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Started by Krash , Dec 24 2009 01:57 PM

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#1 Krash

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 01:57 PM

Something a little different for this forum, I built this for my nephew as a Christmas present.

Slot box and two flexi style cars.

I hope he likes it...

Merry Christmas,

Kelly

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#2 kgalasso

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 02:18 PM

Wow. Nice job. What a great gift.

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 02:20 PM

Nice job! 3/4" ply, rabbetted corners, dadoed shelves... I think it oughtta stand up to centuries of abuse! I'm sure he's gonna love it

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 04:21 PM

Kelly, nice size & layout on that box. It will work great for taking all the needed items to the track when doing some weekly racing or just playing around. There's alot more storage area in that box than what first appears. I usually take a much bigger slot box for just one race car, but admit I keep many items & parts stored in it not needed on a regular basis. Welcome to Slotblog!

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 04:37 PM

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#6 Horsepower

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Posted 27 December 2009 - 01:02 AM

Since I don't have any uncles left, would YOU be my uncle? :wub:

Not that it has ANYTHING to do with an artfully crafted slot box! :laugh2:

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#7 Rick Crutchfield

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Posted 27 December 2009 - 09:12 AM

Nice box you made for the nephew. Can't wait to see him @ the track with his new box and cars. See you guys soon! Rick.

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#8 Alchemist

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Posted 28 December 2009 - 12:36 PM

That's a real nice box! He's gonna love it and you'll probably be his favorite Uncle now!!!!!

May I inquire as to the dimensions of the box please?

Nice work Kelly!

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Since Kelly was nice enough to share his slot box - how about the rest of you guys showing your slot car boxes whether you made it or not please?! Thank you. I have to figure out how to upload photos?!?!?!?!?!

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Posted 28 December 2009 - 01:41 PM

[att
achment=20856:slotcar_box_003.JPG]Here is the one I built for my son's first car, about 14 years ago.

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#10 Krash

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Posted 28 December 2009 - 11:07 PM

Ernie,

The slot box that I made for my nephew is a square cube (12x12x12) with three car slides and one drawer as you can see.

I thought about making two smaller drawers, but my nephew is still young at 7yrs so this should do him well for years to come.

Below is a picture of my daily slot car box that I also made recently, it's a little bigger at (18x14x12) it was made purposely to hold my Dremel tool case in the bottom.

Kelly

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Posted 29 December 2009 - 01:20 AM

Kelly,

Thank you for providing the dimensions. You've got yourself a nice box also! I'm using someone's computer because mine caught a virus and needs attention. Once it gets fixed I'd like to figure out how to post a few pix of my slot car box.

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Posted 30 December 2009 - 10:30 PM

This is my box that I finished in August of this year but I just sold it to one of the guys at our local track. I'm in the process of building a new one for me.

The vintage wheels and tires are used as knobs. What you cannot readily see is that I fabricated/machined cross drilled rotors that fit behind the wheels.