Wow, this is fascinating! A very lightweight but strong box! Coroplast is an amazing product. I never knew how to bend it till now. That is marvelous. Wonder how much those heating elements cost? You are a genius to have conceptualized this box and built it. Very well done! Very inspiring. Thank you!
I have no idea how he did the inside, you need Lots of tools and other material, too complicated. I guess this box costs like a million dollars in the end, too much work!!!!!!
Very nice. One question, shouldn't the doors shut under the top portion so that the water doesn't run into the box, or down the corrugated portion inside the doors?
Why did you "stamp" the rear vertical corners like a hinge rather than bending them? Also, what dimensional allowances do you make at the corners to get the final inside or outside dimension you are striving for?
Question in your plans that you have for download do you tell where to buy all the components and how/where to get the heater? I think this is a great project for our Troop to build as we could use 5 of them Thank You
Excellent video! When you say that you stamp the hinge, what does this mean? can you explain the process please? What is underneath the line of the hinge when you press down, on the Corrugated plastic, with the wooden block? Hope you can help Once again thanks for a great video
***** Hey, I've got one question 4u too. Do you know any alternative way of heating the plastic to stamp a hinge in it? I need to stamp ~5 foot long hinge into 5mm thick plastic. Also i have a question about durability of that type of hinges. How strong are they? Did they ever broke on you? Tranks for this vid and have a nice day!
He heats up the plastic sheet in one area in a straight line. When very soft, he presses down with a tool that compresses the corrugation inside and flattens it in one thick line. Now it is easy to bend that area, without compromising structural integrity. It is not cut on one side. It is intact, compressed, but flat not thick, so bends easily like a knee joint. This becomes a piano hinge if you will. You can improvise your tool of choice. Use a rounded stick or rounded metal object to press down. What is underneath is a stiff surface like metal, wood, stone - any stiff countertop will do.
Very interesting. I didn't know you could build something like that with corrugated plastic. How did you make the straps with the side release buckle's?
You have to sew in the side buckles, unless there is a way to heat seal them in. RU-vid should have videos. Sewing that thick webbing requires a commercial sewing machine or heavy duty one. Any dry cleaner should be able to sew these for you. The other way is to loop webbing into the buckles till they are secure, without stitching. Here is a video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3xB86Lm7vBw.html
Pure Genious! I am trying to put together a camping system for a Honda element and something along this scale would be perfect. I am not tooled up to do such a project and will have to hire it done. Boxes like this would be perfect and would hold up to moisture! If i run into a snag or have questions at a leter date would it be possible to get suggestions from you so that i may have a fantastic camp set up?
Build it out of wood. Look at the Australian system of extension slides that stretch outside. Look at Drifta. This little box will not be suitable for your needs. You need a kitchen install. Do your research on RU-vid. You don't need to ask anyone. Its all there. Get familiar with power tools and do it yourself too. Too many women are afraid to try using power tools. Cooking, sewing, knitting, child rearing is much harder than building with wood or plastic. Just do it. GENIUS, not GENIOUS.
Isn't going to take much opening and closing for those "living hinges" to crack and your doors to fall off. Might as well put real hinges on it. Otherwise, cool project.
For Caned goods, I recommend building with ply wood and routing out sections to reduce weight, or build with Alecubond (Brand name of PP plastic sandwiched between two sheets of aluminum.)
