FormerTeller
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- Apr 24, 2011
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As I noted in another thread, I got sick of throwing away boxes. While we do have a recycling service that picks up at our curb once every two weeks, I surely didn't want to advertise that I look at thousands of dollars of halves. On the other hand, how best to bundle the boxes to take elsewhere? After a little brainstorming, I came up with the following solution:
Went to the hardware store, and bought some 1.5" x 10" boards, 8 angle brackets, some wood screws, and some twine. Cut the boards to about 3 foot lengths, land screwed them together to form a box:
After experimentation, I found that using 3 strings works the best. I lay one down lengthwise down the middle, and two sidewise as shown. Then I add some rather large non-coin boxes as an end piece, stepping on them to flatten them down:
Then add coin boxes as I get them in, stepping on them and flattening them down each time.
When the stack of boxes gets close to the top of the frame, I put some more non-coin boxes on the top, and tie them up.
I found out the hard way that you need to use string rather than twine...
You got to tie them really tight. Then, remove the bundle of boxes from the frame. Sometimes, the boxes are wedged in so tight you have to turn the frame on it's side and almost kick the boxes out.
The end result looks like this:
It's not 100% foolproof, as you'll probably be able to make out a bit of coin box info, but it's at least easy to transport now.
A quick trip to the local recycling drop off, and you're done! For me at least, it feels great to go from this:
to this:
Enjoy!
FT
Went to the hardware store, and bought some 1.5" x 10" boards, 8 angle brackets, some wood screws, and some twine. Cut the boards to about 3 foot lengths, land screwed them together to form a box:
After experimentation, I found that using 3 strings works the best. I lay one down lengthwise down the middle, and two sidewise as shown. Then I add some rather large non-coin boxes as an end piece, stepping on them to flatten them down:
Then add coin boxes as I get them in, stepping on them and flattening them down each time.
When the stack of boxes gets close to the top of the frame, I put some more non-coin boxes on the top, and tie them up.
I found out the hard way that you need to use string rather than twine...
You got to tie them really tight. Then, remove the bundle of boxes from the frame. Sometimes, the boxes are wedged in so tight you have to turn the frame on it's side and almost kick the boxes out.
The end result looks like this:
It's not 100% foolproof, as you'll probably be able to make out a bit of coin box info, but it's at least easy to transport now.
A quick trip to the local recycling drop off, and you're done! For me at least, it feels great to go from this:
to this:
Enjoy!
FT
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