Thread: papers box?

Sometimes "op" shops have good old leather briefcases or satchels.

i need somthing really tough. i had an old breif case it didnt last long. when its ont eh floor and all my gear is chucked in ontop of it. id keep it behind teh seat if there was any room.

I've got this leather briefcase, but not the box kind, satchel I think is the word anyway it's made thick cow hide I think, tough as but bendable, it holds all instruction manuals, even those I don't have machines for anymore If you were closer I'd give it to you, I think it's what you need?

Carl, have a look at one of those big pilots' briefcases. They open with overlapping flaps at the top and have dividers inside.

They hold heaps of papers etc and I think will do what you want.

Edit:

This is the sort of thing I'm talking about, but you can get them without the trolley as well

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Pilots-extend...3A1|240%3A1318

that seams a bit good to get bashed around in the ute and coverd in dirt and sawdust. i have a crappy plastic file case it may do for now.

but its not a long trem solution.

It's really daggy looking but well made, someone probably thought it looked pretty spiffy once, it's gathering dust down the shed, hang on I'll go take a pic of it

...it's blown a gale out there. A bit on the dusty side and it looks worse than it really is, it would come up well with a bit of TLC.

opps, forgot the pic
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Carl, it's another box, with a couple of handles, good hinges, a strap to stop the top folding all the way back and reinforced corners. Not the hardest thing to make, but definitely a good idea for the hard, but useful life you would give it.

I built a small Arts and Crafts case for myself a few years ago. Maybe it may help you with a few ideas.

cheers
Wendy

Carl, a quick thought. You need a box to protect your papers and files. Why not a box to protect a brief case so that, when necessary, you can lift the brief case out and walk away with it without having to lug a box around? Such a box could be rough and strong with butt joints if it had to be made quickly.

Fencepost, that is a brilliant idea!

yer

found an old thick cardboard porta file today will use it untill i get back.