Post by matt on Sept 16, 2020 16:24:00 GMT
Right Paul, I've started on the lids - yours first!
I must admit this was a lot more complicated than I was expecting, mainly because I was trying to maintain a slope from front to back of the box for water runoff. This is made a bit harder by the fact that there is half an octagon at the front, so you have to work out the mitre angles for the angled bits! Anyway its not great and it looks quite abit more ugly than I was hoping for, but here is a sneak peak. I haven't glued it together yet (just cut the wood), but the idea is that the lid will have a hinge against the backplate and then you can sort out the interior. I can cut an extra bit of wood to put inside if it helps.
Hopefully after gluing and a bit of sanding it will look a bit better - you might want to give it a lick of paint tho!
So the lid just slots over the top of the box, and is (will be) attached to the back plate:
Inside - nothing there. Can you mount your camera to the lid or do you want another bit of wood inside resting on top of the box??
I think for the rest of the boxes I am not going to worry about the slight slope on the lid. Water will find its way off somehow, and if the top has an overhang it should be OK I reckon.
I must admit this was a lot more complicated than I was expecting, mainly because I was trying to maintain a slope from front to back of the box for water runoff. This is made a bit harder by the fact that there is half an octagon at the front, so you have to work out the mitre angles for the angled bits! Anyway its not great and it looks quite abit more ugly than I was hoping for, but here is a sneak peak. I haven't glued it together yet (just cut the wood), but the idea is that the lid will have a hinge against the backplate and then you can sort out the interior. I can cut an extra bit of wood to put inside if it helps.
Hopefully after gluing and a bit of sanding it will look a bit better - you might want to give it a lick of paint tho!
So the lid just slots over the top of the box, and is (will be) attached to the back plate:
Inside - nothing there. Can you mount your camera to the lid or do you want another bit of wood inside resting on top of the box??
I think for the rest of the boxes I am not going to worry about the slight slope on the lid. Water will find its way off somehow, and if the top has an overhang it should be OK I reckon.