oldschoolcraft
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Due to situations around divorce (lonnnng story), I am living in a studio apartment for the next few years while I save up a down payment on a house. I got to keep all my tools but no longer have a garage wall to organize them on. It’s been a real hassle taking the tools out of a Rubbermaid storage container from the closet every time I need something but I hate to invest any money in something that’s only useful for the next 2 years of apartment living. So...
I am thinking of buying my first tool cart, something small that I can roll into my apartment walk in closet but that once I buy a house, I can keep it in the garage next to my future workbench. Possibly also set it up in the future as a general purpose house cart so I can wheel it from the garage into different parts of my future single family home.
I don’t mind dropping over $1k on a truck brand small cart, in fact I prefer it since I loathe HF and Chinese made stuff. I know it’s ridiculous to keep a truck brand small cart in my apartment closet but I refuse to waste money on a temporary solution and want whatever I buy to translate into my future home.
Other ideas were a large Kennedy machinist box but since its not on wheels, will be harder to use in my apartment. I like the idea of the cart I can wheel out when needed. I like the looks of the KRSC33 size and appearance.
I’d actually love a cart where the top was doubled as a workbench but I’ve only seen those on the bigger carts and it doesn’t look like you can mount a bench vise on top, which would be my main goal. While not necessary, I’d love the ability for a small vise to be mounted to the cart for low duty projects like filing down a small piece of metal or cutting a piece of 1.5” pic pipe with a hacksaw. Nothing super heavy duty but a big plus since I do various small odd job projects in my apartment for fun.
I am thinking of buying my first tool cart, something small that I can roll into my apartment walk in closet but that once I buy a house, I can keep it in the garage next to my future workbench. Possibly also set it up in the future as a general purpose house cart so I can wheel it from the garage into different parts of my future single family home.
I don’t mind dropping over $1k on a truck brand small cart, in fact I prefer it since I loathe HF and Chinese made stuff. I know it’s ridiculous to keep a truck brand small cart in my apartment closet but I refuse to waste money on a temporary solution and want whatever I buy to translate into my future home.
Other ideas were a large Kennedy machinist box but since its not on wheels, will be harder to use in my apartment. I like the idea of the cart I can wheel out when needed. I like the looks of the KRSC33 size and appearance.
I’d actually love a cart where the top was doubled as a workbench but I’ve only seen those on the bigger carts and it doesn’t look like you can mount a bench vise on top, which would be my main goal. While not necessary, I’d love the ability for a small vise to be mounted to the cart for low duty projects like filing down a small piece of metal or cutting a piece of 1.5” pic pipe with a hacksaw. Nothing super heavy duty but a big plus since I do various small odd job projects in my apartment for fun.


