Post Box

[Onoff]

How often do you get stuff pinched from your letterbox?

A lot. It's de rigueur for wandering local low lifes to blatantly wander up the road checking mail boxes. Cheque books were a favourite back in the day. Now it's parcels.

 

[Onoff]

If it's in the same proportion at full scale set the opening at 5ft ish off the floor and it will be very difficult to reach in to the bottom of the box

It wont be as tall as the Blue Peter mock up, as much as anything to save bending down when retrieving parcels. 1m high probably, governed by the stainless sheet size as much as anything.

 

[sako243]

Don't want to see any wires or string. Was playing with that idea first off:

If you extended the door flap upwards on the inside of the box then a couple of pulleys in the top corners would redirect it neatly in the corners, could even be boxed in and hidden.

I think you're complicating things personally having the gearing when a simple linkage or wire would work.

 

[iNf]

 

[Onoff]

I think you're complicating things

Moi?

 

[Onoff]

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I do like that idea.

 

[Kram]

Back on this. Got access to some 1mm stainless sheets like this:

https://flic.kr/p/2qA7Rsx

Little video done with CAD:

https://flic.kr/p/2qAiXAC

If only I could TIG weld like @Cheesie. More if onli I could TIG weld at all!

Thin stainless is a real pain to weld, it'll bend like a banana. I had a couple of failed stainless projects.. would suggest steel and painting, aluminium or pop rivets/bolting if you must use stainless.

 

[Onoff]

Thin stainless is a real pain to weld, it'll bend like a banana. I had a couple of failed stainless projects.. would suggest steel and painting, aluminium or pop rivets/bolting if you must use stainless.

Wishing I'd made my metal folder wider now! I'll have to measure it and make the box to suit.

https://flic.kr/p/2mhGe6p

 

[pedrobedro]

All you need is a decent sized box with a lid which, when opened pulls up a “shelf” which the postie can place things on and when it closes said things drop into the box below. Dead simple and your postie will love you for it.

That's how the dog poop bins work round here.

 

[Onoff]

This has to fit through a fence made from scaffold boards:

 

[Robotstar5]

This has to fit through a fence made from scaffold boards:

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Nice simple design, but if you had a couple of parcels would the first one block the mechanism from pivoting?

 

[8ob]

Nice simple design, but if you had a couple of parcels would the first one block the mechanism from pivoting?

It will block, these post bins need to be huge or they back up.

Bob

 

[Onoff]

Nice simple design, but if you had a couple of parcels would the first one block the mechanism from pivoting?

Depends how deep I make the box I guess. Plan is an alarm or even Blink camera in there.

 

[Onoff]

Hmmm...a rough video of my 2D CAD musings. I'll likely fold the two tray edges up by 1/2" to give some strength. The weight will be a bit of stainless flat bar. The pivot bar, 1" box I've oodles of kicking around with "round" ends. IF I go this route. It'll only give me around 10" of parcel space in the bottom.

https://flic.kr/p/2qANDkP

 

[iNf]

You need to leave plenty of room in the bottom as said but you don't need to make the internal plate the full depth of the box

 

[Onoff]

You need to leave plenty of room in the bottom as said but you don't need to make the internal plate the full depth of the box

Half the width and a castellated rear edge / some carpet grippers on the underside then!

 

[E T]

Depends how deep I make the box I guess. Plan is an alarm or even Blink camera in there.

I don't think the Blink camera will have a good wifi and sync module connection inside a metal box on your fence.

 

[Onoff]

I don't think the Blink camera will have a good wifi and sync module connection inside a metal box on your fence.

I did think that. Top of the box will have direct line of sight to the router so will likely make a custom plastic enclosure to sit atop the box.