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HOTRAK Car Card Boxes
By Paul Anderson This web page
was last updated on July 23rd 2009.
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The
material used for these boxes is .060” styrene. The
dimensions given below are for one box. To
make a bank of boxes, multiply the width of the back and front by
the number of boxes you wish to gang together. Cut
the bottom of the box 1/8” shorter than the front and back. The
side pieces for the two ends stay the same but the dividers between
sections should be cut .060” shorter than the end pieces. To
make multiple rows of holders, increase the height of the front
panel to 6” and install with the excess length hanging below the row of
holders. This now becomes the back of the next row. When
ganging multiple rows together, start by assembling front row
first, then the back, sides and bottom of each successive row. When
each row is
assembled then glue the front row to next row and allow the glue to set
then
glue this assembly to next row if there is one. I
wouldn’t recommend ganging together any more than three rows as the
bottom row would be getting quite low for viewing and the whole unit
will start
significantly projecting out from the module. The
hanger comes with many names, tile edging, carpet edging, wall
panel edging, plywood edging, etc. The ideal hanger will have a
¼” slot with a
wide side for gluing to the card holder. Some people have used metal
edging
glued on with epoxy. |

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