Mini Boot Box
So since Miniusa wants like $200.00 for the boot box (link) I decided to make my own (flickr link). This is the eventual final appearance, but this is in the early stages of construction (link). Since this design several changes have been made. I will no longer be using a bottom. Instead it will be velcroed to the existing “tool kit” cover in the Mini. Secondly, there will ow be only one big door hinged at the back. This is done for many reasons: ease of construction, items inside the box will be easy to get to, it allows the interior seperators to be moved at will. The “butler tray” handle shape is TBD. I still need to order the hinges and I need to get carpeting. Funny side note to that, just a couple of months ago I threw out carpet that would be perfect all the while saying “when am I ever going to use this again?”
Anyway, if you look at the pictures, you can see that I am a crappy wood worker. It will take some finessing to fix the problems with the top but that is okay because it is too deep anyway. This is typical “first prototype” and will probably be abandoned somewhere down the line. At the moment it weighs only 1.5 pounds, and will probably only get about a pound heavier when complete.