First thing you'll wanna do is make your way up to the radio tower, where youll spot the blueprint pinned to a whiteboard. Once you've got that, its pretty straightforward - just research it and gather the materials you need. You're looking at 6 plastic, 4 metal ingots, a bolt and a hinge, nothing too crazy really.

Setting it up is actually easier than it sounds, just pop a battery in and you're good to go. Something interesting i learned is that scrap is way more efficient than plastic when making trash cubes - like 10 scrap versus 30 plastic for one cube, which is pretty neat when you think about it. The machine can handle about 600 worth of materials at once, which works out to 4 cubes, and each one takes about 3 minutes to make.

A little tip that saved me some headaches - keep an eye on your battery life, and maybe stockpile some cubes when you can. Those trading posts later on will want them, and trust me, they've got some pretty cool stuff to trade. I usually toss in scrap whenever i've got extra lying around, makes the whole process way faster than using plastic.