Early on I figured to make this actually sorta practical as a camping accessory (rather than something you carry up to 20 feet from your car, storing a camp kitchen you would otherwise just keep in said car 20 feet away) it would have to do at least some of the work of carrying itself. By which I of course mean it transforms into a wheelbarrow.
CW poor draftsmanship
To accomplish this the legs are made of more svelte aluminum angles, which nest together to provide a pair of handle staves in transport. Instead of just screwing into the box they all terminate at a wheel axle just beyond it, which provides a connecting pivot point (C below) they can rotate forwards and backwards on. The front of the box attaches on a similar pivot to the front legs (A), while the back of the box floats on a bearing (B) which slides down the back legs as they unfold and is caught by a hook (d) which holds the box level at full deployment (here they're all in line, in practice in order for everything to mesh properly A has to be slightly higher than B. I think I mentioned this whole project being overengineered)
Unfortunately my supplier got me oversized stock for the axle, which my wheels will not fit onto, and the whole damn assembly relies on the wheel mounts to hold together. Rather than send it back and get the right stuff like a smart person I'm going to try to turn them down on the lathe - which means borrowing someone's metal lathe, as i'm not getting anywhere with the little woodworking one. Maybe there's a way to make that work?
