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#1 kevmac

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Posted 02 November 2013 - 02:08 AM

40 years ago i would carry my slot car stuff to Monaco slot track in Buena Park in a small plastic fishing box. All the time wishing I had one of those cool wooden boxes all the older guys had. Well now that I am back in the hobby i told myself i would have that box. Although I have never done any wood work I went out and bought a table saw and went at it. I was proud of how my first attempt at a pit box has turned out and so i just had to post.

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Posted 02 November 2013 - 03:24 AM

Turned out real nice.


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 05:24 AM

I think it turned out real nice considering you didn't even have a table saw or any woodworking experience before you started. Takes a lot of time doesn't it.

 

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Posted 02 November 2013 - 08:47 AM

Great job .looks professionally built !!


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 02:19 PM

Now that's a sweet looking car box! Great bit of woodworking for the first go!! Wow... very impressive.. :good:


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 02:23 PM

As the other gentlemen have said, you've done a great job on your initial project. Woodworking can be fun & is something you can do the rest of your life. :)


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 04:00 PM

Vary nice, now you have the Bug are you going to make another ?


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 05:46 PM

Looks great Kevin, where's mine!  :dance3:


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 10:43 PM

Looks great Kevin, where's mine!  :dance3:

I have seen the cool boxes you build Craig so i'm sure you are just kidding. But, Slot Car City has asked me to build a few for the store so i will be making more. Maybe we could work out a deal for some of those cool chassis you build. 


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Posted 02 November 2013 - 10:53 PM

I have seen the cool boxes you build Craig so i'm sure you are just kidding. But, Slot Car City has asked me to build a few for the store so i will be making more. Maybe we could work out a deal for some of those cool chassis you build. 

 

That could be arranged!


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Posted 21 March 2014 - 12:30 AM

Have made 4 boxes for Slot Car City (SCC) that sold in couple weeks so was asked for 2 more. These are the two i have made. I sell these to SSC for $120.00. I thought about selling over the internet and would like your opinion if you think people would pay that price with a shipping cost of $50.00 or is that to steep 2box.jpg blondbox.jpg 3boxopen.jpg


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Posted 21 March 2014 - 10:35 AM

Box price sounds fair Kevin, shipping may be a little steep. 

If I were you, I'd check with the major shippers for exact price based on where they are going to be shipped to on a case by case.


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Posted 21 March 2014 - 10:50 AM

They look really nice for that price!! Craig's right--shipping should be more reasonable.  Check with FedEx ground--or UPS ground.  I think you'd sell a bunch!!


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Posted 21 March 2014 - 07:32 PM

Yeah you might try different shippers. Once the weight gets up there some places like Post Office get really expensive.


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Posted 21 March 2014 - 07:52 PM

The side compartments should have more slots closer together. Otherwise they look great. Nice craftsmanship.


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Posted 18 May 2014 - 03:25 AM

Really nice...

As an added feature you could add organizer compartments to the drawers:

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Posted 18 May 2014 - 03:30 AM

Double post!


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Posted 18 May 2014 - 08:52 AM

Re: shipping - check around for one of the trucking services like Yellow Freight. I believe Dennis Faz (of dear lost Whitey's Boxes)shipped my big box - like, two feet on a side & 30 lb. - for about $30. I just recently sent that same box & a small one off by UPS for a whopping $80 (cutting deeply into the "gently used" price I'd let it go for, when the guy I'd intended to hand it off to left the racetrack early. - Oops!).

And don't forget your own packing costs and labor.

This is one big reason it would be great to get (or, become) local sourcing on these things. Out in my neighborhood, Jim Williams at HVR has been doing a fine biz by driving his product around himself. One fellow in each state or thereabouts would be ideal.

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Posted 18 May 2014 - 09:24 AM

Trucking company or even Greyhound once upon a time.

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Posted 27 October 2015 - 09:37 PM

Made a new style box. Let me know what you think and if you think slot hobbyist would want one or not. its just a prototype so any other ideas would be appreciated
 

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Posted 08 May 2016 - 08:12 PM

here is a well kept secret, SHIPPING goto GREYHOUNDS website and see or find the closest bus location and the closest location your shipping to. upto 100 pounds per package this is the most affordable shipping i ever found but you pick up they don't deliver to your location


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