My DIY Ultralite Fishing Seat Box
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I needed a lighter weight Seat Box for fishing trips where I have to either carry the box on my back or use a set of wheels to get to further away swims.
I wanted to get the box to weigh less than 9kgs, but as commercially made seat boxes often weigh twice that amount, I wasn't sure if I could do it. Watch the video to see if I managed it.
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I have always used the box with my fishing everything to sit on it, unless I sleep or so. You did the same on a different scale. Sitting with your balls on your goods gives confidence!
Thats effing nifty Den! Looks like something you could by in a tackle shop. Nicely done.
Thanks mate.
Hello ,
Fishing with Den, you do extraordinnary work, congratulations, I’ll take inspiration from it, have a good day ,I’m a Frenchman
Hi Philippe. Thanks for your comments and thanks for watching my channel.
Excellent job
well what can i say Den ! well done fantastic.👍👍👋🐟

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Thanks Danny.
Looks just the job Den congrats 👍👍👍
Thanks Darren
Ingenious bit of kit there den, particularly like the side trays and storing away!
Thanks Michael.
Hi Den, again nice video with engineer know. You are as the German says, Without rest and rest.
Thanks Ralf. I really don't have any engineering background though. I just learned as I went along.😁
Another nice bit of kit Den, you must have had a heck of a lot of those screw threaded inserts made way back when, ha ha. Must be lovely having all that sunshine down under, at least it keeps you busy hey, tight lines 👍
Thanks Hilary. It is getting a bit hot down here at the moment, but don't forget, when you are having a lovely Summer, we are going into our Winter, so it's swings and roundabouts.😁👍Tight lines to you too.
A Den Special.Clever stuff.🤩🤩🥃
Thanks Clive. I do enjoy keeping the aged brain occupied mate.
@@FishingwithDen Your only a pup Den,I’m 80.🥸😫
@@clivecottingham2043 Lol.😁
You could make small holes in the footplate to make it even more lighter as well 👍
Well done mate , anyone that can make things for themselves is a winner in my eyes .I'm lucky in the fact I have access to engineering machines and can pretty much turn my hand to anything . It's a rare asset these days .
Thanks mate. I would love to have access to engineering machines and a welder, but in the meantime, its all about using what you have. Thanks for your comments.😁
You should be a tackle designer that's fantastic can I take it back to the UK 🇬🇧 with me nice one Dennis
Thanks Bri. Very kind of you mate.
Hi Den, I can see you have put a lot of thought into this unit. Hope that it serves you well for the future. Best regards..Terry..
Thanks Terry.
A great well thought out box Den. Really enjoyed that video.
Thanks Sean. I'm glad you enjoyed it mate.
What a biy of homemade kit. Thank you for the great ideas. Im from canada so buying from Europe is hard. Plus do alot of hiking to spots so need somthing light and portable. Awesome work and box man.
Many thanks mate. Your right about buying kit from the UK and Europe. I just placed an order for fishing tackle from the UK and it cost me £93 for the shipping.
Great job, under 10kg with a footplate is outstanding. I wish I had your skill set to do some adaptations to my kit.
Thanks Paul.
Lovely job Den! Always fun seeing these kind of videos and seeing what you come up with ;) Also nice seeing those 3D printing parts! Just 20 more years for me to retire and have some more time to print and fish ;)
Thanks Jeroen. These days I just 3D Print everything. Even the handle on my Thermos Flask is 3D Printed, so I don't have to try to hold a wide cup. (Arthritis).
Well done on the weight saving that is my biggest issue as I find it very hard to carry to much as I get out of breath so easy.
Thanks Phill. I'm not quite in the same boat as you, but I'm hoping this will make my life much easier when I need to get to more remote pegs.
@@FishingwithDen Yes, gone are the days of walking around to the woods on Coombe Abbey. Thankfully a lot more fisheries are helping those with disabilities
What you need now is some sort of harness and a large dog and you can ride to your peg.
Absolutely brilliant idea Pete. I'll buy a dog and start designing the harness now. Video should be out in about 2 weeks mate.🤣🤣
Hi Fen. Great bit of kit. Are instructions for the 3D printed bits available anywhere? Would using perforated plate for footrest save weight or would it be weaker? I enjoy looking at all the bits you make. Keep it up - you're not that old!!
Hi Terry. Thanks for your comments mate. Perforated plate probably would be better. I just didn't have any.😁 As for the 3D Printed items, I haven't posted them up to Thingiverse, but if you have a 3D printer, I'm happy to email you the .stl files.
@@FishingwithDen HI again. I have just been given my son's old 3D printer so if you could sent the files I would be very grateful. Being over 75 it's good learning new tech. Can I send a private message as not sure I want to make my email public, though not sure how to do that. Will have to check.
@@terrykeane2502 Hi Terry. I agree. Never put your personal info into an open site like RUclips. The easiest way to do this is to go to any of my videos and look in the Description Box. You will find my email address in their, so all you need to do is send me an email, with what items you would like me to send over. It is probably best if you keep it down to one item of kit at first, otherwise I will spend half the day trying to sort it out for you. If it works on your 3D Printer, I can always send you more as time goes by.
Great as usual Den. Does the footplate get slippy?
Thanks mate. I used to think it would, but I haven't slipped off it in the past 2 years, so maybe it's something to do with the texture of aluminium?
@@FishingwithDen That's good. Don't want it ending up in the bloopers file. Lol
@@FishingMadDad 🤣🤣🤣🤣
How strong is the aluminum sheet of the foot pedestal? I'm surprised it doesn't sag without a cross brace.
It's 1.6mm thick Ralf. I used to think that it would sag like you, but I've been using it for years and there is no sign of it sagging, even under my weight.
@@FishingwithDen Then I'll try it out. There is aluminum sheeting 1.5 mm thick in the hardware store. Let's see if it's my 90 kg. withstands.🤣🤣
@@ralfmuentnich Lol. OK Ralf. I think as long as you have the box sections along all 4 edges you should be OK. Have a look at my original Seat Box build to see how I did it: ruclips.net/video/x_gpv7vK8_g/видео.html
Nice work, I’ve been looking at the minimal boxes like the Nufish restabox, is there a build guide on your original match box video? The aluminium box sections are all straight forward enough but are the screw clamps readily available?
Ignore me, just found the series of build videos. 👍
@@FISHINGMINTY Lol. No worries mate.
Will we see it in Mildura Den?
No mate. I need the full all singing and dancing box full of all sorts of tackle for that one mate.
I didn’t think you would get the weight down like you did Den 👏… did you play with Meccano as a kid by any chance ?
@@geoff738 Hi Geoff. Wow. Meccano takes me back a long way mate. Lol. I think I've been building stuff for as far back as I can remember. We never had much money as kids, so it was a case of using scrap materials to make small tackle boxes, floats, catapults, bows and arrows, stilts, trolleys and many more items. I think I get much more satisfaction out of using something I made myself, rather than stuff I buy from the shops.