HF 5 Drawer Chest Mod

[Hoby]

See anything different.

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[Syndicate]

I do not have mine yet, so I do not know what to look for. I can say I like the top liner on the lid and the lid handle. And the chrome pieces on the fronts. I will be getting mine next week.

 

[Hoby]

The lid is down, but the drawers will still open.

 

[Syndicate]

Did you form a piece to cover the lock, or did you just take it out? Any help as this is a good thing. I always have to open the lid on my other cart to open drawers.

 

[Hoby]

Here's how. First draw a pencil line on the black locking rail cover. Push the cover down and draw and draw another line. Measure between the two lines.

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Drill out the four rivets holding the locking rail covers on. I used needle nose vise grips to keep them spinning.

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Do what ever it takes to move the lid past 90°. Then open the drawers about 3", and pull out the locking rails.

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Measure between the pencil marks and cut that off the end of each rail. Mine was a fuzz under 9/16", so I cut off 9/16". Deburr all four pecies.

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Start the cutoff in the black cover.

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And use the locking rail to push it all the way in. Put the locking rails back in position.

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Close the lid and drawers should be locked. Open the lid, pull off the black covers, close the lid and drawers should open. If they won't open tim a 1/16" off the long rails. When all is good rivet the covers back on.

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Also I put two of these felt pads on the inside of the lid corners the keep it from rattling.

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I think I got the pads from Lowes.

 

[twincam00]

Thought about doing that mod but then you cant lock the drawers at all, security is an issue at work

 

[Syndicate]

Wow that is cool. Thank you for this tip. I am sure I will be doing it. I can not wait. Never been excited to get anything from hf but since joining the forum and reading the reviews, I thought instead of buying a 900 cart I would get the 199 cart. Thanks again.

 

[Hoby]

Put the black covers back on and the drawers will lock. The whole locking is a selling point. Grab the corner of the lid amd give it a yank and it'll fold up like a lawn chair..

 

[twincam00]

Keeps annoying coworkers out well