building my own tool box

[Darius6t9]

Any news on this build? I am keeping an eye on this for ideas and info on how to do it. Keep it up. Looks awesome.

 

[toelesswelder]

Well this build is sort of on a stand still, our press break had a small malfunction and has been out of service for the past week. Hopefully our service guy got the 1400 $$ scale.
And also my wife gave birth to our beautiful son Dominick last night. Came in at 9lb 11 oz. Proud dad right here
But i will keep you posted as i build more. hopefully this weekend i get to tinker around with it a bit.

 

[ADSR]

^^ Congrats buddy!!!

 

[413dan]

indeed congrats on that! the box and we can wait, although…lol

 

[healing]

Wow big baby! Congrats

 

[Rarified27]

Congrats!

 

[kluckfab]

Neato

 

[toelesswelder]

Haha thanks guys. The break press did get fixed so ill be doin work on it soon

 

[BikerDad]

Congrats on the munchkin!! Sounds like you should fab up a crib first.

 

[shocksandstrutz]

Definitly in to watch this one, congrats on the little man, enjoy every minute

 

[toelesswelder]

So i got side tracked today as i usually do and started yet another project. Haha custom lobster back intake for my 89 RX7

 

[ADSR]

^^ looks good to me!

 

[toelesswelder]

So i finally got to work on my tool box again. Built the tool box top and ready to tack everything in place and sqaure it.

 

[toelesswelder]

Might be some double pictures

 

[ADSR]

Good to see you back here, bud!

 

[toelesswelder]

Thanks. Next step will be making the inside panels where all the drawer slides mount to.

 

[toelesswelder]

Also had a good idea to do a big drawer in the bottom right for a filing cabinet. I deal with alot of blue prints and it would be nice to have a spot to organize them

 

[toelesswelder]

 

[toelesswelder]

Update. Welded out the whole box this morning. Its a solid fricken box now wow. Im very happy with the outcome.
Whats left is making the drawers and paint pretty much

 

[toelesswelder]

Also built a hanger for my creeper.

 

[toelesswelder]

Slowly but surely im gettin it done. Did some more on saturday.

 

[toelesswelder]

On the last picture you can see the plate where all the drawer slides will be riveted on. I was gonna bolt those pieces on as you can see in this picture. 4 bolts but its such a pain. I decided i will be just stitching them on. Probly 6 stictches. Before i weld those on ill be priming in behind there

 

[kylefitz]

Looks great so far. Subscribed.

 

[jsharpphoto]

way to go! this is awesome.

 

[1949 caddyman]

What are the large round holes for?

 

[bodyguy16]

^^^^ i wondered about that too, then came to the conclusion its for weight reduction.. looking good so far!!

 

[ScottsRX]

Subscribed, although you're almost done.

Coming along nicely and looks a damn sight sturdier than anything you could buy off the shelf.

Should be perfect for the 75% of the year that your RX7 will be off the road (damn rotors )

 

[Blake150]

How do you subscribe to a thread cause I definitely wanna see this one through. That looks great btw

 

[toelesswelder]

Haha thanks guys. And yes the holes are just weight reduction. Its all 12 gage steel so its pretty heavy. Gotta save weight where i can. Lol although the drawers will be either aluminum, 14 or 16 gage steel so itll be a little lighter.

 

[toelesswelder]

Did a little more on my tool box this morning. Put the 1x2 square tubing in where the drawer slide plates sit up against. Also primed in behind there to prevent some rusting in the future.
with these drawer slides the drawers will sit about 4" inside the box. Im ok with that though

heres also a photo of what i do on a regular basis. Plumbing modification on a preasure truck

 

[Bunit98]

Very nice toelesswelder

 

[longlivepunk]

Cool! Whereabouts in Alberta are you? Subscribing to this for sure! I don't really understand the high-end boxes either, I'm a fan of old Beach tool-boxes or for the money go get a Lista or Rousseau. But this will be damn cool!

 

[toelesswelder]

Thanks guys. Im from taber alberta. East of lethbridge.
Its funny cuz snap-on, mac and matco all come to my shop and they are always dissapointed that i didnt buy one from them lol yeah its taken me a long time but in the end i wont be payin for the box for 5 years

 

[NKlamerus]

Definetly subd

However I do request an explanation for the name...

 

[toelesswelder]

Sorry name for what?

 

[toelesswelder]

For the toelesswelder name? This is why haha

 

[James-W]

I know a couple guys who built a tool box from wood, but this is much more cool.

 

[bczygan]

For the toelesswelder name? This is why haha

Oh man...you gotta tell me what happened!

 

[Hafen_Kafer]

wha?

 

[toelesswelder]

Haha worked at a hay exporting plant and doing some maintainance on machinery and guy flipped the machine on and my foot was in the wrong place. Crushed all 5 toes, every bone was broken in 3 or more spots. Two months later had to get amputated. And no i have no problem balancing lol i snowboard,bmx, raced motocross, do everything i used to