Jeep 2" lift kit crate transformation

Ian

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More gun room storage. Customer at work didn't want the crate his OEM lift kit came in, so FREE PLYWOOD!

Narrowed 4" to fit the space I had, dadoed in a center panel brace, glued and nailed it all together, stained and finished, made drawers, cut and finished the fronts out of an end panel.

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Ian

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That is neat!

Thanks! If you look closely, the sticker residue that didn't get completely sanded off of the upper drawer front looks like a sitting kitten raising its left paw. I might add a few nuances with a Sharpie to bring that out a little.
 

JWFilips

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So a Jeep lift kit ...needs a box like that?
I have a 2014 Jeep "Patriot"! Man , I would love to trick that out!
I Just love this vehicle and It sure sits you back in your seat when you punch it on an entrance ramp to a highway!
 

Ian

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Wrangler and Gladiator kits come in these, also some performance parts like engines. Four new coil springs, extended Fox racing shocks, longer front lower control arms to correct the caster angle, extended sway bar links, bumpstops, and assorted hardware. Box is basically a two foot cube of 3/4" BC plywood with pallet feet nailed and braced under it. It doesn't look like 3/4" from the front because all the edges are stepped so the panels lock together and are held by L-clips that latch into the grooves cut in the panels.
 

Missionary

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Our lift kit down here on the Samarai is 4 flat pieces of steel we hack sawed, drilled and added after taking the short shackles off. Added 3 inhces for hauling cement bags for church construction.
 

fiver

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that isn't junk plywood either.

funny what you can find here and there, i found out that those places that sell exercise equipment get some of the best pallets ever.
i scrounged enough of them from the one place to build all of a sheds walls, and put down the under roofing.
lag bolts, ply-wood, and 8 and 10' 2X4's.
took me over a year to get enough pieces to do it, and my walls were on 1 foot centers.
but all i had to buy was the wood for the roof beams, and the shingles.
 

Ian

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The best pallets I ever saw had Corian counter tops strapped to them. 2x4+ by 12' rough sawn white oak with 1x6 cross braces nailed so close a mouse would have to work to get through. We broke down a few at the cabinet shop and planed the lumber for work tables.
 

Ian

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I didn't take any before photos but here's one after I got it cut down, the cut edges re-notched to fit back together and the dados made in the sides and back for the center support I added to keep the sides from bowing since it doesn't have a face frame.

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After I get my pistol rack built for the safe door I may grab some free pallets from the lumber yard and try to make some miniature ammo crates styled like the big ordinance crates with the sissel rope handles on the ends.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
We used to get some real heavy duty pallets at the lumber yard I worked at. Many were made of walnut. We broke down a lot of those pallets for craft projects.
 
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Brad

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Caffeine? Meth? Insomnia?

I don’t think Ian sleeps. I do my best to make up for him. He makes me tired just reading his posts!

Some people just get by on little sleep
 
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FrankCVA42

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Ian, excellent craftmanship and well thought out design. This coming from a guy who uses a straight edge gizmo clamped down to cut a straight edge with a circular saw. No guide and cut looks like a drunken monkey with a saw. Frank
 

JonB

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funny what you can find here and there,
A few years back, the local liquor store build a walk-in beer cooler, lots of large glass panels and doors.
I seen some of the nicest, straightest, grade 3 pine 8' boards, most were 1" x 10" in the dumpster out front, ...from the crating of those windows/doors..

The contractor had disassembled all the crates to fit in the dumpster, and did a nice job of not cracking/busting the boards, but they were full of nails. I asked a fella working there if is was OK for me to grab a few boards. He said take all I want. So I filled my pickup box. I've made a lot of shelves with those boards, still have a few stashed away.