anyone ever built their own tool box?

[AngryBeaver]

Since I couldn’t find a tool box under 24” wide, and less than 12” deep. I made my own. This stahl bed was useless with one shelf per box.
Used 1” square tubing 1/8” wall. Ordered 15 pairs of 150lb slides off of eBay and went to town. The 1” tube at the back bolts to the angle that was factory installed.

I kept the old shelves out of my old service truck (thinking it would be the same) and cut them down and capped them with the dividers they came with. 14-16gauge.

It didn’t take a whole lot other than not being able to find anything under 1200 bucks that would fit.

Even did the center horizontal box also. It turned out so well I’m ordering more slides to do the front box on the other side as well for nuts/bolts/fittings.
Now if only this spray on Bedliner would dry so I can load it up.
Still have to install drawer locks yet. Left enough room to instal an outside the drawer spring type catch On one side. Need some ideas for those. Google hasn’t brought up much other than fence gate, and kitchen drawer latches lol

 

[jdoe213]

Looks good. I started building a wooden box about a year ago. I got three drawer built and then I found a killer deal on a used Craftsman. I turned it into a parts box.

 

[jeepinerdeep]

Nice!

I've been screwing around converting this hospital linen cart into an organizer for the wood butchering and homeowner stuff. It's tough!

I think the term you are thinking of is Barrel Bolt Latch. I bought these small ones for my project but haven't used them yet.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NQ8IUTG/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[WWheeler]

I built this box somewhere around 20 years ago and it's still kicking.

Reason I built my own box was somewhat similar to the OP in that I couldn't find anything the right size I wanted. There was an alcove built in the garage of the house we lived in at the time that I wanted to fill with a box and couldn't find one that was the right width & depth to fill it completely that would fit everything I wanted to put in it.

The box itself is 1-1/4" MDF (3/4 + 1/2 sandwiched) covered in a textured/scratch-resistant laminate, and the drawer boxes are likewise 3/4 MDF with oak pulls & 10ga galvanized bottoms, so it weighs about 10,000 lbs empty. lol. It's still filled 90% with the same 1990s USA made Craftsman tools I had back then.

 

[AngryBeaver]

I built this box somewhere around 20 years ago and it's still kicking.

Reason I built my own box was somewhat similar to the OP in that I couldn't find anything the right size I wanted. There was an alcove built in the garage of the house we lived in at the time that I wanted to fill with a box and couldn't find one that was the right width & depth to fill it completely that would fit everything I wanted to put in it.

The box itself is 1-1/4" MDF (3/4 + 1/2 sandwiched) covered in a textured/scratch-resistant laminate, and the drawer boxes are likewise 3/4 MDF with oak pulls & 10ga galvanized bottoms, so it weighs about 10,000 lbs empty. lol. It's still filled 90% with the same 1990s USA made Craftsman tools I had back then.

nice work man