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| Well guys I have finally competed building my own tackle box to house all the necessary musky baits. It was made with 1/4" lexan and then stainless hardware. Take a look. What do you think?!
Now I just need to get this one full!
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| Very Nice! What was your approximate cost? I am thinking I may do something very similar in the future.
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Well done!! |
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Location: Hudson, WI | Very nice job! |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Fishstix,
Way to go! Looks great! |
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| What's wrong with you man? I see room in that box for more stuff! |
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| Where can a guy buy the lexan material and hardware to do that with? |
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| It ended up costing me about $175 to build it. It is 16" wide by 24" long and 12" tall. http://www.estreetplastics.com/Polycarbonate_Lexan_Sheets_s/32.htm is where I got the lexan. Very fast shipping and lots of sizes that minimized my cutting needs. |
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Location: Bonduel WI | Very nice well done! How much time it take you to put it together? |
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | "It ended up costing me about $175 to build it."
Holy geez. Nice work you put into it! Looks good. But id have to say a justencase was about the same price at that size. |
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| It took about 4-5 hours to get it all settled in and done. I was looking at the just encase boxes but they do not got this big in standard sizes, and he has to put more cross dividers into it and I did not want that because it limits the space. I did contact justencase and it would have cost $250-275 with the specs that I emailed him. So that is why I chose to go this route. |
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| What is the weight empty? |
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| I built this box over the winter too. Only costed about $75 with all materials from menards. The poly was actually very easy to cut with a jigsaw as long as it's supported well. ie. lay on table and cut along table edge. I'm happy with the way it turned out and I had more fun building it.
It probably cost you so much more because you got all separate sheets. I cut all sides and bottom out of one .28 piece. then the lid and inserts are made out of thinner i think .80 thickness.
oh yeah, don't worry the box is stuffed now. i just threw those few baits in when I took the pics. Now it's stocked for opener.
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| Nice box!! |
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| Beautiful workmanship on both boxes! I've thought about doing something like that as a winter project, but I've always worried about my lures fading through the clear plastic. Anyone smarter than me have any thoughts on that? |
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Location: st. croix county, wisconsin | great work! |
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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | MMAdman...what did you use for hardware and where did you get it? Close up pix of the hardware would be much appreciated. Nice Box! |
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| Thanks guys. I got all of my corner brackets, trunk handles, and poly from menards. The brackets are not stainless but I think they'll be fine. If they begin to rust I can very easily replace them. The nuts and bolts are all stainless that I got from fastenal. I'll take some close ups tonight and post; right now I'm hardly working, I mean working hard. |
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| Gman,
Here's some close ups of exactly how I assembled the box. The hardware all makes the box pretty solid. I also countersunk the poly at all bolt holes.
Any questions feel free to PM me.
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