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| How many of you guys have made your own tackle boxes? I am going to try and make one out of downspout and wanted to attach them together and make a handle instead of putting them in a bag or box. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | If you have a an empty cooler or milk crate laying around that will do due fine. Otherwise Target or Walmart would have plastic cases that sell for around $3.49. A closet pole cut to the desired length makes a nice handle. You could then attach two pieces of metal flat stock to the pole and then attach that assembly to the plastic case. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I have done the same thing using a tube of construction PVC glue to secure them together. I just glued put together and then took a racket strap top & bottom until dry. That thing last for allot of years. Now I have some of that in a big 'ole Rubbermaid storage box. Great lure storage! |
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Location: Middletown, Ohio | I made one with plastic down spouts and a milk crate. I used a small hobby soldiering iron to "weld" the spouts together. You can hold 2 pieces of the spouts side by side and run the soldiering iron through them, melting a little hole which works a lot like a spot weld for the plastic. I put 2 holes in the top of the spouts and 2 in the bottom and this seems to hold them really well.
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Location: Walker, MN | I found padded Aqua Vu Cases for under $20. It holds nine 2-1/2" plastic downspout sections perfectly. Pounder Box.
I like the idea of just gluing them together and not using a container....would you want the bottoms covered to keep things from creeping out the bottom?
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| this is what I did. Grabbed the high sided bag from Academy for $20 and downspout for $5 at Lowes.
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| Was hoping it would be tall enough to just hang no bottom probably 20" tall |
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Location: Savage, MN | Here is what I did for a pedestal box. I left the bottom open so that air and water could get through to help with drying. |
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| Glue the downspouts together with a tube of liquid nails - easy as it gets and will hold together until the end of time. |
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Location: Savage, MN | Here is what I did for a pedestal box. Works great. I left the bottom open so that lures could dry. |
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| Sky I don't see any pic?
I was wondering what guys used for glue for those if they use a pvc glue or something else, ill have to pickup a tube of liquid nail |
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Location: Aurora | Going on 3 seasons with my DIY bait racks and hot glue is still holding together, naturally flexible, and it sets in seconds on a firm hold so there's no clamping. Bag of glue sticks & glue gun can be had for less than 2 tubes of liquid nails if you're so inclined. |
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| Sidejack - 2/1/2014 10:44 PM
Going on 3 seasons with my DIY bait racks and hot glue is still holding together, naturally flexible, and it sets in seconds on a firm hold so there's no clamping. Bag of glue sticks & glue gun can be had for less than 2 tubes of liquid nails if you're so inclined.
Love it how guys love to 1 up others on this forum. Good grief.
Here's your 1 up - you dont need 2 tubes, and liquid nails at Home Depot - $2.78. For this project you wont need more than a 1/4th of the tube so you'll have plenty left for more projects. |
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Location: Aurora | Shoot2Kill - 2/2/2014 9:19 AM
Love it how guys love to 1 up others on this forum. Good grief.
How strange & insecure of you.
Never even thought about 1 uping anyone when I posted.
Just providing another option for the original poster that works and could be cost effective. |
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| http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=82...
I got bored last winter and decided to build my own. It's held up very well. |
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Location: Minnesota | I made my first downspout tackle box over 20 years ago - and it is still usable.
I glued them all together with pvc pipe glue and primer. You don't need a bag or box to keep them in. I drilled a hole near each top corner of the box - tied a knot to some rope inside the downspout and ran the rope through a wood dowel or a cut off piece of a hockey stick for a handle.
The downside to these boxes is there is not top - so stuff could get caught on hooks if you set something on top of it and if it tips over - it's a mess.
Good thing is you can make it whatever size you want. My favorite so far is 24 slots (6 rows x 4 rows)
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Here's mine; a milk crate filled with 4" post covers.
The post covers are held together with 3 wraps of furnace tape.
Simple, and easily adjustable.
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