Let's see your toolbox.

[battlegraduate09]

only down side to a drawer that big is damm its going be heavy! opening and closing it

not with snap on slides

 

[battlegraduate09]

I guess ill play, this is random pics, not all drawers, and waiting on my new box to get here, still 3 weeks out.

one before these went into the toolbox

 

[Jamez]

not with snap on slides

Stop drinking the koolaid.

Heavy is heavy.

 

[sdguy55]

Stop drinking the koolaid.

Heavy is heavy.

I know it sounds weird but honestly they actually slide better when weighted down. When i first started out i didnt have that much in my drawers and they just slid weird. Now? Its just a fingertip pull and it slides all the way out by itself and a finger push in and it slide in all by itself. Much more than that and it 'slams' into the back. Which i hate.

 

[battlegraduate09]

Stop drinking the koolaid.

Heavy is heavy.

dont read whats on the internet, go test it yourself.
The drawer may be heavy if you pick it straight up, but your not going to need a forklift to push it shut. Snap on isnt the only brand thats drawers seem to slide better when loaded down.

Ill enjoy the rest of my kool aid now

 

[Carguy99]

here are some of my home boxes. I have more at work but that will have to wait until I go in next week...

 

[03silvergt]

Ill get some inside shots when i get it organized

 

[jeffmoss26]

wow!!!!

 

[Jamez]

Yess they slide better when weighted down. All ball bearing slides do.

The point was being "Snap On" means **** all on this particular component.

 

[battlegraduate09]

Yess they slide better when weighted down. All ball bearing slides do.

The point was being "Snap On" means **** all on this particular component.

I dont understand what your talking about, its fine if you dont like snap on, but just because i do, doesnt mean i was "drinking the kool aid" or on a snap on bandwagon, i use tools i like the feel of and design.

and im pretty sure i stated that OTHER boxes are the same way. If you have a problem with snap on, dont buy it or call customer service, dont take it dont take it out on me.

 

[Jamez]

not with snap on slides

This statement is phrased to indicate that only snap on slides are able to accomplish the job.

You did later say so do other manufacturers, as did I.



I have no issues with you, or snap on.
What I do have issue with is the rampant fanboyism that exists around here.

I use the brand that gets the job done. Sometimes that is snap on, sometimes it is not.

 

[boostedgt]

for the tool box polishers!

85% rust kennedy box

 

[JASTECH]

Nice box's.

Jamez, Please remove the profanity from your post, my 5yr. old son reads GJ with me and to me after playing with USA made tools in bed.

Thanks, JASTECH & Son

 

[osborn.ozzy]

Nice box's.

Jamez, Please remove the profanity from your post, my 5yr. old son reads GJ with me and to me after playing with USA made tools in bed.

Thanks, JASTECH & Son

 

[Altec]

Oh boy here we go!

Again...

 

[battlegraduate09]

My apologies for cluttering the thread guys. Feel free to delete unneeded comments

 

[lennoxlennox]

took the words.....

 

[Jamez]

My apologies for cluttering the thread guys. Feel free to delete unneeded comments

Same here, this matter has been resolved.

 

[Brian_B_]

I cannot afford an expensive box with ball bearing slides.

I just tinker at home, but here is the one I bought on sale (craftsman club) several years ago.

This was before I started putting tools in it.

 

[Jamez]

I cannot afford an expensive box with ball bearing slides.

I have seen many a tech. work professionally out of a box with friction slides.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

I have seen many a tech. work professionally out of a box with friction slides.

Hell I am right now , can't afford to bring in the big boy
a 1985 top box , 1987 mid box and 1969 roller cab

 

[bobemmerich]

I cannot afford an expensive box with ball bearing slides.

I just tinker at home, but here is the one I bought on sale (craftsman club) several years ago.

This was before I started putting tools in it.

That's not a bad box. I had the red version of the top box and I have almost the same bottom box (2 of them actually) under my Husky 52" 8 drawer top box. When the slides are lubed, they slide smooth.

 

[Brian_B_]

That's not a bad box. I had the red version of the top box and I have almost the same bottom box (2 of them actually) under my Husky 52" 8 drawer top box. When the slides are lubed, they slide smooth.

Cool. You just screwed them together?

 

[bobemmerich]

Yes, kind of.. I actually took 2 small square metal brackets and and screwed them to the backs of the cabinets using small sheet metal screws to hold them together. I then used a piece of scrap 1x4 painted black to put under the front and back of the boxes to hold up the top box even. I really didn't want to put bolts through the sides or bend or cut the top lips in case I ever decide to do a different set up. 4 small #8 screw holes in the back side, who's gonna notice

 

[T_F_E]

 

[crewchief888]

I cannot afford an expensive box with ball bearing slides.

I just tinker at home, but here is the one I bought on sale (craftsman club) several years ago.

This was before I started putting tools in it.

I have seen many a tech. work professionally out of a box with friction slides.

Hell I am right now , can't afford to bring in the big boy
a 1985 top box , 1987 mid box and 1969 roller cab

all my "working" boxes are friction slides.
most of my home boxes are friction slides,
i have one set of SO/harley edition boxes that are rollers.
been wrenching on const eq for over 25 years

 

[Brian_B_]

Thanks for the comments about the friction slides. Makes me feel a little bit better about buying one back then. I have a wal mart (popular mechanics) bottom box that you can barely get the drawers open and shut on (and it has never been overloaded or mistreated). I would replace it, but cannot afford anything else.

 

[FLRover]

This is my recent acquisition. Got it free from a co-workers father who was just going to get rid of it. Just needs a little clean up and a repaint on the bottom.

My first tool box was that exact unit

 

[Reality Sucks]

well guys, i finally finished swapping everything over tonight. i got a new 3/4 top cut, going to stain and seal it black, like my old box pictured on the right, out with the old in with the new.

 

[farmall400]

^^^^ your old one doesn't look that old. lol.

 

[Reality Sucks]

^^^^ your old one doesn't look that old. lol.

its not, i bought it little over a year ago, i needed the extra room so rather than buying a side cab my dealer made me a better deal on the the entire box. and i take very good care of my tools, they get worked like hell but im a neat freak so my things seem to stay very clean.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Very nice!!

 

[ianguilly]

New setup, think i'm good for awhile

 

[biscuit141]

Just picked this up last night. I need to get it cleaned up and grease the slides and it should be a nice box for a while.

 

[mdbeck1]

New setup, think i'm good for awhile

You'll be okay until you find the "great deals" section of the forum....

 

[afazz]

ianguilly, are you a body guy? I would love to see some drawer pics!

 

[osborn.ozzy]

well guys, i finally finished swapping everything over tonight. i got a new 3/4 top cut, going to stain and seal it black, like my old box pictured on the right, out with the old in with the new.

I need that....

 

[dandan111]

I would like that Waterloo better if is was in my garage!

 

[ianguilly]

ianguilly, are you a body guy? I would love to see some drawer pics!

Yes i am, I will get some drawer pics before I leave today.

 

[canuckian]

Snap On guy dropped off the stainless top at my house this morning. I thought the hard part would be getting it mounted on the box by myself (it's a heavy ******!) but it turns out the hard part was getting the flippin vinyl protective wrap off!