoy the series, and enjoy the making of this instrument as much as we have!