{"id":4418,"date":"2012-01-16T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2012\/01\/16\/modbox-prototype\/"},"modified":"2012-01-16T16:36:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:36:12","slug":"modbox-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2012\/01\/16\/modbox-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"ModBox Prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We really like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modkat.com\/\" target=\"_self\">ModKat<\/a> litter box, but at $200, it&#039;s a bit silly&#8230; and true to the name (RedneckModern): if you can make it, why buy it?<\/p>\n<p>With Marty, we used Ikea&#039;s Sluggis boxes for litter boxes, but they&#039;ve been discontinued. They were nice as they were truly waterproof\/leakproof and looked a bit more sleek that your typical litter pan. In looking for a replacement, I noticed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/60094072\/\" target=\"_self\">Trofast<\/a> series of sliding drawers and thought these might make a nice replacement&#8230; and at $3, a bargain.<\/p>\n<p>There&#039;s an IkeaHack in here somewhere &#8212; perhaps taking the 3-wide Trofast frame and making it a 3-cat litter station, but the idea of the box sliding like a drawer was enough to get the gears turning. A few dollars in particleboard later &#8212; and the first use of the dado blade on the saw &#8212; the first prototype emerged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb19fbc970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Box_00\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb19fbc970d\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb19fbc970d-400wi.jpg\" style=\"width: 364px\" title=\"Box_00\" \/><\/a><br \/> <a href=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb1a023970d-popup\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb1a023970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Box_01\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb1a023970d\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e20162ffb1a023970d-400wi.jpg\" style=\"width: 364px\" title=\"Box_01\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The idea of a top-entry litter box is for the cat to shake off litter while jumping out. For this, a lowered platform open on the face and back serves well &#8212; for the final, I might even put a small square of coir matting to trap more debris or use a perforated material.<\/p>\n<p>The final will eventually be made of solid wood or plywood and should cost well under the ModKat price of $200 for the materials. I&#039;ve also noted that the bottom is kind of unnecessary as the tray is rigid enough to support itself (and cat) while locked into the dado groove. I think walnut plywood and a floating green tray might look pretty cool. Maybe with a porthole on the face or side, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We really like the ModKat litter box, but at $200, it&#039;s a bit silly&#8230; and true to the name (RedneckModern): if you can make it, why buy it? With Marty, we used Ikea&#039;s Sluggis boxes for litter boxes, but they&#039;ve been discontinued. They were nice as they were truly waterproof\/leakproof and looked a bit more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-modern-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ModBox Prototype - Red Neck Modern<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2012\/01\/16\/modbox-prototype\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ModBox Prototype - Red Neck Modern\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We really like the ModKat litter box, but at $200, it&#039;s a bit silly&#8230; and true to the name (RedneckModern): if you can make it, why buy it? 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