A storage solution if your spare 8 3/4" chunk 'kicks the bucket'.

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A storage solution if your spare 8 3/4" chunk 'kicks the bucket'.

This was the second one in less than a month;

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In my work, I generally have wood scraps left over.

With 3/4" plywood for the tops & bottoms, 2x8s for depth & 2x2s or 2x4s for 'feet' these work out great & all three were made in well under an hour.

If I have to move them around the hand truck works just fine.

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Alaskan_TA said:
In my work, I generally have wood scraps left over.

With 3/4" plywood for the tops & bottoms, 2x8s for depth & 2x2s or 2x4s for 'feet' these work out great & all three were made in well under an hour.

If I have to move them around the hand truck works just fine.

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Great idea. Those damn buckets!
 
Great idea, would be even better if you can fit some metal swivel casters under there, then you dont even need the hand truck.
 
Alaskan_TA said:
In my work, I generally have wood scraps left over.

With 3/4" plywood for the tops & bottoms, 2x8s for depth & 2x2s or 2x4s for 'feet' these work out great & all three were made in well under an hour.

If I have to move them around the hand truck works just fine.

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And when you are done with them you can throw a couple woofers in them,
Boom Boom
 
Five gallon buckets are NOT what they used to be. If you find an old one, and compare it to a new one, you'd see what I mean.
 
Better yet, Stop a pool service guy and ask him for a chlorine tablet bucket. They are taller and have a screw lid. This will keep them air tight. I usually cut a piece of 3/4" plywood the same diameter as the inside of the bucket floor.
 
They fit Ford 9" metal buckets quite well also.
And you can drill a couple holes in the lip and bolt it to the can if you want to.
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The older ones before they started modifying them to clear the internal pump but they will fit them as well.
Some of the plastic totes may need a shim made so gear dies not drop all way to bottom but it is not a big deal if it does.
 
jos51700 said:
Five gallon buckets are NOT what they used to be. If you find an old one, and compare it to a new one, you'd see what I mean.
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You sure said a mouthful there.
 
Had a friend make one kind of like that but with a drain pan and tack welded 3/16 plate with a hole for it to fit and put some lube in it and turns it now and then
 
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