I have a small lab I’ve been keeping in my briefcase. But since the Dayton I’ve been doing more experiments on the road. So I’ve been carrying a bankers box. This is hugely inconvenient.

I found a great way of making it much easier. I added a timing belt as a handle. As you can see in the pictures it can be carried with one hand. Any box used to carry model planes can be improved in this way. Of course string works. But the timing belt doesn’t tangle, can stay in place during usage without getting in the way and is thicker so it doesn’t cut into your hand.

Also, these bankers boxes are not that robust. But you can easily fix them by gluing cardboard to them. For instance this one has a 1″ strip of cardboard glued to the box handles and a 2″ strip glued to the sides around the top.