Troop Transport Case

[jmilesr01]

I just made a wooden "troop transport case" out of plywood scraps in my shop.  The goal was to build something that's really sturdy and big enough to carry everything one needs for a tournament game, including rules, dice etc.  It's probably a bit over engineered but was fun to build.  The dimensions of the case are 21.5 inches long, 14.5 inches high and 14.5 inches deep.  I'd like to say the dimensions were based on careful planning but they were really dictated by the plywood I had on hand.  The case is built out of 1/2 wide standard grade plywood and some pine stock for the edging and handles.


The top is removable to use as a tray to carry miniatures from one table to the next.  I've ordered some hinges that are releasable and will allow the top to be either hinged or removable.


There are three storage areas - an open tray on the top and two drawers.  As you can see from the grain on the upper drawer, I used plywood form different sheets so the grains don't really match.


Here's a better shot of the top storage tray and the drawers.  I'll add some dividers to the top - one will be sized to hold rulebooks in place and then I'll figure out the rest.  The two drawers have interior dimensions of 19.5 x 13.25 inches and are 4 inches deep.  I went with 2 rather than three drawers to get the height to allow for flag stands and such.


The top is recessed to allow me to add in a display board that can have scenery to match the current army in use.


add a shot of the back - kind of boring.  The handles are 2x2 pine stock the have a 10 degree bevel cut on the underside to make holding more comfortable.

There is still a little bit of work to do - the afore mentioned hinges, a locking mechanism for the drawers and some dividers.

There are a bunch of "how-to" posts on building the case on my blog that are part of a series called "Woodworking for Wargamers".  In all honesty, I not that great a woodworker and decided to do a series of posts to force me to improve my skills.  It also creates a justification to buy some new tools.  Tools and miniatures - one can never have enough!

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[fusilierdan]

Looks great! How much does it weight?

[jmilesr01]

about 12 pounds (5.5 kilograms).  It's a bit on the heavy side.

[AndrewBeasley]

Dats posh!

Very nice.  I’m still using my brush box I made at school 40ish years ago so I hope you get the same amount of use out of this

[nic-e]

Lovely.

[Aaron]

As a fellow amateur woodworker/gamer, that's a great job. Congratulations on an excellent use of scrap material.