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Pics of my "Steel Organized " box that I built

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 7:06 am
by Wade Branch
I got tired of all my effects being out of reach on the floor and my cables going every which way.So I built this box that has my tuner and effects already hard wired in.There is a power strip in the bottom of the box that is wired thru an external switch on the outside of the box to turn the boxes power on and off within an arms reach.I run a Hilton electronic volume pedal, so I installed an external plug on the front of the box (Closest to the pedal bar)to power it up.On the back of the box I installed a recessed male plug to plug my (1) extension cord into,to power up the switch.There is a trap door on the back and the side,the little door on the back is to run my cables thru,one goes to the amp and one to the VP ,but I keep them hooked up inside the box and just roll them up and store them inside the box when Iam done.The side door opens up and I store my extension cord inside there.I also bored a couple of holes in the top one to hold a cold beer and the other holds my bar while Iam on breaks.It has really worked out great.
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I like it

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 9:55 am
by Billy McCombs
Wade that is pretty cool, I like it, thanks for shareing it.

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 10:00 am
by Mark Eaton
Outstanding, Wade, you are one handy guy!

Of course the final touch of genius is the beer holder! :)

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 10:00 am
by Steve Hitsman
Wade, it's guys like you that make slobs like the rest of us look bad. Very nice.

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 10:07 am
by Thom Beeman
Wade, looks good! That red western print looks familiar.hahaha

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 10:22 am
by Wade Branch
Thanks guys,yes I stole the idea of the tooled leather material from Thom the steel seat god,haha :lol:

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 11:14 am
by Dick Wood
Hey! You didn't build that on company time did ya?

Nice job,now get back to work Tator.

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 1:42 pm
by Wade Branch
HaHa Dickey Poo,no actually I took it to work to show it off,but no one even knew what a steel guitar was much less a steel guitar box,one guy thought I covered my home PC with carpet. :\

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 4:55 pm
by Rodney Garrison
Wade-- Great job !!

Are you gonna sell these ?

I think you should look into this.

Good lookin' stuff as far as I can see.



OBTW-- Great pic of you ol' whats' his name.

RG
Bowie, TX.

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 9:07 pm
by Gregg Thacker
Wade, You should get that thing "pattened". You could make a mint with that! Put it on the market.

Gregg

Posted: 30 Sep 2007 12:52 pm
by Tamara James
Locking Wheels on the bottom would have been a great touch.

Posted: 3 Oct 2007 1:19 pm
by Bill Ford
Wade,
Super neat idea, good job.I like the idea of tooled (leather?)LOL

BF

Posted: 3 Oct 2007 2:37 pm
by Ben Jones
i LOVE stuff like this. thats super cool.

I'd be a bit concerned about having my beer holder sooooo close to my effects tho. especially since they are in a recessed box like that...one slip of the cup and they'd be swimming in sweet beer. ah but Im sure you know what your doin. 8)

very very cool.