Converting a RadioShack Enclosure Project Box to a Battery Tray - RC-Monster Forums

rawfuls

Thanks to Finnster for his tips and recommendations.

I picked up a RadioShack Enclosure/Project box, dimensions - 6x3x2" Plastic ABS box.

It cost me about $3.79, so a total of $4.

But I bought two, thinking I'd cut up 75% of one, and 75% of the other, but figured, why not try taking one, and cutting it in half.

The boxes come with 4 binder screws (I think they're binding, they look like self-tapping), a plastic cover, so it's a rounded box, instead of straight edges, the edges are kind of curved. Not only does it come with a plastic cover, it comes with a aluminum lid.

I think this should be going OVER the plastic lid, or without the plastic lid, it will go into the box, leaving excess plastic over the sides.

Here's some pictures from when you buy em, still new....

And I'm 14 =/

The saw is crooked, and I didn't feel like taking a day to fix it or however long, since my dad wasn't gonna help me fix it, don't know why.

He had a bad day

Anyways, you can see I went a little overboard with the hotglue, so I'm gonna take out a few razors and get it into neat little shapes whenever I feel like it.

The hotglue will help hold the sides up, hopefully, it won't split in half.

As you can see, I also had to snip the screw on one side in half, and had to hotglue the screw in, as most of the screw was on the floor

I made a little notch on the side.

This probably GREATLY decreases the durability on the lid box, but, eh, it works.. for now.

I like it, it seems pretty solid, and I'm waiting for my new screws to come in so I can counter-sink and mount them up on my TVPs!

Anyways, any questions, feel free to ask em here.

Had to use direct links because of the 10image limit...

I'll keep you guys updated!!

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BTW, does anyone know how to countersink without buying a countersinking kit?