Base for Toolbox

[taylorguitar]

I posted this question on a semi-related thread without much response...and searched this forum quite a bit...

The plan is to remove the casters on the below toolbox and mount to some sort of base. Don't want a wooden base. Don't want any more than a two inch high base. Don't want to use it as a bench base.

If any of you have done this or have ideas, can you post pics and descriptions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[930dreamer]

I have one or two of these for sale.

 

[framer]

2 inch angle iron welded together.

 

[JC23]

ABOVE Plus some bad *** wheels.

 

[JSBriggs]

Angle iron form an old bed frame would be enough to make a base out of.

-Jeff

 

[sberry]

I made base for one that pallet jack fits under. Was really too heavy for the wheels that came on it anyway, used them for something else.

 

[wfochris]

Curious why you don't want to be able to move it?

 

[taylorguitar]

Curious why you don't want to be able to move it?

So far I have never wanted to move it and I can't see needing to in a 16 x 20 workshop. If I'm working on a vehicle or on the bench it is within close enough reach. If I'm doing other projects I'm outside the shop and wouldn't be rolling it out there either. Plus, I like the height of it better with casters removed.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Why not wood?

 

[hdv32]

I am using two HF 13 drawer units for bases on a workbench and replaced the casters with longer bolts in the threaded holes for the casters.
Allowed me to fine tune height and to level well. With four points of contact for each corner it works great, especially since my floor is sloped and this allowed me to make the bench top level. Cheap and easy, if your casters were threaded. You could even put rubber tips on the bolts if you wanted to.

 

[Daddy_Rabbit]

what's wrong with locking down the casters and leaving it alone? maybe I'm missing something here.

 

[taylorguitar]

Why not wood?

Jack...you live in CA? I might would in CA or other dry climates, but I'm in the moist south...plus I don't want the look of wood. This is in an old garage I'm converting to a shop where termites have been and will surely visit again, so it's kind of a combined reasoning.

 

[taylorguitar]

what's wrong with locking down the casters and leaving it alone? maybe I'm missing something here.

I want it lower than the casters allow and i don't want **** getting under the tool box....you know...every time you drop something it rolls/bounces under something even if not nearby.

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

I am using two HF 13 drawer units for bases on a workbench and replaced the casters with longer bolts in the threaded holes for the casters.
Allowed me to fine tune height and to level well. With four points of contact for each corner it works great, especially since my floor is sloped and this allowed me to make the bench top level. Cheap and easy, if your casters were threaded. You could even put rubber tips on the bolts if you wanted to.

Do you have some photos of your set up? Thanks...

 

[stonewellmark]

Get some 2x2 stainless square tube, make a base to box dimensions then bolt the box to it. Any other material would look cheesy with a stainless box

 

[taylorguitar]

Get some 2x2 stainless square tube, make a base to box dimensions then bolt the box to it. Any other material would look cheesy with a stainless box

i totally agree now that i am listening to and considering everyone's ideas. i've decided to use two other craftsman stainless roller chests for the base to a workbench...your idea will have it all looking uniform.

 

[onewaydave]

Aluminum diamond plate, frame up a base with toe kick. Tada. Or plain aluminum angle. SS + aluminum or steel + aluminum in a moist environment, gotta have a lot of insulation to prevent electrolysis.

Dave.