How to build a Wooden Tacklebox
7 min readIn this video I build a Wooden Fishing Tackle Box for my boat project.
Transcript
studnet Aquatics here if you’ve been
watching my channel you know that I’ve
been redoing my boat I put all new
carpet all new lids storage compartment
lids and I even closed in the fuel tank
in the battery area and it’s coming
along real well well this is marine
grade plywood it is 1/2 inch it is
sanded on one side it’s really nice
stuff and it’s very expensive since it
is actually marine grade and I do not
want to waste that I don’t want to just
put it in with my other plywood so what
I’m thinking about doing is building me
a tackle box for my tackle it’s
something I can have on the boat that is
waterproof that I can access anytime I
want easily so I have drawn up some
plans and what I’m going to be using is
I did come across these the planner ones
are a little bit expensive but I found
these on sale they have the rubber
gasket around them and they also latch
really nice and so I have five of those
trays that will be going into it I have
one smaller one that I’m planning on
putting in the other direction are is
the feet it’s going to have a door on
the front as I mentioned a little while
ago is what it’ll do so I have access to
it from the front and I have picked up
these handles that will go on the sides
and a really nice thing about this I
will be able to lock it and then I can
actually anchor this into my boat so
that nobody will steal it I have some
really nice hinges in here for the lid
in our program well you can put your
combination lock on it and I even picked
up some of these these will go on the
feet so it’ll go underneath so that it
isn’t sitting all the way down on the
bottom I have my skill saw out here
ready to go I’m going to be using a
guide with that because I can’t maneuver
this around and run it through a table
saw so I’m going to have to be cutting
this by hand but I want to cut it
perfect so I will add more to this as I
go okay I’m making some headway this is
the top and the bottom board and it will
sit just like this and this will set up
about something like that and these
boards here there’s three of these these
three are this one this one and this one
basically I have sanded each one of them
have sandpaper here pretty simple thing
to do just run it over it smooth out the
edge you know make it get rid of those
rough edges so I will keep adding to
this okay these are the trade guides and
the front of it would be here and then
you could slide the tray in here and it
goes the end and then up there and what
I have here these are Torx head trim
screws and they’re eight by an inch to
quarter I picked some up but these are
going to be too long because by the time
I get them in there they just barely
stick out the other end so I have just
enough of these to do it and these will
get screwed in from the other side and
I’ll probably put two to three of them
on each one and so I’m gonna do that now
and then I’ll have more to this look
okay when you do this I marked them so I
could see my exact half-inch and I went
in two inches from each side I’ll
probably end up putting another one down
the middle but in order to make sure
they’re in perfect alignment you want to
drill them from this side where you can
see the line I don’t want to draw a line
on the other side because you don’t have
to sand that line off but if you do that
make sure you use a really small bit the
first time for all these pilot holes
that way it won’t bust wood out on the
other side it makes it nice and neat and
clean and then you can turn the wood
over and drill it with the right size
drill bit and then when you put the
screw in it just goes away and you don’t
have any problems okay this one’s done
and this one here the way I’m doing this
I got a couple of C clamps and flush it
put it on the line put the C clamp on
both sides and then you can put the
screws in to hold it and move your way
across okay I’m gaining on my tackle box
and I wanted to point one thing out this
isn’t something I take with me when I go
fishing from the bank this is just this
will be anchored into my boat and this
is a marine grade plywood and it will be
treated it’s already treated but I will
be stained so it’s turning out really
good and then this will actually be
screwed to the floor from the insights
and nobody can steal it it’ll be locked
and it’ll be tucked back and aside there
in the boat so I will have a place for
tackle at all
and when I want to go fishing from the
bank all I have to do is grab one of
these trays so still figuring out how
I’m gonna do these here as far as what’s
gonna go in so I’m gonna go ahead and
get it back on this thing and get a
front cut and keep moving forward this
tackle box is going to be permanently
attached and my boat is coming along
really good I used all gold hardware I
went ahead and put a classic oak kind of
like a honey oak finish on it then put
some polyurethane on it has little
latches down here with a combination
lock there’s one on each side a table to
hold on with and this will actually be
screwed down into my boat so nobody
could ever steal it and all my tackle
will be in there and it will be safe and
I have handles on it to lift if I need
to move it the lid lifts up took a
little while to get all this done inside
but everything has been stained inside
also and the way this works is this was
made for that tray right there I even
made one of these that has everything I
would need to thank fish which would be
this one all they have to do is take
this and wish me and put in the pickup
and go so that’s how it works it’s gonna
work really really well it’s permanent
storage for my tackle for fishing I
think what I’m gonna do on these three I
don’t know I’m gonna make a wooden box
down here that I can pull out that way I
can just have stuff sitting in them
fishing pliers different types of things
I might build two of them I might get
one more container I’m not sure but I
know I’m gonna build one right here and
that’s what I’m gonna do next I measured
the hole to see how big the box would be
and I’m running these through the table
saw and once again this is marine grade
to play with it’s the last of it right
here I don’t know if I’ll have enough to
build two boxes but I definitely have
enough to build one and so I used my
Corner clamp make sure everything’s
perfectly even measure down a half-inch
up a half I’ll do that on this side this
one and this one and then it goes the
bottom goes up from the bottom but then
the front piece will be wider so you
can’t to see these two seams it’ll cover
the whole front and then I’ll probably
put just a little piece of wood or
something on the front or maybe cut a
hole some way so I can pull it out the
one box is done I need to stain it and
finish it yet both of the drawers are
done and I also want a head and stained
it but what I’m using is men white
poly shade and this is actually classic
oak because I like that color and then I
am also putting a little bit of clear
gloss on there not a lot but just a
little bit just a little bit there
should be enough so I will let this dry
for quite a few hours my boat storage
tackle box is completely done I need to
put it in the boat anchor down I have
these little paddle locks down here that
works really really well is one on each
side nice cold handles it turned out
really really nice and then when you
lift this up then you expose all the
tackle I have five trays in here filled
with fishing tackle this small one fills
with it and then I also have two boxes
and they have this one here that’s a
little smaller and I have this one here
what that’s for is for all this stuff
here but they’re just a little bit wet
yet so I won’t let them dry and this
slot here I’m going to pick up another
one of these right here so it is done I
think it turned out really really well I
think it’s going to make a really nice
storage area on the boat and this is
done to chaotix thanks for watching