[TheForge] mailbox

[Justin Fellenz]

..and get one of those movement-activated cameras you use for wildlife.
There are cheap versions onsale on the net too that can be run
wirelessly into your computer or a vcr.

JRF


--- Dan Scheid <damales at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Darn you beat me to it. I can see their face as the bat breaks over
> what
> appears as a sheet metal box. :-) Might keep them from doing anyone
> else's
> box
> Dan 
> Walt,
>      I have an idea for you.  Why not make an internal shell of 1/4"
> plate,
> or make a mailbox from 1/4" plate or better and make it look like a
> sheet
> metal mailbox.
> 
> 
> -Chris K.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Mullett" <wmullett at bright.net>
> To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] mailbox
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:58:31 -0500
> 
> > 
> > Well, my mailbox took a hit again last night.  This happens about
> once
> every
> > two months.  I think it's a neighbor that I had a run in with.  I
> wish I
> > could catch him but my house is 500' off the road and hidden from
> that
> area.
> > 
> > Rather than buying new every time, I've got two boxes that I've
> been
> > swapping when they get bashed and straightening them back up using
> my
> sheet
> > metal tools.  I replaced the cheap plastic handle and clasp with
> forged
> > ones.  I've got a new molded plastic unit in the barn but I really
> hate
> the
> > look of these and if the vandal can smash this one, it wont be
> repairable.
> > 
> > Usually the idiot just smashes the box down it the middle. 
> Probably uses
> a
> > bat.  This time he hit it full width and blew the back partway off.
> > 
> > Looks like it's time to come up with a nice design in steel.  I
> just don't
> > want a clunky welded up box.
> > 
> > Walt
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