Let's see your toolbox.

[afazz]

Can you list the Part # for what appears to be large Snap-On Pin Vise Handles in the red tray, center of pic please

They’re homemade. I buy SGD2BR screwdrivers, pry out the blade, and press in a Snappy Tools #42016 drill bit adapter which is available on McMaster, EBay, or Amazon. The 1/4” hex shank holds perfectly in the handle without any drilling or modification, plus that’s the cheapest tool with my preferred size Instinct handle. The adapter will accept any 1/4” round shank tool, and I prefer using conical carbide burs for deburring drilled holes.

42016 - 1/4" Drill Bit Adapter - Make it Snappy Tools

Snappy drill bit adapters utilize a collet to adapt standard round drill bits to a 1/4" hex power bit shank to be used in quick change chucks and other tools designed to accept a 1/4" hex shank, like impact drivers. Heat treated to a specific hardness to provide durability, while still...

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McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.

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I have made them with drill chucks too, and in other colors for my machinist box:

 

[grumpychevy]

They’re homemade. I buy SGD2BR screwdrivers, pry out the blade, and press in a Snappy Tools #42016 drill bit adapter which is available on McMaster, EBay, or Amazon. The 1/4” hex shank holds perfectly in the handle without any drilling or modification, plus that’s the cheapest tool with my preferred size Instinct handle. The adapter will accept any 1/4” round shank tool, and I prefer using conical carbide burs for deburring drilled holes.

42016 - 1/4" Drill Bit Adapter - Make it Snappy Tools

Snappy drill bit adapters utilize a collet to adapt standard round drill bits to a 1/4" hex power bit shank to be used in quick change chucks and other tools designed to accept a 1/4" hex shank, like impact drivers. Heat treated to a specific hardness to provide durability, while still...

www.snappytools.com

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.

www.mcmaster.com

I have made them with drill chucks too, and in other colors for my machinist box:

Genius, pure genius. Thank you. I’m gonna have to borrow that idea

 

[ecotec]

Geniu, pure genius. Thank you

Genius, pure genius. Thank you. I’m gonna have to borrow that idea

I want to make a couple.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Here is an old listing of hard handles and part numbers. These lower the price a little and do not have Snap On part numbers printed on them.

 

[MWEric]

Met with my Snap on dealer last week. He said he needed boxes…………I said I need more room. He said he had an 84” epic. I said I have a 1023 and a 722. He punched up some numbers and his offer was way too high. Well I thought about it for a little bit and countered. He accepted. Holy **** now I need to take all my **** out of two boxes. I got part way done the first night.
That evening I was looking over the dimensions of the epic. There was no way it would handle all I’ve got. So I called off the deal.
This story has nothing to do with anything, except it was an excuse to rearrange my boxes. Originally one was on the back wall and one was on the side wall. Had a lot of wasted space in the corner. I like this setup much better. I’m pretty sure my dealer won’t talk to me anymore, no big deal I’ll save some money. BTW I solved some of the lack of space wit a Masterforce side box. You can see it at the far end of my setup.

 

[Shelbylex]

MWEric, Nice setup!
...I am sure your dealer will get upset, but he will talk to you - after all you are one of the people who gives him money...

 

[CGarage]

Met with my Snap on dealer last week. He said he needed boxes…………I said I need more room. He said he had an 84” epic. I said I have a 1023 and a 722. He punched up some numbers and his offer was way too high. Well I thought about it for a little bit and countered. He accepted. Holy **** now I need to take all my **** out of two boxes. I got part way done the first night.
That evening I was looking over the dimensions of the epic. There was no way it would handle all I’ve got. So I called off the deal.
This story has nothing to do with anything, except it was an excuse to rearrange my boxes. Originally one was on the back wall and one was on the side wall. Had a lot of wasted space in the corner. I like this setup much better. I’m pretty sure my dealer won’t talk to me anymore, no big deal I’ll save some money. BTW I solved some of the lack of space wit a Masterforce side box. You can see it at the far end of my setup.

What work surfaces do you have on those two bad boys?

 

[MWEric]

What work surfaces do you have on those two bad boys?

Actually it’s just painted 3/4” plywood.

 

[MWEric]

What work surfaces do you have on those two bad boys?

The 722 has the cheap particle board you can get at Menards (if you’re near one). Actually it’s 2 stacked. So I could mount the vise with lags and not through the top of the box.

 

[MWEric]

Pretty good deal for a work surface.

 

[aShop]

I really love Lista toolboxes.


I added 2 more to my garage.

 

[Monte]

pimp my toolbox

 

[AJHD]

Nice. Always been a fan of OD green, whatever flavor it comes in or whatever Snap On decides to call it (Combat Green?).

 

[Jgaz]

This was my original KRA tool box that I bought used in 1977 when I got serious about turning wrenches.
It now lives builtin, under my miter saw/storage bench at the back of my garage. I’ve thought about restoring it since I retired in 2015 but I really think it will stay the way it is. All those bumps and broken welds were hard earned.


I purchased this 60” 3 bank KRA from my dealer in about 2000. It was a “scratch and dent” discount after it was used around the SW in dealer shows.


I stuck with the KRA series because where I was working we put a lot of miles on our boxes.
This box was rolled outside the shop, across a parking area, to the outdoor hoists where we did fuel work. This happened sometimes several days a week.
I was also able to roll it thru passage doors into test cells without opening the roll up doors.

I wanted the narrow depth back then. Now that it has a semi permeant home under the bench in my garage shop the increased depth would be nice

About a dozen times this box was strapped to the mast of the fork lift and transported on the forks about a 1/2 mile out to our handling facility garage.

Top drawer sockets mostly thru 1” and 24mm. Rails mounted on 5/32 aluminum plate to allow for changes in the configuration. I would have preferred this drawer be at least 1/2” deeper because some of my larger size deep sockets wouldn’t stand upright. Deeper sockets stored in another drawer.



Standard wrenches, again thru 1” or so.


Metric wrenches to 24mm


Torx screwdriver set and some my most used Allen wrenches


I did a fair amount of instrumentation work as well as a lot of electrical work.


My 1/4” drive drawer


To be continued:

 

[Jgaz]

A few more drawers.





Recently reorganized, most used pliers. A work in progress


Note the high style bread pan organizers used here


This is one of several drawers that have changed since this became my home shop box.


There are obviously other drawers but this give you an idea.

 

[AJHD]

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[Kasal]

Esta es mi nueva caja, es una Beta RSC24AXL/9-R con nueve cajones en color rojo. También recogí el panel perforado para tener a mano las herramientas más utilizadas.

 

[Kasal]

De momento solo guardo las herramientas que no llevo en mi caja principal.

 

[Shelbylex]

To those of us who do not speak Spanish: (from google translator)
This is my new box, it's a Beta RSC24AXL/9-R with nine drawers in red. I also picked up the pegboard so I have the most used tools close at hand.
... At the moment I only keep the tools that I don't have in my main box.

Reply:
Looks great, Kasal! We do not see many of these on our side of the pond

-¡Se ve muy bien, Kasal! No vemos muchos de estos en nuestro lado del charco.


I hope the translation makes sense and is not some type of comedy prank by google translator... : )

 

[CGarage]

Que Rico, papi

 

[Odd-job]

Took some updated pictures of my cart before leaving work.
Nothing special, but I can do most of the work I encounter on a daily basis from this cart + my laptop.

Hanging the kneeling pad is a pretty good idea which I need to do as well.

I stuck a small waste bin on the side of mine which is sadly one of the most used items.

 

[AJHD]

Hanging the kneeling pad is a pretty good idea which I need to do as well.

I stuck a small waste bin on the side of mine which is sadly one of the most used items.

I do my best to use a kneeling pad whenever possible. I'm constantly on the ground and it's more and more difficult/painful as the years pass to get up and down. The more convenient I can make it, the more likely I am to use it and save whatever is left of my knees.

As for the waste bin, that's an interesting idea. The trash cans are certainly one of the more used items for me as well. I try to have something near by, but find myself walking back and fourth regardless. Do you care to share a picture?

 

[Odd-job]

I do my best to use a kneeling pad whenever possible. I'm constantly on the ground and it's more and more difficult/painful as the years pass to get up and down. The more convenient I can make it, the more likely I am to use it and save whatever is left of my knees.

As for the waste bin, that's an interesting idea. The trash cans are certainly one of the more used items for me as well. I try to have something near by, but find myself walking back and fourth regardless. Do you care to share a picture?

Have been promising myself to put together a more eloquent solution, but alas this has worked for the last 5 years. I was too lazy to even take the labels off the hooks.

2x4 with some hooks. 2x4 is screwed into the waste basket with some sheet metal screws.

 

[lasagna]

I'm a digital nomad. I fly a lot. I cannot travel with a knife or hammer. I live out of a backpack and carry-on suitcase, so space is a premium for me. I keep my travel tools in a pencil case made of thin, tear-proof recycled plastic. To stop metal from scraping against metal, I put both Knipexes in sheepskin pouches. I realize this isn't the most impressive setup on Garage Journal, but my travel tool kit is almost always sufficient for my needs.

 

[Outlawmws]

As long as it works for you it's al good L! I'm a bit surpised that TSA hasn't given you grief on the cutters.

 

[Kasal]

A los que no hablamos español: (del traductor de google)
Esta es mi nueva caja, es una Beta RSC24AXL/9-R con nueve cajones en color rojo. También recogí el tablero perforado para tener a mano las herramientas más usadas.
... Por el momento solo guardo las herramientas que no tengo en mi caja principal.

Responder:
¡Se ve genial, Kasal! No vemos muchos de estos en nuestro lado del charco.

-¡Se ve muy bien, Kasal! No vemos muchos de estos en nuestro lado del charco.


Espero que la traducción tenga sentido y no sea una especie de broma cómica del traductor de Google...

Thank you, I'm sorry, the translator failed me and I hadn't realized it.

 

[lasagna]

As long as it works for you it's al good L! I'm a bit surpised that TSA hasn't given you grief on the cutters.

I actually have a super decent pair of KAI scissors (7170) that I've been keeping in my laptop bag. It's strange-- TSA won't let you have a knife, but you can have scissors as long as the blades aren't longer than 4" past the pivot. After making my post, I stuck the scissors in the same case to see if they fit, and they did (comfortably). So now I have a pair of scissors in there too.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

I actually have a super decent pair of KAI scissors (7170) that I've been keeping in my laptop bag. It's strange-- TSA won't let you have a knife, but you can have scissors as long as the blades aren't longer than 4" past the pivot. After making my post, I stuck the scissors in the same case to see if they fit, and they did (comfortably). So now I have a pair of scissors in there too.

I'd rather get a 4" knife to the chest and a pair of 4" scissors.

Im pretty sure triangular bayonets and blades we're "banned" from war after WW1 due to being too gruesome and awful. LOL

 

[Outlawmws]

I don't think they banned them, I think the demise of cavalry and the need for a gun to do double duty as the old roman style pilum declined due to changing tactics. WWI was pretty much the end of horse mounted cavalry as mechanized cavalry took over. Before that as guns got shorter the bayonets got longer and acquired handles for close work. This was infantries primary defense against a cavalry charge in the massed musket volley era as horses would not charge home against massed bayonets. Of course multi shot firearms also changed that, but not right away as military was notoriously conservative back then. Look at the stupidly idiotic Civil War battle tactics. In WWII the bayonets got shorter and became knives.

Think how dramatically the war in Ukraine is changing battlefield tactics... Tanks are becoming obsolete, ans drones are the new precision attack weapon. Russia tank losses are insanely staggering and they are pressing in Soviet era tanks again.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

IIRC such un-treatable wounds and the weapons that caused them were considered outside of what was acceptable in the same manner as poison gas. Much in the same way you're not supposed to kill or mistreat prisoners. "Supposed to" anyways.

Once somebody took a 3/4" sided triangular knife to the chest there's no stitching that up just an awful death. IIRC it was a "trench knife" specifically which was the issue.

 

[Outlawmws]

Myth: Serrated bayonets are banned, but triangular are not; and why would a triangular shape be more difficult to stitch? Clean, yes, but that's true of any stab wound.

Are Triangular Bayonets Illegal?​

The belief is that triangular bayonet banned, the reason is that triangular bayonet wounds are more difficult to heal and cause more initial bleeding than two-sided bayonet wounds. After a fight, wounds from a triangle bayonet have been known to last for years or never heal at all. This also meant that the wound was more prone to becoming infected before the mid-nineteenth century, making it the major cause of death during the War of 1812.


In addition, the myth says that the Geneva Convention forbade triangular bayonets in 1949 for these reasons, arguing that they cause unnecessary suffering long after the conflict has concluded.

Nonetheless, many people believe that the Geneva Convention of 1949 made the triangle bayonet illegal, although this is not the case. Triangular bayonets are not particularly mentioned in the Convention. Furthermore, the Geneva Convention established many of the rules of war, including the prohibition of “bayonets having a serrated edge,” in response to the use of bayonets (International Committee of the Red Cross).

 

[CGarage]

I don't think they banned them, I think the demise of cavalry and the need for a gun to do double duty as the old roman style pilum declined due to changing tactics. WWI was pretty much the end of horse mounted cavalry as mechanized cavalry took over. Before that as guns got shorter the bayonets got longer and acquired handles for close work. This was infantries primary defense against a cavalry charge in the massed musket volley era as horses would not charge home against massed bayonets. Of course multi shot firearms also changed that, but not right away as military was notoriously conservative back then. Look at the stupidly idiotic Civil War battle tactics. In WWII the bayonets got shorter and became knives.

Think how dramatically the war in Ukraine is changing battlefield tactics... Tanks are becoming obsolete, ans drones are the new precision attack weapon. Russia tank losses are insane;y staggering and hey are pressing in Soviet era tanks again.

Wrong, horse mounted cavalry was used extensively throughout Africa and the border wars of the 70s and 80s.

The cost of a drone is a fraction of the cost of a tank.

That said, these two countries are just getting started and the conflict is far from over.
The outcome is far from determined.
I see many of the EU countries taking a softening stance towards Russia because they realize they need inexpensive energy (via a pipeline from a neighbor) and are not happy about the US having to supply the EU with energy in the short term. The US is doing this primarily via tanker and the environmental and economic cost of this is huge, compared to the low cost of energy transport via pipeline over land.

 

[CGarage]

Myth: Serrated bayonets are banned, but triangular are not; and why would a triangular shape be more difficult to stitch? Clean, yes, but that's true of any stab wound.

Chinese still use triangular bayonets.

 

[CGarage]

I'd rather get a 4" knife to the chest and a pair of 4" scissors.

Both have the potential to be equally lethal and plenty long enough to penetrate deep arteries and internal organs.

The scissors would potentially create two wound channels.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Myth: Serrated bayonets are banned, but triangular are not; and why would a triangular shape be more difficult to stitch? Clean, yes, but that's true of any stab wound.

I stand corrected.

The triangular holes are puncture wounds, not slices, thus displacing tissue. The shape is inherently more difficult to correct. Imagine trying to sew shut the puncture hole of a large dogs canine tooth. It's a hole, a void, vs separated tissue.

Both have the potential to be equally lethal and plenty long enough to penetrate deep arteries and internal organs.

The scissors would potentially create two wound channels.

100%. However I'd prefer the slimmer and sharper cut vs what would be more akin to a hole.

If shot in the chest, I'd prefer to be wearing a thick sweater which would hold blood mass and give me a 0.00001% chance of clotting faster. Doesn't mean it's much help, but it's something. It's like when guys say "it's only a 22". Well a 22 will give you a hell of a trip to the ER, and has a tendency to bounce around rather than go through and through.

I'd choose the knife if given the chance. I'd prefer neither.

 

[CS454]

Screwdrivers, scissors, boxcutters, and paring knives are all easily shopliftable and disposable. Seen what a bike chain used as a whip will do, too. Its a different world and they don't think like you and I.

Anyhow, toolboxes are neat. Wanna talk about toolboxes?

 

[yjWrangler]

 

[CS454]

Those more "modern" colours look great on the Classic boxes.

 

[m6z]

 

[Shelbylex]

Nice set ,M6Z. Looks very well thought out. What are you working on with this set?