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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Box In

Not completely done but in place.

Needs some hardware, but basically done. decided to use strap hold downs to keep it in place. As usual, I designed with lots of clearance to get it in and out. After shoe horning it into place I found that 1/4" larger and it wouldn't have made it.
It has one drawer and a shelf above. It took three sheets of 3/4" MDO so you can guess what it weighs. Oh yeah, I fiberglassed the corners and resin coated the rest for waterproofing. Yes, it has a stoplight too.
Complete with emergency rations. Each box contains 9 dinners, 3 breakfasts and 1 dessert. I figure the dessert is the only one you can actually enjoy eating. They probably include it to get you back into the store to buy more desserts at $10 each.
Got a small stove for all that water I'll be boiling. Needs a wind shield and some sort of heat shield for the bottle.
Notice that the one in the picture doesn't need any propane to cook mac & cheese.

Next are the rod carriers. Saw some nice ones on a truck the other day, only $500. Check it out.
The Titan Rod Vault.

Think I can come in under that with PVC but no wager.

Stay cool.


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