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My very first craftsman toolbox :-)

hickmlg09

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My dad brought me home my very first craftsman toolbox. He said they were going to throw it away at work and he said he'll take it! Now I will have to fill it up with some tools. I can't wait tell the flea market comes around :D!
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SWEEEEET My first tool box was just like that one. Those things last forever. If your anything like most of us that is just the start of the wonderful addiction of Tool Collecting. Have Fun
 
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hickmlg09

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SWEEEEET My first tool box was just like that one. Those things last forever. If your anything like most of us that is just the start of the wonderful addiction of Tool Collecting. Have Fun

Well I have started already. I think I am going to put my craftsman tool kit tools in this one! I may have to move to a bigger tool box next year. I am doing my associte degree in automotive technology so I am trying not to spend a lot right now on tools, but I know that isn't going to happen. My new addiction is pawn shops for tools!!
 

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Nice find. I have one like it in the basement.

Here's one I picked up recently to leave with my daughter at her town house to keep the tools I've given her.

I don't know if I'll strip and paint it or leave it.
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Here's one I picked up recently to leave with my daughter at her town house to keep the tools I've given her.

I don't know if I'll strip and paint it or leave it.
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My Dad had one of those for years and YEARS !

I hated it. You had to take half of the contents out to find anything. It could only hold one set of sockets (1/2" drive, 12 point, standard depth).

Now, I wish I had it.
 

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Free is good! Nice little starter box, and you can use it as a road box or in the house box later when you upgrade.
 
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hickmlg09

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Nice find. I have one like it in the basement.

Here's one I picked up recently to leave with my daughter at her town house to keep the tools I've given her.

I don't know if I'll strip and paint it or leave it.
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I was thinking about redoing this one. I need to fix the lock thing in the middle thou!
 
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hickmlg09

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Free is good! Nice little starter box, and you can use it as a road box or in the house box later when you upgrade.

Free is always good! I love free :D I was planning on putting it in my jeep after I get another tool box!
 

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Now you just need a good quality set of TORX bits to put in that toolbox since you are a Jeep owner.

Next time I meet a girl with a coach bag, I'll pray she has an old crafsman toolbox on the dinner table, lol.
 
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hickmlg09

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Now you just need a good quality set of TORX bits to put in that toolbox since you are a Jeep owner.

Next time I meet a girl with a coach bag, I'll pray she has an old crafsman toolbox on the dinner table, lol.

Are torx bits a good thing to have being a jeep owner?
 

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Oh yeah, I myself have the cheap autozone greatnecks , but evertime I break one I get a whole new set, but the flip side is they do break when you start putting a pipe over the breaker bar.

BTW, the A/C belt can be a PITA to change, just a heads up
 

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save your money on a toolbox. get some free old office drawers to use as a toolbox. Having the nicest, most expensive toolbox does not earn you money! Less money to do business= more profit.

I'm speaking from experience here. I spent $380 on a nice toolbox. Should of just gotten something free, I would of had more room too. http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr70/donlipa/DSC00378.jpg I bought one like that, but it's a relabeled cman. 50% on black friday 2008. Free would of been a million times better.
 
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My 2007 Wrangler unlimited has them everywhere. I will have to go look at sizes but the ones I use the most are to remove the doors. (there is a nut on the bottom of the hinge pin) and there are four screws that I use to take off the brackets that hold the soft top hardware on. (T50 for the door bolts) (T40 for the mirror bolts also the hard top) (T30 for the soft top hardware). If you take the doors off a lot it is a lot easier to leave the bolt off during the time you want to remove the doors. You can replace the soft top screws with quick releases that you won't have to use the torx bit.

My suggestion is get a complete set of torx bits up to T50 and then fill in any larger sizes as you need them. Get the best set you can afford.
 
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hickmlg09

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Oh yeah, I myself have the cheap autozone greatnecks , but evertime I break one I get a whole new set, but the flip side is they do break when you start putting a pipe over the breaker bar.

BTW, the A/C belt can be a PITA to change, just a heads up

Well thanks for the info! I will put these on my list of things I need and am going to look for at the flea market :)
 
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hickmlg09

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My 2007 Wrangler unlimited has them everywhere. I will have to go look at sizes but the ones I use the most are to remove the doors. (there is a nut on the bottom of the hinge pin) and there are four screws that I use to take off the brackets that hold the soft top hardware on. (T50 for the door bolts) (T40 for the mirror bolts also the hard top) (T30 for the soft top hardware). If you take the doors off a lot it is a lot easier to leave the bolt off during the time you want to remove the doors. You can replace the soft top screws with quick releases that you won't have to use the torx bit.

My suggestion is get a complete set of torx bits up to T50 and then fill in any larger sizes as you need them. Get the best set you can afford.

I don't know if I would take my doors off because they may not go on stright again!

I plan on putting them on my list! Thanks for the info :)
 

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Hick, I'm confused...as long as you've been a member, this is your first toolbox? Maybe I missed something.

Seems like until recently she was buying for others mostly, not herself. I'd say this a a recent development. (We infected yet another one; you WILL be assimilated!

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hickmlg09

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Seems like until recently she was buying for others mostly, not herself. I'd say this a a recent development. (We infected yet another one; you WILL be assimilated! :evil:

Yes! You are right I was buying for someone else and not me!

Oh yes I am already addictied to this site. Nice people and I learn a lot! Last night I told myself your going to bed and not getting on garage journal, well that didn't happen. Had to check in!
 

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