Hi,
I was just going through the pictures and thought I would post these up as it may give others ideas.
I was given a heap of ply off from the son inlaw that he got from his works (pallet/crate company) so I made a heap of boxes last year for my 10 inch rotary table, chucks, face plates etc. It is something I have wanted for years but never got around to it. After getting a load of ply I needed to use it up to get it out of the way, LOL.
They only started off to be simple ply boxes glued/nail gunned together to keep the rust off the gear and I used hardware I had laying around for years. After some thought I decided to paint them to seal it up with grey house paint I had. After sanding/priming it took 3 coats to make them look anything, I hate house enamel, LOL
I sealed the inside with PVA glue water down 75/25, which went on much easier than the paint.
It is on caster wheels so it can be stored away easy.
2nd picture
For the inside I used 3 layer of different thickness ply to build it up. Some parts needed to be routed for extra depth. I put a few finger holes in to be able to get things out.
3rd picture
Here the dividing plates etc are in, the sub plate match's all the chucks I own,
4th and 5th picture
And everything in and finished. I added the chains to stop the lid ripping the hinges off.
The sliding compartment in the lid is for the instructions and other rotary table related paper work. It fits a A4 sheet with room to spare.
6th picture
Is of the crane I use to lift the rotary table out and onto the mill. I did make a post about it here a while back
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=2787.msg29597#msg29597Dave