CAT_serviceman927
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The one thing I never understood about the SO road box is why the narrow drawers are at the bottom? I'd still like to have one though.
Let's see your toolbox.
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RickP330
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Okay Gang,
Here is my Tool box; comments - fire away
Top Draw, air tools, sockets and ratchets.
2nd draw (Low depth) hand tools - allen wrenches and screwdrivers
3rd draw (Low depth) wrenches
Here is my Tool box; comments - fire away
Top Draw, air tools, sockets and ratchets.
2nd draw (Low depth) hand tools - allen wrenches and screwdrivers
3rd draw (Low depth) wrenches
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RickP330
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4th draw - Bodywork supplies (what's clean enough to reside here...) & pnuematic vacuum
5th draw - Hammers and....
assorted automotive tools...
6th draw - assorted house and...
model tools.
7th Draw (biggest draw) Big Stuff.... Coalesing filter for painting, model tools and general automotive stuff.
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RickP330
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Draw 7 cont - airbrush tools and other large stuff...
Top narrow draw - Miscellanious stuff, diagrams, outstanding projects to be compleated not to mention fireworks....
2nd narrow, Pliers...
3rd narrow, Pliers cont...
4th narrow, this is a tough one to classify. In the back is all consumable stuff - cut off wheels razor blades etc... towards the front are knifes, scrapers - general small everday use stuff, pin vises etc.
5th narrow, tire tools, model tools and some measuring tools.
6th narrow, vise grips, c clamps and modeling tools.
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RickP330
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7th Narrow draw - Cr@p with no where else to put it....
8th Narrow (deep) Draw - Circular saw, face shield and other protective equipment, cleaning supplies and my small pen / junk holder.
There you have it! Whatcha think?
Regards,
Rick
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garfunkle24
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Hello All
As promised, here are some pics inside my new toolboxes, now that I have my stuff half-*** transferred and organised.
Unfortunately I can't really 'spread out" between both boxes as I work on the road a lot and have to have all the essentials in my top chest. Also I only need metric stuff in my road box. For this reason my bottom chest is used mainly for measuring and specialty tools, duplicates, air tools and standard sizes.
Top view.
Pry bars, picks, scrapers.
Metric combi, 4-way, ratcheting combi, double-open and stubby wrenches.
Hammers, files, crescents, hacksaw, 22" cobras, ratcheting stubby and slim double-open metric wrenches.
Screwdrivers.
Snap-ring and retaining ring pliers.
Misc electrical.
Multimeter, extractor sets, sealants, lubes, loctite, pipe dope, measuring tapes, anti-sieze etc.
Punches and chisels.
Misc pliers.
Misc pliers 2.
Standard wrenches and sockets.
Misc. This is the lower, shallow, extra wide drawer. I am keeping this one 'free'. Once I have the money for extra sets of metric Mac KS2s, SO 4-way and BP ratcheting combi wrenches they will go in here. I am trying to build up dupicates of the stuff that I keep in my top chest so that I can leave it loaded on the truck between service trips. By having everything I need in my bottom roller, I'd barely ever need to load/unload the truck.
More screwdrivers.
More pliers.
Punch set and my "make-your-own" bushing/bearing driver set lol
Aerosols, extra socket and drill sets, extra hex keys.
The ever growing 'junk drawer'. This thing has magical self replicating abilities. Once a year I have to have a good cull and remove anything vaguely standardised, leaving only the truly unique, obscure (save my ***) treasures behind.
Air tools, disks, burrs etc. I'm sure most of you know this already but for those that don't; That thing mounted to the ugly, chrome, child labour produced looking die grinder is a home-made flapper wheel. This can be used for such things as cleaning up the inside bore of a pulley before mounting on a shaft. You just take a 1/4" bolt, cut the head off and then make a slit in the end with a hacksaw or very thin cut off wheel. Then you just take regular (and free at work to a lot of techs) emery cloth and fold it and slide into the slit. It also kinda helps if you make an "S" shape with the emery cloth, with the ends of the "S" trailing the direction of rotation.
Wrench racks, socket rails and the stuff that came with the toolbox.
Well, that's all of them. Thanks for looking and sorry if I killed your modem.
As promised, here are some pics inside my new toolboxes, now that I have my stuff half-*** transferred and organised.
Unfortunately I can't really 'spread out" between both boxes as I work on the road a lot and have to have all the essentials in my top chest. Also I only need metric stuff in my road box. For this reason my bottom chest is used mainly for measuring and specialty tools, duplicates, air tools and standard sizes.
Top view.
Metric combi, 4-way, ratcheting combi, double-open and stubby wrenches.
Hammers, files, crescents, hacksaw, 22" cobras, ratcheting stubby and slim double-open metric wrenches.
Screwdrivers.
Snap-ring and retaining ring pliers.
Misc electrical.
Multimeter, extractor sets, sealants, lubes, loctite, pipe dope, measuring tapes, anti-sieze etc.
Punches and chisels.
Misc pliers.
Misc pliers 2.
Standard wrenches and sockets.
Misc. This is the lower, shallow, extra wide drawer. I am keeping this one 'free'. Once I have the money for extra sets of metric Mac KS2s, SO 4-way and BP ratcheting combi wrenches they will go in here. I am trying to build up dupicates of the stuff that I keep in my top chest so that I can leave it loaded on the truck between service trips. By having everything I need in my bottom roller, I'd barely ever need to load/unload the truck.
More screwdrivers.
More pliers.
Punch set and my "make-your-own" bushing/bearing driver set lol
Aerosols, extra socket and drill sets, extra hex keys.
The ever growing 'junk drawer'. This thing has magical self replicating abilities. Once a year I have to have a good cull and remove anything vaguely standardised, leaving only the truly unique, obscure (save my ***) treasures behind.
Air tools, disks, burrs etc. I'm sure most of you know this already but for those that don't; That thing mounted to the ugly, chrome, child labour produced looking die grinder is a home-made flapper wheel. This can be used for such things as cleaning up the inside bore of a pulley before mounting on a shaft. You just take a 1/4" bolt, cut the head off and then make a slit in the end with a hacksaw or very thin cut off wheel. Then you just take regular (and free at work to a lot of techs) emery cloth and fold it and slide into the slit. It also kinda helps if you make an "S" shape with the emery cloth, with the ends of the "S" trailing the direction of rotation.
Wrench racks, socket rails and the stuff that came with the toolbox.
Well, that's all of them. Thanks for looking and sorry if I killed your modem.
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garfunkle24... thats a heck of a good setup! What are you using in that road box to divide up the areas like where you have the big Knipex's and stuff? Is that just that stick down plastic drawer divider stuff? What sort of service calls do you do? Just curious...
garfunkle24
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Stanger
I've only used two of them and even then only briefly. I can't really say more than that they are comfortable to use, have nice fit and finish and look cool.
As well as being the lead tech for the company I work for I am actually the Canadian sales and service manager. This mean that sometimes I can go quite a stretch without working on a machine, which has been the case since I got those. I am back into services now though and I'm sure they will see a lot of use very soon. Stay tuned!
ps. They were a gift to me from an Austrian colleague. Free is my favourite price!
Justinmc
The drawer divider stuff is actually 2 different products. The orange stuff is Snap-on that I had laying around. I had actually ordered some more of this with my boxes, but it was out of stock. I wanted to get my stuff transferred before we got into services again so I went and bought the black stuff locally, I'm not sure of the brand. They both work well, the main difference being that the black stuff is a 'T' shape in cross-section while the Snap-on is 'L' shaped. In practise this means that the Snap-on stuff is easier to work with, getting the joints to **** up nicely etc. Btw, if you are as fussy as I am, it takes forever to lay out like that.
This is what I work on:
It is specialised Austrian farm research equipment (mainly combines). It's interesting and I get to play with both huge tools and tiny precision ones. They have some cool electronics, such as advanced weigh systems, infra-red spectrometry systems, GPS, CANBUS controllers etc.
Me and two other techs do all of the service work for Canada. I work as far West as British Columbia and as far East as the Maritimes. As a general rule if it's around or less than 1000kms we drive, if it's more we fly (the ****** *** flight toolbox is a whole other story).
A service to us is basically a pre-season inspection, maintenance and repair of a combine. We have combines ranging from the size of a minivan to the same size as a commercial unit.
I've only used two of them and even then only briefly. I can't really say more than that they are comfortable to use, have nice fit and finish and look cool.
As well as being the lead tech for the company I work for I am actually the Canadian sales and service manager. This mean that sometimes I can go quite a stretch without working on a machine, which has been the case since I got those. I am back into services now though and I'm sure they will see a lot of use very soon. Stay tuned!
ps. They were a gift to me from an Austrian colleague. Free is my favourite price!
Justinmc
The drawer divider stuff is actually 2 different products. The orange stuff is Snap-on that I had laying around. I had actually ordered some more of this with my boxes, but it was out of stock. I wanted to get my stuff transferred before we got into services again so I went and bought the black stuff locally, I'm not sure of the brand. They both work well, the main difference being that the black stuff is a 'T' shape in cross-section while the Snap-on is 'L' shaped. In practise this means that the Snap-on stuff is easier to work with, getting the joints to **** up nicely etc. Btw, if you are as fussy as I am, it takes forever to lay out like that.
This is what I work on:
It is specialised Austrian farm research equipment (mainly combines). It's interesting and I get to play with both huge tools and tiny precision ones. They have some cool electronics, such as advanced weigh systems, infra-red spectrometry systems, GPS, CANBUS controllers etc.
Me and two other techs do all of the service work for Canada. I work as far West as British Columbia and as far East as the Maritimes. As a general rule if it's around or less than 1000kms we drive, if it's more we fly (the ****** *** flight toolbox is a whole other story).
A service to us is basically a pre-season inspection, maintenance and repair of a combine. We have combines ranging from the size of a minivan to the same size as a commercial unit.
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garfunkle24
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DPS
I have two pry bars in each size as I often use them in pairs to pull off a bearing or something similar. Also, I had the red ones first. When they released the new style, I decided I wanted some that I could beat the living s**t out of.
I have two sets of heel bars (although one is fixed, one indexing) for the same reason.
I have two pry bars in each size as I often use them in pairs to pull off a bearing or something similar. Also, I had the red ones first. When they released the new style, I decided I wanted some that I could beat the living s**t out of.
I have two sets of heel bars (although one is fixed, one indexing) for the same reason.
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RickP330
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Thanks guys,
I really need to upgrade my tools now, alot of them are in poor shape... I recently had the chance to upgrade the box and now it's clear I've got to do some work inside!
KRL-1032
Regards,
Rick
I really need to upgrade my tools now, alot of them are in poor shape... I recently had the chance to upgrade the box and now it's clear I've got to do some work inside!
KRL-1032
Regards,
Rick
The ever growing 'junk drawer'. This thing has magical self replicating abilities. Once a year I have to have a good cull and remove anything vaguely standardised, leaving only the truly unique, obscure (save my ***) treasures behind.
What size is that nut close to the center, near the drill bit? I've been looking for one of those.
Let me know if you plan on selling it.
Thanks for sharing your stuff.
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Deafautotech
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garfunkle24:
I am curious... why you want heavy duty road chest instead normal toolbox like have roller slides? what is different between heavy duty road chest and normal snap on tool chest??
i own KRL1203 and KRL1003. i love it and i am never will let it go!!
I am curious... why you want heavy duty road chest instead normal toolbox like have roller slides? what is different between heavy duty road chest and normal snap on tool chest??
i own KRL1203 and KRL1003. i love it and i am never will let it go!!
eschoendorff
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G24,
I love your choice of tools. When you get a chance, try some of the Facom stuff... I bet you'll like it
I love your choice of tools. When you get a chance, try some of the Facom stuff... I bet you'll like it
garfunkle24
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bchee
I spent a while staring at that horrible low-res picture trying to figure out if you were joking or not, giving up only when my eyes were completely wrecked.
Andy
The main difference is that the road chest is built out of heavier steel than the regular boxes (mainly 16ga i think). The box isn't isn't that big but weighs ~200lbs empty. Also they use friction slides as they actually hold up a lot better for road work. The front cover keeps dust and some moisture off of the tools. Also, once I have enough duplicate tools I will leave that one loaded and work out of just my roll cab.
Eschoendorff
Thanks for the compliment. Ever since I started reading this board I've taken an interest in the Facom stuff. I go to England about once a year, so I have a buddy buying and saving some stuff for me, as it's easier for him to get. So far 1/4" and 3/8" palm control ratchets, some pliers and a 3/8" chrome metric 6-point socket set.
Merkava_4
Banned
garfunkle24, you need to go to Costco and get a couple of cardboard trays for putting those miscellaneous fasteners in; that's ridiculous. 
Deafautotech
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garfunkle24, you need to go to Costco and get a couple of cardboard trays for putting those miscellaneous fasteners in; that's ridiculous.
ha ha i have tote and plastic trays to keep all bolts, nuts or anythings in so it will not scratches on drawer liners or else.
Deafautotech
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thank you! that is answer what i want know. i was thought the road chest is for like more strong or have weatherstrips on it so it don't get dirty or moisture to make rust on tools. i thought some of road chest have roller bearing slides??? i just dont like friction slides because limit load...
<>Severed<>
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Well im new to this board but this looks like a good spot to start. Lets see if I can make this work on the first try.
This is the new toolbox and the free cart sitting on the far right
This is what I traded in on it. The funny part is one of the other techs at my shop bought it before it ever left the building.
And this is my cart that holds most of my tools that I use every day.
Since these pics where taken I have added a full locker to the left side of the the box, it was in a buddys garage and was able to do some tradeing for it. i will update the pics sometime over the weekend.
This is the new toolbox and the free cart sitting on the far right
This is what I traded in on it. The funny part is one of the other techs at my shop bought it before it ever left the building.
And this is my cart that holds most of my tools that I use every day.
Since these pics where taken I have added a full locker to the left side of the the box, it was in a buddys garage and was able to do some tradeing for it. i will update the pics sometime over the weekend.
And this is my cart that holds most of my tools that I use every day.
Nice boxes. Both yellow and blue are beautiful. At least you'll still get to see your old yellow box everyday.
What's the brand of the cart?
ZRX61
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G24,
I love your choice of tools. When you get a chance, try some of the Facom stuff... I bet you'll like it
This guy sells Facom in the US:
http://www.ultimategarage.com/
The Matco road chest has roller bearing slides, but most guys who actually use road chests for road service work prefer the friction slides. Ball bearing slides get beat to **** after a couple of thousand miles on the road, friction slides don't suffer the same problems.
I've got the same Snap-on road chest from when I used to work out of a service truck, and had the chance to trade it in on a Matco version, but turned it down because I've head horror stories about the average lifespan of the slides on that box. Now that I'm not working out of a road chest anymore, I might take him up on that offer as it'd make a nice home garage box.
eschoendorff
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Severed....
Welcome! I REALLY liked that yeller Snap On box you sold. Damn, she was a beauty! Blue is cool too....
Welcome! I REALLY liked that yeller Snap On box you sold. Damn, she was a beauty! Blue is cool too....
billymade
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<>Severed<>, if you get some time; I would love to see what is inside your tool box! By the way, what kind of shop do you work at; it looks like possibly a a body shop to me!
<>Severed<>
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I will get some more pics up later today i have a few of the inside but it was right after i got it and stuff was just kinda there more for insureance reasons then anything and It is a body shop a smaller one.
<>Severed<>
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The cart is a Mac one the badge on front fell off, and since everything else that I basicly have is snap-on (at least tool storage) it now has a snap-on badge on it.
GDA
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Rick, G24 and Severed...
Great looking tool boxes.
G24 - what have you used the 22" Knipex Cobras on?
Severed - look forward to seeing pics of what inside that new box.
Great looking tool boxes.
G24 - what have you used the 22" Knipex Cobras on?
Severed - look forward to seeing pics of what inside that new box.
<>Severed<>
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Ok hope your ready for this its long. here are some of the inside and a updated outside. still not done with moving stuff around in it and getting it where i want it to stay.
This is most of it
and this is the rest of it
My boss cracked a joke about how I cant quit because it would take me a month to move out.
This is the locker has some of the big stuff the three plastic boxes from L to R are a 4 ton porta power then a cordless caulking gun and then a 110 stud welding gun for pulling dents the botom only has a little bit of stuff like my polisher and a set of picks
Now for the main box starting at the top. it is all of the big socket stuff that I dont use much, the rest is in my cart which Ill post farther down
Next down has my sanding blocks and some other long stuff in there and my lock out kits
next couple are just misc tools and room for more of course
then comes the mandatory junk drawer
then do of my favs my hammer drawer and my vicegrip drawer
then comes a drawer with some of my air tools
small drawers on the left hold screwdrivers pliers some funels and other misc stuff
The drawers on the right start with the personal drawer keep my keys and walet there during the day.
next down has some new back up DA pads and my completed job work orders.
the rest are kinda spread out
whew im going to do another post just for my main cart.
This is most of it
and this is the rest of it
My boss cracked a joke about how I cant quit because it would take me a month to move out.
This is the locker has some of the big stuff the three plastic boxes from L to R are a 4 ton porta power then a cordless caulking gun and then a 110 stud welding gun for pulling dents the botom only has a little bit of stuff like my polisher and a set of picks
Now for the main box starting at the top. it is all of the big socket stuff that I dont use much, the rest is in my cart which Ill post farther down
Next down has my sanding blocks and some other long stuff in there and my lock out kits
next couple are just misc tools and room for more of course
then comes the mandatory junk drawer
then do of my favs my hammer drawer and my vicegrip drawer
then comes a drawer with some of my air tools
small drawers on the left hold screwdrivers pliers some funels and other misc stuff
The drawers on the right start with the personal drawer keep my keys and walet there during the day.
next down has some new back up DA pads and my completed job work orders.
the rest are kinda spread out
whew im going to do another post just for my main cart.
<>Severed<>
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Ok so here goes on my cart this should be a lot shorter. mainly because there is less drawers.
this is what I use the most
then some more of what I use most every day
not much in the bottom but i put stuff in here when i get it out of my toolbox to work on a car.
The very top has my good screwdrivers and some prybars and room for parts and tools as im working.
oh almost forgot about the other snapon cart. Not much in it but room for more tools is always good.
And heres a shot of my where my paint guns live
Any questions or if you want to see some thing close up just let me know. oh and i havent even started with anything that is in my garage yet. lol
this is what I use the most
then some more of what I use most every day
not much in the bottom but i put stuff in here when i get it out of my toolbox to work on a car.
The very top has my good screwdrivers and some prybars and room for parts and tools as im working.
oh almost forgot about the other snapon cart. Not much in it but room for more tools is always good.
And heres a shot of my where my paint guns live
Any questions or if you want to see some thing close up just let me know. oh and i havent even started with anything that is in my garage yet. lol
peterbilr98
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HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF THE NEW BLUEPOINT CART IT SEEMS TO BE A NICE CART FOR THE MONEY WELL SET UP http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/mike550_phot
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billymade
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From the looks of the tools, paint guns, dollies, hammers, Hutchins, Nat'l Detroit etc. you look like a very experienced bodyman, how long have you been in the field? Man, pretty much everything is Snapon goodness.... gotta love it!
Severed, That is one hell of a blue s/o box setup... I'm loving the triple bay! That S/O blue is awesome. Do you guys do general work or specialize in one or two car lines?
Peterbuilt.. thats a good looking box as well! Man all these nice new boxes!!
Peterbuilt.. thats a good looking box as well! Man all these nice new boxes!!
<>Severed<>
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Well come May it will be 5 years total in the field with no school all on the job training. However I am now a Master ASE and a I-CAR Platuimn certified. And I did have a good teacher he had over 25 years in the field so has seen a lot. My boss is the same way and is always teaching me some old school trick to make it easier. And we work on anything that comes in the door, Alot of chevys but get a little bit of everything. We live about 10 miles from an Air Force base and get a lot of work from people that cant drive in the snow. We have seen everything from Lotus' to Ferraris to the 09 Charger with less then 3000 miles that I am just finishing.
And Peterbuilt I saw one of the new carts on the truck last week they look a lot nicer then the last bluepoint one that looks close to the samething
And Peterbuilt I saw one of the new carts on the truck last week they look a lot nicer then the last bluepoint one that looks close to the samething
Merkava_4
Banned
JimL -- is that box orange or red?