Couple of additional suggestions from my own DIY experience with making my own dividers. I too spotted the sloping sides, so my solution was to add some foam strips to the TOP edge. That compensated for the slope and made the outer wall near on vertical. I used 4mm Correx and 3mm EVA foam, but used double sided tape to stick the foam down. I found that non adhesive foam was quite a bit cheaper. In the case I was using, I wanted a bit more structural strength. So for two front to back dividers I stuck two 4mm Correx pieces together. Foam on both sides. For the base I didn't want to take up too much depth, so I used a couple of layers of the EVA foam. Finally! I used 50mm rigid foam sheet with cutouts for delicate mics etc. This had the added benefit of providing structural support to the dividers.
oh, and I used red corflute with black EVA foam for a nice colour contrast...and for the corners, cut away every second corflute channel (like TrekPak does) and the end result is super neat.
@@BuyersGuyd If I could post a photo or video of how I cut it, I would. It requires a little care as they're narrow slices and you only want to go through one layer of corflute plastic...but the corners are super neat.
Thats what I did too! But I cut through each flute at the corners, maybe four in total. Then I bent the board to 90deg and used wide adhesive tape over the open flutes as extra strength. Foam on the inner surface. It's a more delicate process though.
That was fantastic, seriously been trying to find a trekpak solution for my cases and there was thing to find. But the DIY you provide is brilliant, it's worth the time and money. After all, you're going to customize it to your own case anyway, why not make it exactly the way you want it! This deserves all my subscriptions and likes, fantastic job!!!
I did this, except I used 3mm weed mat pins from Bunnings as the joining pins. They sit slightly proud so there's no need to add a tag for removal later.
Does it still hold up a year after? How about buying the original TrekPak pins? They don't seem prohibitively expensive (about 20USD for 10) and I would imagine they would hold the boards tighter in place?
It's still going strong and works brilliantly. I use it every day! As for the trekpak pins I think they'd look a bit nicer but I don't think they'd be functionally any different. One thing I'd definitely recommend is cutting an extra piece of the padding to be the same size as the section you're putting gear into to stop the wall sections angling into empty sections. Real trekpak also has this problem
@@BuyersGuyd good to know. I was thinking exactly about the issue of the sections not being anchored on towards the bottom. That's why I figured more rigid and potentially longer pins might work better, but apparently the original ones don't even solve this 🙄 Good to know after I already ordered my original set. Perhaps I'll return it and give the DIY solution a shot, but on the other hand it is not really cost prohibitive for me, although if it works well I might be interested in doing the same system for 4-5 other cases (some of which are not Peli) so at that point cost might become a major factor.
Great job! I'm totally going to try this! I want to make a huge case out of a heavy duty plastic tote so I can just put all my. gear in one case! My "cinema rig" doesn't fit in any case I own at the moment. SUPER frustrating to have to pull it apart every time I need to travel somewhere with it. Thank you!
Oh I definitely thought I gave a good view of it at the end haha. I guess was hard because using all the gear to make it. Should've just used my phone!
I imagining making a moquette instead of taking measurements. I would lay out my tools and make a moquette with cardboard so i don’t have to reference measurements, and I can use the moquette will become my template/stencil!
I did nothing at first but eventually if it wasn't fully packed out the bottoms would slide and angle so I just flipping it over and bobby pinned the bottom too
additional suggestion based on my experience diy'ing a trekpak....add a styrofoam 10-15mm base or floor for each compartment created by the 'wall/divider'. reason for this was to stop the bottom of the wall/divider moving.....the bobby pins only restrain the top of the wall/divider....my cases are stored flat, but get loaded/transported vertically or on their sides....kit moves around....i didn't want my stuff moving at all - so had to come up with a way of restraining the bottom of the wall/dividers.
Yeah sorry I'm garbage and didn't even notice when I made the vid! I'm gonna make an update video now that I'm doing RUclips again and I'll show the whole thing and what I tweaked
@@BuyersGuyd lol only made sense to me when my case came in and had all this pink foam in it. I was like I could use this lmao. You gave me the inspiration to to me and my friends cases. Good stuff man, I did find these pins at Walmart the section I think there called greening pins were like 50 of them were like a dollar, they gave me a wider place for the felt to put on. I also found this lightweight angled aluminum that has adhesive for wall mounting I put that about an inch below the top of each side of the case. With this I’m able to put my laptop table lift on those rails and I can dump footage on my laptop while allowing good air to ventilate.
Yeah sorry I'm garbage and didn't even notice when I made the vid! I'm gonna make an update video now that I'm doing RUclips again and I'll show the whole thing and what I tweaked
@@BuyersGuyd I was looking to buy one for my nanuk 935. After seeing the $175 price tag and noticing it was constructed of inexpensive foam/coraplast, I came to youtube for a DIY. Low and behold the community did not disappoint. I do have to give thanks to trekpak for the idea though, I'll be making dividers for my camping and fishing bins after I finish my photography case.
You could have done this in VoiceOver instead of showing yourself explaining for half of the video and not showing actual results. Easily could have been cut down with 2 minutes. Work on you editing.
Couple of additional suggestions from my own DIY experience with making my own dividers.
I too spotted the sloping sides, so my solution was to add some foam strips to the TOP edge. That compensated for the slope and made the outer wall near on vertical.
I used 4mm Correx and 3mm EVA foam, but used double sided tape to stick the foam down. I found that non adhesive foam was quite a bit cheaper.
In the case I was using, I wanted a bit more structural strength. So for two front to back dividers I stuck two 4mm Correx pieces together. Foam on both sides.
For the base I didn't want to take up too much depth, so I used a couple of layers of the EVA foam.
Finally! I used 50mm rigid foam sheet with cutouts for delicate mics etc. This had the added benefit of providing structural support to the dividers.
Amazing video and idea, i will use it for my range pack, thanks a lot dude!
oh, and I used red corflute with black EVA foam for a nice colour contrast...and for the corners, cut away every second corflute channel (like TrekPak does) and the end result is super neat.
Oh you faaaancy! Hahaha
I didn't actually know about the corflute corner cutting that makes perfect sense thanks!
@@BuyersGuyd If I could post a photo or video of how I cut it, I would. It requires a little care as they're narrow slices and you only want to go through one layer of corflute plastic...but the corners are super neat.
Thats what I did too! But I cut through each flute at the corners, maybe four in total. Then I bent the board to 90deg and used wide adhesive tape over the open flutes as extra strength. Foam on the inner surface. It's a more delicate process though.
That was fantastic, seriously been trying to find a trekpak solution for my cases and there was thing to find. But the DIY you provide is brilliant, it's worth the time and money. After all, you're going to customize it to your own case anyway, why not make it exactly the way you want it! This deserves all my subscriptions and likes, fantastic job!!!
Thank you for crediting that guy! I saw a video of someone else who had clearly seen his step by step post but didn't credit him!
I did this, except I used 3mm weed mat pins from Bunnings as the joining pins. They sit slightly proud so there's no need to add a tag for removal later.
Also harbor freight has similar cases and you can save even more money
I've just bought a 1610 case and I'm looking at a half-height divider solution - this is perfect thank you!
Glad I could help!
Thank you very much! I love this kind of projects ❤
Does it still hold up a year after?
How about buying the original TrekPak pins? They don't seem prohibitively expensive (about 20USD for 10) and I would imagine they would hold the boards tighter in place?
It's still going strong and works brilliantly. I use it every day!
As for the trekpak pins I think they'd look a bit nicer but I don't think they'd be functionally any different.
One thing I'd definitely recommend is cutting an extra piece of the padding to be the same size as the section you're putting gear into to stop the wall sections angling into empty sections. Real trekpak also has this problem
@@BuyersGuyd good to know. I was thinking exactly about the issue of the sections not being anchored on towards the bottom. That's why I figured more rigid and potentially longer pins might work better, but apparently the original ones don't even solve this 🙄 Good to know after I already ordered my original set. Perhaps I'll return it and give the DIY solution a shot, but on the other hand it is not really cost prohibitive for me, although if it works well I might be interested in doing the same system for 4-5 other cases (some of which are not Peli) so at that point cost might become a major factor.
I made mine with coat hanger wire cut to 3” lengths and bent with needle nose pliers, easy peasy and cost exactly nothing.
@@jayandriot6454 Mine too.
Great job! I'm totally going to try this! I want to make a huge case out of a heavy duty plastic tote so I can just put all my. gear in one case! My "cinema rig" doesn't fit in any case I own at the moment. SUPER frustrating to have to pull it apart every time I need to travel somewhere with it. Thank you!
Why is the roll of adhesive foam from Bunnings better than the adhesive foam from Clark?
Better value for size. The Clark rubber was like A4 sheets or maybe A3 but the roll was like 3 metres
Would be nice to see the final work you did after spending my time watching you! Leaving me flat!
Oh I definitely thought I gave a good view of it at the end haha. I guess was hard because using all the gear to make it. Should've just used my phone!
I imagining making a moquette instead of taking measurements. I would lay out my tools and make a moquette with cardboard so i don’t have to reference measurements, and I can use the moquette will become my template/stencil!
Very Nice!
What do you for the bottom?
I did nothing at first but eventually if it wasn't fully packed out the bottoms would slide and angle so I just flipping it over and bobby pinned the bottom too
additional suggestion based on my experience diy'ing a trekpak....add a styrofoam 10-15mm base or floor for each compartment created by the 'wall/divider'.
reason for this was to stop the bottom of the wall/divider moving.....the bobby pins only restrain the top of the wall/divider....my cases are stored flat, but get loaded/transported vertically or on their sides....kit moves around....i didn't want my stuff moving at all - so had to come up with a way of restraining the bottom of the wall/dividers.
Great idea! I have all my gear packed in pretty tight with something in every compartment but I can't definitely see that happening if one was empty
yehhhh mate I love the video! Cheers!
Great video
I'm trying to find a video of the finished product in the video...am I missing it?
Yeah sorry I'm garbage and didn't even notice when I made the vid!
I'm gonna make an update video now that I'm doing RUclips again and I'll show the whole thing and what I tweaked
Excellently done!
This is such a cool idea!
Seems like the effort to savings ratio is well worth it!
Thank you.
Wait till you find our about bubble wrap and gaffer tape.
wheres the link yo?
Link to what?
@@BuyersGuyd ruclips.net/video/9Ob1GzkQCJ0/видео.html says link in desc at the top
@Farzad Qasim oh my bad! I've updated the description to include the link. Thanks for pointing that out
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Thanks for the video, that material looks like Corrugated Plastic Sheet.
Great video but good luck finding 2mm adhesive EVA foam. ALL SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE!
Been a while since this vid so I don't super remember what I said. But my hardware store sells mass rolls of 3mm which is pretty good
Found some at Michaels here in the US. 9x12 sheets not optimal but it works! @@BuyersGuyd
I was wondering since he had foam he could’ve used that as a template instead of measuring lol.
That'd make too much sense and apparently never occurred to me!
@@BuyersGuyd lol only made sense to me when my case came in and had all this pink foam in it. I was like I could use this lmao. You gave me the inspiration to to me and my friends cases. Good stuff man, I did find these pins at Walmart the section I think there called greening pins were like 50 of them were like a dollar, they gave me a wider place for the felt to put on. I also found this lightweight angled aluminum that has adhesive for wall mounting I put that about an inch below the top of each side of the case. With this I’m able to put my laptop table lift on those rails and I can dump footage on my laptop while allowing good air to ventilate.
They all said Nhaurgho? I figured they would have just said No.
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wtf, didnt finish the build out....
Yeah sorry I'm garbage and didn't even notice when I made the vid!
I'm gonna make an update video now that I'm doing RUclips again and I'll show the whole thing and what I tweaked
quick mafs 😂
$489!!!! that should be illegal and TrekPak should be ashamed of themselves.
It's pretty bonkers. I think it's a massive hike because they're kinda the only thing like it that's on the market (that I know of)
@@BuyersGuyd I was looking to buy one for my nanuk 935. After seeing the $175 price tag and noticing it was constructed of inexpensive foam/coraplast, I came to youtube for a DIY. Low and behold the community did not disappoint.
I do have to give thanks to trekpak for the idea though, I'll be making dividers for my camping and fishing bins after I finish my photography case.
Brilliant, I'm definitely going to continue fitting out all my cases
Bro can you just make me one. I'll pay you
You could have done this in VoiceOver instead of showing yourself explaining for half of the video and not showing actual results. Easily could have been cut down with 2 minutes. Work on you editing.
Thanks for the advice
@@BuyersGuydI think you did great. Thanks for your efforts here.
Fuck this guy, he's a hater, good job on the video super helpful
Work on your pilotless skills