In Texas most fishermen wait till Spring to fish for crappie .I like to fish for them as early as November and continue thought Spring,they will come to a quiet bay at night that have lots of minnow .I just made for myself a tackle box with light ,using 2 pieces of cedar fence board ,some light from Ebay and some electrical parts .Right now I use a drill battery but will order a Lithium LiFePO4 20 AH Battery
Pretty Nice !
Clever. Seems a bit bulkier than I would like, given what it appears to be carrying. But I love the ingenuity.
Stores like autozone etc have small-size switches that I've used for stuff like this, that take up a lot less real estate.
Very clean work.
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 20, 2024, 12:59:17 PMClever. Seems a bit bulkier than I would like, given what it appears to be carrying. But I love the ingenuity.
Stores like autozone etc have small-size switches that I've used for stuff like this, that take up a lot less real estate.
I carry very few jigs when crappie fishing but I need somewhere to mount the light .It's light only use 1 6"x6' cedar fence board and a little more .Electronic switch hard to install to me and don't take abuse like these ,I just use what I have in garage .In the rear is much more heavy duty box I made for salt water fishing
Very well done!
Best, Fred
:) Must say ,I like the spindle handle . Question Do you even need the white light , the yellows look bright and a little easier for night vision . That battery may last all night long with leds , and easy to recharge .
White light attack more minnow than yellow and you're right yellow is better to my eye than white and seem don't scare fish much .Anyway the yellow is color of the len ,bulb is clear
love it, great work amigo.
here's an idea, measure some of your regular plastic plano boxes and put some plastic or wood dividers on that cedar wood box so, the plano boxes will keep more firm while moving it
Good idea ,will do that
This is great! making a better mousetrap! - john
Quote from: steelfish on September 20, 2024, 05:08:16 PMlove it, great work amigo.
here's an idea, measure some of your regular plastic plano boxes and put some plastic or wood dividers on that cedar wood box so, the plano boxes will keep more firm while moving it
Where can I get that tray ?
Quote from: quang tran on September 21, 2024, 05:49:33 PMQuote from: steelfish on September 20, 2024, 05:08:16 PMlove it, great work amigo.
here's an idea, measure some of your regular plastic plano boxes and put some plastic or wood dividers on that cedar wood box so, the plano boxes will keep more firm while moving it
Where can I get that tray ?
sorry, I wasnt clear, the tray I posted was just an example.
since you made your tackle box from the scratch it would be nicer if you also made the dividers from a piece of wood
Quote from: steelfish on September 21, 2024, 05:53:17 PMQuote from: quang tran on September 21, 2024, 05:49:33 PMQuote from: steelfish on September 20, 2024, 05:08:16 PMlove it, great work amigo.
here's an idea, measure some of your regular plastic plano boxes and put some plastic or wood dividers on that cedar wood box so, the plano boxes will keep more firm while moving it
Where can I get that tray ?
sorry, I wasnt clear, the tray I posted was just an example.
since you made your tackle box from the scratch it would be nicer if you also made the dividers from a piece of wood
Yes,it's easy to do so but I have take all nail out to cut a slot !/8 in to slice piece of wood in there
Glue or tack in 1/4" x 1/4" slats to make dividers. It's a nice wagon either way.
Quote from: oc1 on September 22, 2024, 05:06:58 AMGlue or tack in 1/4" x 1/4" slats to make dividers. It's a nice wagon either way.
Very good Idea but I Already using lots of screws ,drill then tap thread on wood to keep these screw there as dividers ,It looks nicer if i do as you said
Sporty.
Having bad luck with this box last week ,the 4 AH Makita battery only last 1 hour of light so I decided to use bigger battery ,need to make a box to fit this .
Wake up this morning after riding bicycle I ran to Home Depot,pick up some scrap wood with pink paint that is 70 % off a piece of 3/16 plywood for $8.00 . Total cost less than $15.00
I can make the box much shorter but I want the same wide to fit in my cart , that way it won't move around .Using a table saw to cut 3/16"slot to fit plywood in bottom and devide pieces .I cut the slot a little bigger than Plano box as I have some box other brand that thicker
I like the look of stain wood but for better luck I will paint it red
it looks pretty good, congrats, seems that you are good working with wood