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    Roller cabinet recommendations in Australia - $1k

    Found here ... http://www.toolauctions.com.au/advanced_search_result.php?sort=3d&page=8 and here ... http://www.vektools.com.au/white-international-tool-stora-c-17_104.html for $499. Not sure about delivery though? I honestly don't have any weak points to mention about the box, although...
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    Roller cabinet recommendations in Australia - $1k

    Here's some White International options ... http://www.austectools.com.au/shopping-cart/tool-storage/white-international-tool-storage/ I've got the WHI510B chest and it's tough as. 52 kgs for a chest!! Its been in a large exposed hangar for a number of years, then lived forgotten about in my...
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    Roller cabinet recommendations in Australia - $1k

    I bought a White International Chest nearly 15 years ago (from an Alltools) and its been awesome ... daily use, left exposed in a hangar, never gone wrong. It's now my home chest now as I need more mobility at work. Very solid (and heavy), drawers pull all the way out and don't flex at all...
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    Aviation Mechanics..Let's See Your Toolboxes!

    Jetmech09 ... have you got any details on your foam and cutting? Did you buy the foam and cut it yourself as you add tools, or a company did it? Thanks mate.
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    Aviation Mechanics..Let's See Your Toolboxes!

    Times have changed ... Very recently ... we had an aircraft 'on the ground' for the whole day due to a lost socket. It fell into a CFM56-7 engine core section at the end of a nightshift (0600). As the tool was not returned the aircraft was not allowed to fly.(It could be stuck and jam the...
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    Aviation Mechanics..Let's See Your Toolboxes!

    and the skydrol discussion ... I too have always thought it was the blood of Satan. For those that don't know ... its flame retardent hydraulic fluid and it stings like fire just the littlest bit in your eye and it makes your skin feel terrible. We use it in 3000 psi hydraulic systems. But I...
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    Aviation Mechanics..Let's See Your Toolboxes!

    I'm an aircraft mech / A and P / LAME from Australia and I've happily stumbled upon this forum whilst researching 'tool control' solutions. I laughed at the OCD comment, but the biggest issue in my company at the moment is tools not accounted for (missing) after maintenance. We actually...
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