Tape Holders? What do you use?Buying one of the large (or is it extra large?) boxes
Question:
I ran in to a problem. I got a new show on monday and went to file it in my cases, and to my surprise I had no more room.. I was wondering what to do i have a case that holds 30 tapes, and two that hold 15 each. What does everybody else use to hold tapes in? Just wondering, before going and buying another case. I thought about one that holds 60 tapes, but is there anything better?
Answer:
I don't know about everyone, but I'm pretty sure I'm the ONLY one using the
below method. But maybe other people will think its a good idea. Keep in
mind though, I'm a poor college student, who watched way too much MacGyver
growing up. I'm also a mechanical engineering major.
Go to your local U-Haul. They don't just rent trucks, they have little
stores in them where they sell moving supplies, like boxes and tape. Buy
one of the large (or is it extra large?) boxes. The one with the bottom
thats 18 x 18 inches. Should cost about $2.50.
Use a ruler to mark lines 2.5 inches from where the top and bottom will
be once the box is folded. Cut along the lines. Now assemble those pieces,
so they look like box lids. Tape them closed, like you would the top of a box.
Make sure you tape along the seam on the inside of the box, so the flaps don't
keep popping out and knoking out your tapes. You'll have plenty of extra
cardboard from the middle of the box. Out of that cut out six strips for use
as vertical dividers, and tape them in place. It'll take about an hour to
build both of them.
You now have 2 square shaped tape holders, that each nicely hold 4 columns
of tapes. Imagine my surprise and delight when I slid that forth column in
there, and it fit in perfectly, without any extra space. Each column holds 27
tapes. Thats a grand total of 216 tapes you can store with each box. I've
been tape trading for 2 years now, I may need to buy a second box soon. There
are no horizontal dividers, so getting at getting at the bottom tapes on a
stack can be a bitch until you get used to it, but what do you expect for
$2.50? A wooden equivelent, with dividers, that holds about 60 tapes costs
$20 or $30.
If anyone goes ahead and builds one of these, please let me know. I'm really
curious. If anything's not clear, and you have questions on assembly or use,
feel free to ask. Anyone think I ought to compile a better set of directions,
and post them to the archive? Is this the type of thing people would use?
I'm not sure. If I don't hear from anyone, this dies here.
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