Little Green Chuckbox

[ethernectar]

I've been camping out of my yellow chuckbox for a few years. It was built for a larger Coleman stove and carried pretty much everything I may need. Quite a bit of stuff that I didn't really ever use. It was a bit heavy, but it worked really well.

CampKitchen_axialFest by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

I changed to a Cook Partner stove a couple years ago, which was more compact than the Coleman. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when I traded my Tundra in for a low mileage 200 series. Now I'm going through all my camp gear looking for ways to minimize all the stuff, yet still have some of the comforts that make camping more enjoyable. Time to make a smaller chuckbox!

Its made of 1/4" birch ply with oak 1/4 rounds at the inside corners, glued and nailed together with brads.

LittleGreenChuckbox_03 by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

Stove is a snug fit, I pretty much built it as I went, should have put the shelf about 1/4" lower.

LittleGreenChuckbox_05 by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

White on the inside, forest green on the outside. As convenient and easy as latex paint is, there's nothing quite like oil-based enamel.

LittleGreenChuckbox_08b by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

Can't wait to see what this thing looks like in a year or two, the brass hardware will take on a nice patina. I'm going to put trip/destination stickers on this one mark the date with a metallic sharpie. I wish I had done the trip/date thing on the yellow one.

LittleGreenChuckbox_11 by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

Finished!

LittleGreenChuckbox_16 by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

Sorting out the contents.

LittleGreenChuckbox_18 by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

And loaded.

LittleGreenChuckbox_19 by Matt Frederick, on Flickr

 

[Stumpalump]

I like oil as well. It lasts forever. Are those aluminum pop rivets going into the wood? I've never seen that.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I really like it.

 

[ethernectar]

I like oil as well. It lasts forever. Are those aluminum pop rivets going into the wood? I've never seen that.

Did something similar on the yellow one. Worked well when dealing with thinner ply. On the hinge the flare doesn't go all the way through, but there's quite a bit of holding power from the expanded metal, plus there's quite a few of them on the hinge. That front panel would break/shear before they all came out.

 

[AML]

Looks good. Please post photos when you get it out in the wild.

 

[ethernectar]

From a couple weeks ago while visiting my parents up over Sonora Pass, CA. They're retired and have been doing campground hosting since then. Great way to spend a few days.

0616_LittleGreenChuckBox_MillCreek by Matt Frederick, on Flickr