Steel Box

My Grandfather Had This, Its WWII Era, And I Finally Decided To Do Something With It. The Paint Wouldn't Come Off With Paint Stripper, So It Was A Few Hours With A Grinder And Wire Wheel. I Was Thinking Maybe Used To Store All My Camping Stuff In One Spot. Any Ideas? Additions?

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It may work as a faraday cage to store electronics in.

Would I Have To Install A Lining?

you would have to have a mat to set them on, or liner if something is touching the walls. Plywood would work, so would rubber matting.

Camping gear would be a good choice and a way to "take him along" on your trips.

If you want it for a Faraday cage you don't need anything to line it. The cage directs the charge over the outside of the metal casing. You can make a Faraday cage with chicken wire.

http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~kskeld...i/exhibits/E3/

http://www.faraday-cage.com/

If I had any ammo, I'd have it stored in a metal box in case of a house fire. If I had any. That would keep it from zipping through the neighborhood.....maybe. But at least some would be in one spot and easy to grab. If you had any.

I Think It Might Get Hot Enough To Set The Ammo Off, Its Only 1/8 Thick. I Have A Smaller Version I Was Thinking Of Making Air Tight And Burying On A Spot Of Land We Own. A SHTF Cache.

I think the point was that it's far better to have ammo cooking off in a contained steel box than flying around the room.

Mythbusters put ammo in an oven to see if it would fire. Since the bullet is heavier it is not what fire, it's the case that will fly through the air...

'Zactly on both posts. I should have been more specific. Sorry.

Years ago, I learned that all your stuff in one place, in one big box, is not real practical.

Too big, too heavy, hard to pack, hard to store, what you need is ALWAYS on the bottom, if there is a problem... everything gets screwed up, instead of just a portion.....at least that what I learned, when packing and storing a primitive camp.

I have a large ceder chest, real large, that I heep my lodge (primitive wall tent) in on the rafters on my garage........Chest stays there, I take out the contents when I'm gonna use it.

Think about it.

Cool chest, though, I would be tempted......

I have an 81mm ammo box for some. Wooden crates for some. 30 and 50 cal. ammo cans for some. That way it's not too heavy to carry. All of it in the darn lake though. Shame really. I would have thought those wooden crates would have floated.

I think you did a great job cleaning up the box. You could use it to keep food in and critters out when truck camping or hunting. Or keep in the truck to keep tools in.

Hey Rick: Will you ever take canoe lessons? Just sayin'

I think I've got the sinking and recovery down pretty good. Really no need for lessons

I have previously read that ammo and gun powder, (ammo in large quantities) should be stored in wooden crates/boxes. The rational being that in the event of fire, gun powder/ammo cooking off in a metal box creates enough pressure to become a bomb, where as the sides and top of a wooden container come apart at much lower pressures. For burying ammo, i still believe that a schedule 60 PVC pipe with screw end caps and a good sealing ring beats any metal container.

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Originally Posted by Old Professor

I have previously read that ammo and gun powder, (ammo in large quantities) should be stored in wooden crates/boxes. The rational being that in the event of fire, gun powder/ammo cooking off in a metal box creates enough pressure to become a bomb, where as the sides and top of a wooden container come apart at much lower pressures. For burying ammo, i still believe that a schedule 60 PVC pipe with screw end caps and a good sealing ring beats any metal container.

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Still need to contend with condensation unless the area is very dry or constant temps.....PVC is my thought for ammo as well.

To stop condensation throw in some white rice.

hummm, I know my Grandmother used rice in the salt shakers, so it wouldn't clump...although I think that same rice was in there for years......Hummmm

If I was going to store ammo underground, I would use 4" PVC pipe, fillit with ammo, and pour baking soda in the end and glue a pipe cap on one end, and then same on the other end. If you bury it 5 feet below ground, the temperature is always at a stable temperature around 50 degrees. If any condensation did form, the baking soda would readily absorb it. Glued PVC fitting do not leak if they are glued properly!

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