Made and filled twelve boxes, 12"x9"x6" with some of my lead stash. Six Linotype, three soft lead, and three wheel-weights. Probably need another twelve boxes for the rest of it. Vacation sure is a lot of work...
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Made and filled twelve boxes, 12"x9"x6" with some of my lead stash. Six Linotype, three soft lead, and three wheel-weights. Probably need another twelve boxes for the rest of it. Vacation sure is a lot of work...
Well, if you want to extend your vacation, you can come out here and do the same for my stash...
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Yeah, it was 107 here today... But it is a DRY heat!Originally Posted by jrayborn
I hear Utah is beautiful this time of year...
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
How much do they weigh full? My boxes are 6.5x9.25x4.5 and are 60ish lbs when fairly full when filled with 20 5-5.5lb ingots.
My original boxes were 6.5x9.25x9 and were in the 120 lb range. Needless to say I cut some of them down and made the next 25 half size.
Brad
BTW, very nice job. I did not make lids for mine. Might have to go back and do so. Its a nice touch.
Brad
I am going to guess between 150 and 170 pounds. Each box has 125 ish ingots stacked neatly inside. I fill the ingot mold to the top so they usually weigh about 1 1/4 pounds each, some maybe a bit more. I can move it by myself if I had to but two guys can move them easily enough.
Are those 2x6 and 1\2" plywood? I like those! I need to make a few.
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Very nice. I really need to step up my game.
No dove tails on the cases? Even the ruskies use dove tails.
Dry heat... you mean like an oven?Yeah, it was 107 here today... But it is a DRY heat!
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I only wish I had that type of talent! This will have to do!
I'm impressed. That is the kind of organization I would like to have. In my dotage, however, I may have to make mine half the size. We'll see if I can "get around tuit" after my other hundred or so jobs.
On my 4.5" and 9" tall boxes, I used 3/4 plywood for the bottom and ends with 3/8" plywood on the sides. I glued all joints with a good wood glue and used a finish nail gun. They are more than strong enough for the amount of lead I have in my boxes
Would you mind describing your design here a little bit? It looks like all of the sides are made from 2x6, but there are an extra couple of screw holes near each corner that are too far from the ends so that I can't figure out what they are attached to. Did you put reinforcing corner blocks on the insides of each corner? If you wouldn't mind showing a picture of one of the boxes insides, that would be awesome, too.
Nice work, by the way. Color me jealous.
Yes I ripped 1/2 of a 2x3 for corner braces. These boxes are not pretty (I wish I had more talent) but they are very strong. I will be making a few more and will take some in process pics...
Thanks for the additional information! Looking forward to your in process pics! I need to do this for my stash as well. One of these days...
Very Nice!
Here are some pics of the boxes in process:
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