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Why did that other box catch on fire?
Which box? The most recent big fire thread wasn't in a box. We really don't know exactly what happened.Why did that other box catch on fire?
Is there enough space to fit a plastic cutting board in the bottom? I’ve used them in place of 1/2” plywood and they work well. Easy to cut and inexpensive. If you’re a Sam’s Club member, you can get a 15” x 20” board for $9The mounting plate has nuts in the way to space the cells the way I want, but if I take the plate out, there's still little bumps on the bottom of the box. Wondering if I can find a way to hammer them flat to cover over with my neoprene foam.
Give your local steel suppliers, machine shops, or weld shops a call... You could also used my screwed up logic, it's justification for new tools.Looking at this again I'm wishing I had a good way to cut steel plates nice and square.
I added similar to most of my (plywood) boxes. I would trust them to lift a 200+ lbs box, but the work ok in wiggling the boxes into their steel cabinet home.Yes there's plenty of room for that. I would just have to figure out how to attach it. I don't expect to move these boxes much, but reality is they will need moved if we move to another property sometime, so I'm planning ahead for that a bit.
Which, on that note, I'm thinking of buying 4 of these for each box, perhaps. Make it easier for a couple people to lug them out if/when the time comes to do that.
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Ive got one of those metal brakes, had it for years now. Probably wont help you. (Read the one star reviews, theres a lot of them) First off you need about half a dozen stout C clamps of various sizes to use it. Secondly its good for MAYBE 20 gauge steel at best. Anything you could bend with it you could probably bend over the end of a work bench with a couple of C clamps and a hammer.I’m all in following you down this rabbit hole. I've got boxes on the way and just about zero metal fab experience. I figured I'd buy something like this inexpensive 18" metal brake from Harbor Freight, and find some suitable sheet steel I can cut and bend into restraining brackets that I bolt to the sides of the electrical box. If nothing else, I get to dip my toes into a DIY metal work project to see if that's something I find worthwhile.