The lower box has been brought home and set up. Super happy I went with this one, despite the not ideal drawer layout. It's the perfect size for the space. I love the red, which goes with my trash barrel and air compressor, and the black drawers tie it in with the black toolboxes I already have. Each drawer is actually a little wider than the drawers on my single-bank, which is useful. The narrow side drawers are actually really handy for separating stuff that could use it's own space but doesn't make sense to have a full drawer. Not that it matters to me, but it rolls well on the casters. Really like the ball-bearing soft close drawers. This feels more stout than my old boxes.
Can't wait to get the top box home and fill it. I'm going to need to remove the upper till lid because it won't work under my cabinets very well, but I guarantee it would just stay open all the time anyway, so the only thing it does for me is take up space. I'm considering putting all my socketry there, but we'll see what I end up doing with it.
The drawer liners it came with are those crappy mesh ones. Need a different solution because those ****.
You'll use it to store the 3D printing stuff and associated components you're going to buy after you continuing hanging out here long enough! Remember...printers are 120v so don't give that "only have 1 220v outlet" excuse
Oh God, just what I need. Another time-consuming and expensive hobby.
I have neither the time nor the patience to get into 3D printing. What I need is for my machinist buddy to buy one, then I'd be set!
I remember the last time I got a new box. It was full the same day I set it up lol.
@jollygreengiant, it took me a week to run out of space, at which point I ordered a bunch of organizers.
I've managed to move a bunch of stuff over to this one and not fill it, so it's going great so far haha!
I won't even have the top box until Wednesday, but I know I'm going to run out of tools before I run out of drawers. I'm keeping the boxes limited to automotive tools, while all the woodworking stuff is being stored in the upper cabinets for now. Helps keep the boxes less cluttered. Most of my automotive tools did fit in my single bank Craftsman set, so I know I've got some room in this one. I mostly bought it to not have two separate socket drawers and a ratchet drawer.
Going to make sure it's super organized before I even fill up the drawers too. Should help dramatically.
Congrats on the tool box! I'll be tuned in to see it in it's place.
While we're busy talking about spending
@wreckdiver1321 's money, and he mentioned vaulting the ceiling for a lift, I'll throw out a ridge beam so you can go 100% vaulted ceiling.
Haha I've thought about that quite a bit. I do know I'd like to have more headroom, and I don't really care how I accomplish it, but there's a bunch of ancillary things that'd need to change if/when I do a vaulted ceiling:
- I'd need to put a lid on my upper cabinets. I don't think they'd need additional support (they're screwed into the ceiling at the moment as well as the wall and wall studs) but I'd definitely need to put a lid on them.
- The overhead door would need to be changed or at least have the track setup changed, because it's directly above the area where the lift would go. At minimum I'd need a high-lift door or something to that effect.
- I'd need to re-insulate the ceiling somehow.
- All the overhead lighting would need to be redone.
- I might have to add more pallet wood to the east wall to continue the theme.
- Probably need to thicken the concrete where the lift would be installed.
- Once the new concrete is in, I'd need to coat it to match the floor, or recoat the entire floor.
That sounds like a lot of work for a lift. I could do something more like the QuickJack and make life easier, but it's still a lot. More of a future dream than something I'm thinking of doing anytime soon. Got plenty to do in the house that takes priority.
I want to redo the kitchen, remove the walls around the stairs, re-tile the fireplace, install a new mantel, update the guest bathroom, doo a glass door for the master bath shower, replace all the doors, redo all the trim upstairs, ditch the carpet in my office and the kids' room, and redo the basement. Maybe we'll see some of that come to fruition in 2023.
