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doodah man

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convincing me that I needed a roll cab and top box for my tools...even though i don't have a garage. Thanks to my wife for letting me put it in our living room!
 

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briandrex

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If your wife ever leave you please instant message me! That is awesome! I need me some snap on in the living room! :beer:
 
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Off topic, what size wire did you use to make the wrench holders?

Oh yeah and your wife is really cool :) I am just grateful mine hasn't yelled at me for buying too much stuff.
 
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doodah man

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MN Falcon said:
Off topic, what size wire did you use to make the wrench holders?

Oh yeah and your wife is really cool :) I am just grateful mine hasn't yelled at me for buying too much stuff.
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I used 12 gauge copper wrapped around a 7/8" dowel. For the little wrenches I made the loops around a smaller dowel. I owe that idea to garage journal too.
 
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Lucky man! My ex would have killed me if I tried to put my toolbox in the living room!
 
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WOW in the living room, your wife is a keeper. I would be happy if it was in the basement, but the living room. Wow.
 
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doodah man said:
I used 12 gauge copper wrapped around a 7/8" dowel. For the little wrenches I made the loops around a smaller dowel. I owe that idea to garage journal too.
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Great idea! I think I'll turn a tapered wooden dowel and make some for myself.

You're a lucky man to have a wife who understands...now talk her into letting you buy more tools, you don't have nearly enough. :thumbup:
 
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G_P said:
Lucky man! My ex would have killed me if I tried to put my toolbox in the living room!
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Well, I guess that depends. If you didn't have a garage for your tools, and you had the tools spread out around the coffee table, or in a cardboard box on the living room couch, then I can see how one could easily get spousal approval.

Outside of that, yeah, you're one lucky man!
 
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You've got a very understanding wife there & a nice caribou looking down over your box :D
 
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I've often thought about this, some boxes are closer to works of art than a piece of shop equipment. Building one with big drawers and keeping it in your bedroom as a dresser would be really cool.
 
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I had been using a 26" bottom cabinet inside the house for a while. For PC repair or builds. I had a wrap around home office desk and without the wheels, it went under one part of the desk.
 
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HA! Showed those pics to my wife and the look on her face was enough to know that would be a bad idea. SHe tolerated my bike repair stand and bike toolbox in the corner, since she wanted to talke with me while I worked on bikes. But the roller box would be bad for me.

Neat neat idea for the wire and wrenches. Must give that a whirl tonight.
 
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shoturtle said:
WOW in the living room, your wife is a keeper. I would be happy if it was in the basement, but the living room. Wow.
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:thumbup::thumbup::+1:

When I was going to marry my wife I had to move from my Apt. to her condo for a short time. Well after renting a storage unit I could not get my tablesaw inside that packed unit so it sat in her dinning room next to the dinner table talk about a conversation topic:willy_nil
 
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years ago when i was still racing flat track, i assembled engines on a coffee table in the living room. but i had to keep my toolbox in the screened in porch at the back of the house.


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I have a Kennedy Machinist's topbox on my dresser for odds and ends.
 
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