Let's see your toolbox.

[7.62]

Been sort of lurking for a couple years and it's probably time to post a picture or two, so behold my atrocious photography. Just another KRL1022. Gonna have to take a few more drawer pictures when I get a chance.

 

[Cashed]

Good stuff, thanks for posting 'em. How do you like those Makita drivers?

They are awesome. I use those more than anything else. The impact wont undo much more than a 6mm bolt but for fairings and case bolts on motorcycles its perfect.

 

[98TJ]

Got'm all in one location.

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[Scuba Steve33]

Got'm all in one location.

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I regret posting mine.

 

[98TJ]

I regret posting mine.

Shoot, don't be. You've got a Chevelle! (I miss my '68 GTX )

That Gladiator you've got will last you for YEARS. Just take care of it.

I have a ton of tools for a homeowner because I do all of the maintenance on our vehicles and build **** when I get bored. The way I see it, there's nothing I can't do - unless of course, I don't have the proper tools.

What you see there has been accumulated over 16 years.

Except for the HF stuff, that's from the past six months, and I fully blame the folks here on GJ for those being in my garage.

 

[kippieland]

I regret posting mine.

Don't regret anything.....your box is awesome for just starting out....at your age I didn't even have a box like that. Matter of fact, I used a handy-me-down Craftsman steel slide foreverr(25lbs per drawer) until I replaced this fall. Its out of the shop now and in the garage....and is working great. It doesn't matter which box you have or the brand of tools you use....it just matters that you use them!

 

[nisreo]

I regret posting mine.

I literally didn't have a box until 5 years in the business full time. My first dealer ship supplied us with boxes so I never bought one. Then when I moved to an independent I borrowed my friends home box for 6 months before I bought my krl. Don't sweat it. Boxes don't make the money, tools do. Notice I didn't say "snap on tools do"

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[Hawk321]

No one here is using them...I use them daily...absolutly a must have. Trannibolts...Turbo Bolts...sapp sapp and i got it. I love my 1/4" drive 10mm swivel head...in combination with my accu drill driver I am so quick and seriously...sometimes I think, that the engineers have considered them while they planning a car in CAD. Without my swivels it's extreme hard to reach many fasteners.

I wondering all the time why HAZET and STAHLWILLE aren't offering them ...

 

[richtersrodz]

Got'm all in one location.

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98TG... Did you make that top for the red one? Or did you buy it?

 

[98TJ]

Don't regret anything.....your box is awesome for just starting out....at your age I didn't even have a box like that. Matter of fact, I used a handy-me-down Craftsman steel slide foreverr(25lbs per drawer) until I replaced this fall. Its out of the shop now and in the garage....and is working great. It doesn't matter which box you have or the brand of tools you use....it just matters that you use them!

This.

I didn't have a box at all until I was...I don't know, 28 or so and it was an old military box with a bunch of full-width drawers. It was stout. Everything about it was overkill. It got a couple of drawers pulled off in a move and I ended up giving it to a neighbor when my wife bought the Craftsman unit for me. In hindsight I should have kept it, but at the time I didn't have a welder so I didn't have the ability to repair it. Should've kept it.


richtersrodz, I built the hutch for the HF 56er.

There's more info on it in my garage gallery thread.

 

[kippieland]

This.

I didn't have a box at all until I was...I don't know, 28 or so and it was an old military box with a bunch of full-width drawers. It was stout. Everything about it was overkill. It got a couple of drawers pulled off in a move and I ended up giving it to a neighbor when my wife bought the Craftsman unit for me. In hindsight I should have kept it, but at the time I didn't have a welder so I didn't have the ability to repair it. Should've kept it.

Very similar to me...start out with a little Kobalt carry box with no name cheap tools and had that forever. THen moved and my dad gave me that one....I thought it was TOP ****! It worked great until I started working on my cars and quickly found out I needed more room. Still works great for the garage....household tools more then anything. I like that style of box personally....would still have something similar if I didn't get a great deal the setup I have now. I actually think that will turn into my kids box when they get older....my daughter love tools!

 

[myorange96]

Heres mine. shes new last week. to me its "the perfect one". master series is overpriced for slightly heavier drawer capacity that i do not need. i dont work on tractor trailers and heavy equipment so my drawer weight isnt all that heavy. anyways. here she is.lol

 

[wannab20hatch]

Heres mine. shes new last week. to me its "the perfect one". master series is overpriced for slightly heavier drawer capacity that i do not need. i dont work on tractor trailers and heavy equipment so my drawer weight isnt all that heavy. anyways. here she is.lol

Im digging the orange. If green wasnt available thats probably what I wouldve gone with on my classic. Do wish I wouldve gone with the 96 now though. Sure would be nice to have one more bank.

 

[dodge610]

That is a nice box love that snap on orange and extreme green there classic series and matco both have the same drawer configuration my matco triple bay is purple.

 

[crewchief888]

I regret posting mine.

for the most part nobody started out with a $10,000 tool box.

if it makes you feel any better, i dont have one.

 

[wannab20hatch]

for the most part nobody started out with a $10,000 tool box.

if it makes you feel any better, i dont have one.

me neither

 

[wannab20hatch]

Nothing really new to show of my box other than I added a file organizer today to help keep track of tool receipts and estimates. Thought about sandblasting it and getting the paint shop to mix up some paint to match my box

 

[crewchief888]

me neither

and i aint buying one !!!

wife will be glad to hear that

she's lucky (or maybe it's me thats lucky ) i bought (most) of my tools and toolboxes before we ever got together.

 

[98TJ]

for the most part nobody started out with a $10,000 tool box.

if it makes you feel any better, i dont have one.

me neither

Same here.

Mo96, that's a sweet piece of storage.

 

[Scuba Steve33]

Shoot, don't be. You've got a Chevelle! (I miss my '68 GTX )

That Gladiator you've got will last you for YEARS. Just take care of it.

I have a ton of tools for a homeowner because I do all of the maintenance on our vehicles and build **** when I get bored. The way I see it, there's nothing I can't do - unless of course, I don't have the proper tools.

What you see there has been accumulated over 16 years.

Except for the HF stuff, that's from the past six months, and I fully blame the folks here on GJ for those being in my garage.

Haha it was more of a joke than anything. I definitely try my best to take care of it. That's something the Army taught me. I have always wanted a muscle car but I was stationed in the very north tip of NY and wasn't going to have something nice with all that salt. Finally got out and moved home to Cali and started looking for the '70. After a few months and going to see about 15 Chevelles I finally found the one I have now. Just got a brand new TREMEC TKO 600 5 speed delivered and installing it this weekend. Can't wait! GTXs are awesome, I want to own a '70 Roadrunner (would love a Superbird but too damn expensive) one day.

Don't regret anything.....your box is awesome for just starting out....at your age I didn't even have a box like that. Matter of fact, I used a handy-me-down Craftsman steel slide foreverr(25lbs per drawer) until I replaced this fall. Its out of the shop now and in the garage....and is working great. It doesn't matter which box you have or the brand of tools you use....it just matters that you use them!

Thanks it was a joke haha. I'm glad to have something and for what I have right now it's perfect and should last me a while. It'll take a while to collect more tools before I outgrow it and need something bigger. Love the stickers on yours. I think stickers can make a tool box really pop but if done in excess just begins to look tacky.

 

[Altec]

Scuba Steve, damn you!

Sorry, first thing that popped into my head!

 

[Spiritoak]

I purchased a multi-pack of pegboard hooks @home depot (had to bend them a bit as they're for particle wood pegboard, and the stainless Snap-on pegboard isn't near as thick. After a bit of bending they work just fine though

 

[kippieland]

Scuba Steve, damn you!

Sorry, first thing that popped into my head!

+2 on that....you ****!

My crappy Craftsman with all the MX stickers looks cooler then yours anyways!

 

[nisreo]

Heres mine. shes new last week. to me its "the perfect one". master series is overpriced for slightly heavier drawer capacity that i do not need. i dont work on tractor trailers and heavy equipment so my drawer weight isnt all that heavy. anyways. here she is.lol

Love it!

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[myorange96]

I didn't start out with a huge box. In fact I started out with a $99 harbor freight roll cart. This is my 4th box in 2 years. I've added a lot of tools and needed more space. I could afford this one and got a great deal so I jumped on it. I love it and I'm proud I payed for every tool and the box myself. I've been very fortunate in my career.

 

[natemelnik]

KRL 1023 w stainless top

 

[lucky3]

Just picked this classic 78 up yesterday. Its only 7m old and got a great deal on it.

 

[cowboy73]

Here's a pic of my new 26" Harbor Freight box next to old craptastic Popular Mechanics box.

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[toolmaker1]

Here's a pic of my new 26" Harbor Freight box next to old craptastic Popular Mechanics box.

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I have checked those out in the store and they seem pretty beefy, it should serve you well

 

[cowboy73]

Yeah it feels alot sturdier than the old box. I started moving stuff to the new one. I didn't know I had that damn many tools. Here are a few pics of the **** that I filled it up with.

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[cowboy73]

A few more:

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[jeffmoss26]

Nice stuff! I also have a pair of Klein linesman pliers with those uncomfortable plastic grips

 

[Basstracker34]

Yeah it feels alot sturdier than the old box. I started moving stuff to the new one. I didn't know I had that damn many tools. Here are a few pics of the **** that I filled it up with.

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I've got the same "tool shop" screwdrivers and ratchets. They're pretty nice for the price.

 

[Wrench 2201]

After reading about 200 or so pages of this thread I finally remembered to bring my camera to work. Too bad i forgot the memory card... I did however have the forethought to have already copied all the pics on the cam memory to the card so I did get some pics. They are all shot at 4mp if that matters to anyone.

The first few shots are of the boxes and how they are set up. The big Cman on the left holds most of my toys, this box I acquired for the princely sum of $0.00. Unless you count the rivets i used to repair it, then it might have been about $1.92. It literally fell off a truck and the center support was ripped out of the top and all the drawers then sagged toward the center. The owners had end of year money coming so they replaced it with a Snap-on box. I rescued it, spent half my lunch money, and worked about two hours to fix it and set the drawers up the way i wanted them.

The red box is a Cman homeowner type with friction sliders and it was the first toolbox I ever bought once the plastic case that held my first socket set broke. Can't recall the price, whatever they went for about 10 years ago. I got that one before I enrolled in Tech College for automotive. I mostly use it to store my pockets when I get to work, screwdrivers, nutdrivers, RTV, glue, anti-sieze, pens, my nitrile gloves, and so forth. All the light **** I need.

The smaller black box on the right is a Blackhawk by Proto that I bought from Grainger when I was in school once I started to overload the red box. I think it was in the $500-600 range but I really can't recall. Now it is mostly the overflow for the big Cman to hold all the things that I would put in one drawer but can't at the moment. Ok, on with the pics!





So that is how they sit. I got the mini-vice for helping a buddy move from Milwaukee to Chicago on x-mas. The Big green Snap-on pry bar lives in between the two boxes until I can afford a Lista.
Starting with the contents on the leftmost bank.

Metric wrenches

SAE wrenches

Socket drivers and misc. wrenches. I get Green handles for my SO's tomorrow

Pliers, in hindsight I should have bought the long rack and cut it down. I might scavenge a dish rack from a thrift store soon like I have seen in other boxes on GJ.

more drawers to follow...

 

[Wrench 2201]

Ok. I was worried I did it wrong for a sec but it looks like the pics went up. Huzzah! On with the show.

Hammers and things I use on the press. Our press is severely lacking in the holders and drivers department.

All things electrical. Except my soldering pen which couldn't fit.

Brake tools and vacuum guns. The plastic Mightyvac on the right is currently out of order. Never bothered to fix it after upgrading to the Silverline.

Drawer'o'kits. Matco Super Deluxe Compression set, GW serpentine belt kit, Fowler runout kit, GW set I never use and some box on the bottom I really never use. It might be a Weller soldering gun that I "retired."

The right bank.

The most awesome wrench set ever. The sockets on the right are a set labeled Ampro, might be a re-brand. They are pass-thru like GW but are a 19mm drive. I use them occasionally with the GW 19mm flex you see there. Kind of like a really stout low profile set.

My main sockets, 3/8" and 1/2". From front to back: GW 1/2" universal impact set, Greatneck shallow & deep 1/2" impact with a few Cmans, Cman chrome 3/8" 6 pnt, GW chrome 3/8" 12 pnt, SK 3/8" universal impact set, Matco ADV 3/8" deep, random SAE stuff mostly Stanley, and 1/2" Greatneck shallow impacts. The 3/8" set on the right is some no-name set from my pops, china **** aka "the loaners."

My 1/4" drawer. This also includes my Torx, E-Torx (bothe Allen I think), twist sockets (from Matco but no labeled so), the set on the blue Danaher strip is actually SAE Stanley, the deep metric set came on there but I moved it to the tray, the shallow metrics are also Stanley. The bitset is Blue Point, crappy but useful AutoZone impact driver, spare SO batteries, my SO light, and the most awesome engraving pen ever made.

Still more drawers to come, I might take a wee break for a bit first though.

 

[Wrench 2201]

Nuts. Bolts. Washers. Younameitsitsinheres.

The power tool drawer. I just got the SO 3/8" cordless a couple weeks ago on special, 370 after tax. Its orange , I would have prefered a green but there were no greens on special. Oh well.

Catch-all drawer. Respirator, welding helm, gloves, headliner spray, butane, HF paint gun, some other stuff I'm sure.

Thats it for that box. Now to the Blackhawk.

BFH5/safety gear drawer. (Hey, the BFH keeps me safe )

This started as the "things that cut" drawer but... eh.

Taps, dies, extractors. The little Matco pouch was thrown in for free by my guy the other week when I got the index.

This drawer is brought to you by the letter "P." Punches, picks, prybars, and pullers.

Still a few more to go.

*EDIT* I think my internets are wacked at the moment. I'm going to hold off on the rest or maybe just host the pics elsewhere. The first post took but the 2nd and 3rd don't seem to be working. *EDIT*

 

[Wrench 2201]

GW drawer. Also house the SO rebranded Portasol soldering pen.

Suspension drawer, guess what I'm shopping for?

Vaccum attachments. Serp belt grabber. The shop vac is a wall hanging canister that sits to the left of the big box, not in pics.

Another catch all drawer. Felpro box of mics gaskets, lots of receipts, and empty cases for sets.

The top is full of random ****. Spray that are not used often, gloves, clip board. Little drawers have LOF stickers, change & keys, writing sticks.

Phillips and flip-flops. I never really use these. Usually use a power screwdriver.

Slotted screwdrivers that rarely get used to drive screws, mirror, and drafting divider/compass.

 

[Wrench 2201]

Allens, my gasket hammer (I made it in shop class on a lathe, fun!), valve caps, picks from china (they all spin in their handles at this point), the clips i use to hold cloth fender covers in place, razor holder, and the sewing pins I use to adjust windshield sprayers.

Nut drivers, mini zip ties, pipe cleaners, brake gauge, gap tool, magnet, and other odds and ends. I also keep my pocket protector in here with the tire gauge, machinists rule, 2 pocket screwdrivers (one magnet, one Schroeder valve) Streamlight and pen in it. It was in my pocket at the time.

Glue, RTV, Locktite, JB Weld, gasket paper, and calculators.

So that is pretty much it. The last shot is of my work top with awesome clock.


Enjoy!

 

[betcd]

98TG... Did you make that top for the red one? Or did you buy it?

Very nice setup

 

[loranger]

Finally picked up the top box.