Cardboard Tool Bag

Usually we need a lot of tools when create something hand made. If we are at home it is very easy to get everything you need (screwdrivers, hummers, nuts, drills) from appropriate places (shelves, toolboxes, workshops, under a sofa or in a refrigerator :-). Another way is to do something outdoor – in a country side, during a car trip, on a picnic at last. I advise to make a cheap TOOL BAG using CARDBOARD pack. You need only a few hours to make it but the result will be useful for a one or two seasons.

Step 1: Tools and Materials

• cardboard sheets (4 mm thickness);
• rulers (school size (0.3 m) and long (0.5...1 m));
• pencil;
• paper knife;
• awl;
• scissors;
• cardboard bender;
• PC, printer and 5 A4 sheets to print base drawings.

Step 2: Printing Base Drawings

So you need to have 3 drawings: Body, Butt_end, Rib. You can download appropriate drawings from the next locations: variant 1 (google drive), variant 2 (yandex drive). All dimensions are in millimeters.

Step 3: Transferring Drawings to a Cardboard

Some parts ('Body' and 'Ribs') we need to draw on cardboard sheets manually. For the 'Butt Ends' I recommend more convenient way – to print drawing on plain paper and then transfer it to cardboard using awl according to a following sequence: 1) put the cardboard on the old wooden board; 2) put the drawing on cardboard; 3) make holes in key vertexes through the paper using awl; 4) remove the paper drawing from the cardboard; 5) connect holes on the cardboard using ruler and pencil.

Step 4: Cut Parts Out of Cardboard

Step 5: 'Body' Bending

To execute all bend operations we will use special tool – Cardboard Bender according the following sequence: 1) Put the cardboard part on the wooden work base; 2) Draw path on the cardboard surface; 3) Move the Bender's Roller along the path with appropriate pressure to reduce the thickness of cardboard plate in a contact area; 4) Bend part along the 'compressed' path.

Also to execute bending it will be helpful to use long rule.

Step 6: 'Body' and 'Butt Ends' Connection

Step 7: 'Ribs' and 'Body' Connection

Step 8: Use It!

Comments

[tomwall1969]

What advantage does a disposable toolbox have over a permanent one? I am genuinely curious.

[nml235l]

Toolbox from the shop costs about 30$ and do the same job ;-)

[tomwall1969]

https://www.ckbproducts.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=30714

[maxman]

Have you ever made one out of that plastic stuff they use for yard signs? That would be water proof.

[adam adkison]

Coroplast? That's a good idea..

[doer_1]

Before assembly, brush the surfaces with glue ( Elmers. Titebond, Gorilla, etc) (Be sure to allow for the extra material when cutting holes) cover it immediately with an already cut to size old shirt, allow to dry, assemble. It will last more than a short time...

[misterxp]

Great idea. Good emergency box for various things. Thanks for sharing

[sageclouddancer]

make one that can carry groceries from the store

[maxman]

Wow. Somebody could make and sell these.

[pikwitonei]

Great thinking outside the box!

[rayp1511]

That's impressive, well done !

So were not going to talk about the Bulldozer ? :)

[nml235l]

Grate Thanks! Bulldozer? Oh! It is one of my previous projects (Tractor-cardboarder: https://www.instructables.com/id/Tractor-cardboarder/). Here (on one photo) is only "product placement" ;)