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DIY Rigging New Milk Crate for Kayak Fishing.

My old kayakfishing milk crate was on it's last leg, cracking around the bottom edge so I decided to make a new crate that is a little more handy than the open top one I'm using now.

I started with the crates we picked up from the dump, the red one in the first picture was to cracked so it was replaced with a black one to make the lid.



Used the table saw to cut off the bottom to make the top lid.



Smoothing out the top and any cut marks with a sander.



Next I cut the second crate where the ribs start to make a shallow tray and smoothed it out with the sander.



Fitting the tray and the lid was the next step.



The crates where not even so some fitting had to be done using the sander and a knife.



Stacked the parts together to make sure they don't bind. I use the sander to bevel the edges just a little to remove any bind.



Lid fits nice but there is an edge that binds the lid when opening it.



The same bind is between the tray and the crate so some more fitting has to be done.



I have to continue in another post because of the images.

Here is part two on how to make your own DIY kayak fishing milk crate.

I ripped the back edge off the lid to remove the bind.



I cut a "V" notch in the bottom of the tray and the top edge of the crate, see arrows.



Assembled, rear view



Assembled, side view



Everything fit nicely, don't tighten the zip ties to hard. Use more zip ties snugged for strength because you will break the zip ties if they are to tight.



This is a side view of the crate, now I have to decide what to rig on this crate.

To buy milk crates you can order them from "The Container Store Milk Crates" and have them shipped to you.
Tune in tomorrow night for the next step.