I've been needing to build a drag box for my 55' Makita plunge saw guides, so I finally broke down and built it yesterday.
Using pristine Lauan plywood from some januwine Chiwanese package I received, I cut several strips of the beautiful stuff. Then I sawed a little slot in the middle of a couple shiny white fir furring strips. The middle strip is sandwiched between outers, creating the pair of roughly 5/8" x 57" pockets which protect the guides. For a quick cap, I stapled velcro strips onto another piece of fir, for a nice, secure retainer.
Well, during the staple-down, I found that half the bloody 1" long
1/8" crown staples had blown out the side, preventing the open pocket inside. One side worked fine, so I just had to remove the other. About this time, I spied the spare piece of 1/4" oak ply in my lumber stack and decided to fab the top from that. It's much, much nicer.4 hand-rubbed coats of Waterlox later, we have this box which I can toss into the bed of the truck when I take the plunge saw to a client site:
-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour