Craftsman 26 on clearance

[casper36092]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-...wer-Steel-Rolling-Tool-Cabinet-Red/1001098026

Is this craftsman 1000 26 inch bottom any good or is the 2000 or even a harbor freight much better. From looking at the hyper tough at Walmart it appears the exact same and it was said it was made by Waterloo

I tried to ask in the clearance thread but my post aren’t high enough

 

[Maddog1337]

I would recommend going to Lowes and checking them out for yourself.

The 1000 series is paper thin metal, 30lbs per drawer. It's Chinese **** and an abomination of the Craftsman name.

Yes, they are advertised assembled in USA, but of Chinese pot metal.

Now with that being said. I actually bought my dad a 2000 series top chest. It's passable in quality. The red paint is great, and shines with a layer of Collinite 845 (automotive wax).

My only gripe with it is it takes an excessive amount of force to open the drawers. The activation/locking mechanism I believe is plastic so I don't think there's a solution there. The drawers also didn't slide smoothly on factory grease, but after some Fluid Film they were butter. The manufacturing in terms of the metal folds wasn't the best in some places, but that's par for the course for this price range.

I will say if you're in the market for a 26" chest, there's virtually nothing better for the price than the textured black Husky chests. Solid, thick metal, truck bed type coating (no scratches/rust). No soft close but I believe they are actually made in the USA? I have the bottom/top chest and I'm very satisfied with them.

 

[mfewtrail]

Even a HF 4 drawer toolcart is a lot better option for holding tools than that Craftsman. $139 with a coupon. I have one of the Craftsman boxes and it's made very cheap. If you only have a very small amount of tools, it could work fine for you though. Another use for it could be storage so long as the stuff you're storing isn't very heavy.

 

[soloz2]

I recently picked up 3 of those boxes. They are light duty. There is no comparison with my us general pro stack or old snap on box. But they work for nice organized storage of things like bits, vacuum nozzles, paint supplies, etc.

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[Crabman]

Casper,

There was a discussion about these when soloz bought his.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8273595#post8273595

I bought two and have set them up. They are not for a hundred pounds of sockets in one drawer for sure. But as soloz says they are fine for organizing lighter items and getting rids of boxes, bins, etc. I put mine in a small room that is between my garage and house where I keep mostly boating and fishing equipment and supplies (of which I have way too much).

I have both a 54" 3000 box (very heavy duty and I like it) and some older '80's/'90s "ball bearing" 26's, which are like the 2000 series, which have served me well. The 1000 is, with a 30 lb. drawer capacity, a different breed of cat.

Good luck finding what works for your needs.

Bruce

 

[jg4660]

I just snagged one. Free shipping cant go wrong. Will work well for an older light duty Craftsman top i have in the basement.I'll use it to store light duty tools and reloading supplies. Thanks for the tip.

JG

 

[dodge610]

I also have 3 of these and they work fine for storage of all my connsumables and other lighter items. I checked them at the store for the price point they are a good deal. And no more plastic bins stacked up to go through.