Funny you would post this... its the EXACT thing I am planning on doing to either a 13 Drawer or the 26" model (Even the color... Duplicolor Grabber (LIME) Green)!
Thnx again for the compliments....means a LOT coming from folks like you'z!
The ORANGE is Duplicolor Chevy Orange (NOT Chevy Orange Red!)I think the code is DE1620.
I finished this one today. I'm not sure who made it, and it looked like an old Snap On so.... I badged it Snap on... but like I said... dont know who made it!
That being said, here she is...
No on progress pics for this one...except in various paint stages so I will post final product...
I find them on CL... but I scour a 120 mile radius and HAVE been lucky.
Lately though there has been a defenite LACK of buys and it shows in that I have NO current project! Gotta fix that NOW!
and ya thanks....I think it is a VERY FAIR price for the work I have into that box...plus it is...
Believe it! It is the EXACT same box....some went to Home Depot and were branded Husky, while others went to MAC. Same specs. same Sheet Metal, SAME BOXES.
You won't find this to be the case nowadays.
I did my research before selling this as a MAC.... because IT IS A MAC...PERIOD
In the 90's Home Depot was selling Husky Boxes that were made in Canada by a manufacturer that was also selling the IDENTICAL box to MAC,..,..which they sold as the MAC Economizer. So, that box IS IN FACT a MAC ECONOMIZER.
I hope I posted this in correct section...its not a toolbox but...im gonna sorta use it like one...sorta ;)
So I found this 27 drawer file Cab on CL for $30...
Gonna use it for odds and ends in the garage.
I forgot to take a BEFORE pic in this project, but the prig paint job was covered up with...
Thanks SOOO much for all the compliments! My wife thinks I am insane and is divorcing me (SERIOUSLY) because I dont have a "Normal" job...although I do many other things as well... but I digress.
The paint is just RustOleum Enamal and Duplicoilor Engine Enamal. Both are excellent paints...but I...
I dont Clear.... every time I ended up ruining a project and having to literally start over!
But...I DO put about 4-5 coats down... and once it cures it holds up nicely!
Maybe once I start shooting with a gun I will try the clear again.
oh ya... and someone asked about liners... I am CHEAP!!! They are drawer liners from DOLLAR GENERAL!!!! $2/roll!!! They would fit a 26" box better!
and...the Locks are in now. THOSE were a PITA to put back in!!!!
Like I said, NONE of these came out PERFECT....they are LIKE ME!!!! hahaha
This all started when I got my 1st JD Garden Tractor a few yrs back. Wanted it NICE so I restored it. Then I did some more tractors...and this year got into Boxes!
Sometimes I make a very decent buck...other times...not so much. Thats the way life always seems to go though ya know?