How to Make a Tack Trunk
A tack trunk will allow you to store essential items for your horse such as hoof picks, ointments and leg wraps. Purchasing a tack trunk can be quite expensive, but you can create your own tack trunk by simply using a footlocker.
Things you will need:
- Foot locker
- Tape measure
- Pencil
- Pine boards
- Cross cut saw
- Electric screw driver
- Wood screws
- Casters
- Sandpaper
- Tack rag
- Foam brushes
- Wood stain
- Flat head screws
- Open the foot locker. Begin measuring your dimensions by starting at the left end of the locker from the top to the bottom. Jot down your measurements.
- Cut your pine board. Following the measurements that you took, cut the pine board using a cross cut saw.
- Attach the boards to the foot locker. Position the pine boards on the back of the foot locker and drill them in with wood screws.
- Close the lid on the foot locker. Turn the foot locker over so that the pine boards are on top. Next, connect a caster to each of the boards and secure with wood screws.
- Turn the trunk back over. Unhook the door and take measurements of its width. Next, cut pine boards to fit those measurements.
- Sand the boards. Using sandpaper, sand the pine boards and wipe off the sawdust with a tack rag.
- Stain your pine boards. Apply the stain with a foam brush and wipe off the excess with a towel.
- Paint your trunk. If you choose to paint your trunk, you must sand it first. Remove the excess dust after sanding and paint as desired.