Tool box covers

[LIVELY]

Thinking about getting slip on covers of some kind for my tool boxes--when we grind and sand in the shop alot of stuff settles on the boxes
is there someone that sell these or makes these that aren't a fortune!!
thanks

 

[mrholeshot]

What kind of boxes

 

[LIVELY]

harbor freight rollaround and craftsman rollaround--these both have top boxes also

 

[garfunkle24]

If you let it build up for long enough, you can just peel it off in one layer.

 

[crewchief888]

i used to have a covr that fit over my machinists boxes,

all it took was a trip to the fabric store, and a sewing machine.

 

[Pug}{maN]

ya i was going to say make some, it ez as he11

 

[Sterff]

https://www.comsew.com/covers.php

 

[stonewellmark]

Try this out if your gonna make your own covers, some nice tips.

http://www.projectsinmetal.com/norman_newguy_malking_custom_covers_for_machinery/

 

[Scout Driver]

Find an upholstery or tarp shop. They should be able to make one for a fair price. Or check out BBQ grill covers. Or....I remember seeing a zip-up cover for some assemble-it-yourself shelving units. Don't remember where or for how much though.

Scott

 

[klhitman]

Find an upholstery or tarp shop. They should be able to make one for a fair price. Or check out BBQ grill covers. Or....I remember seeing a zip-up cover for some assemble-it-yourself shelving units. Don't remember where or for how much though.

Scott

I was thinking the same thing about using grill covers

 

[Coach James]

Why not just put a small tarp or sheet over them?

Coach

 

[wornoutoldman]

toss a moving blanket over it

 

[bart1]

My body shop buddy I visted today has a big blue Snap On box with a matching blue (I assume SO)
cover. Probably costs more than my car.

 

[LIVELY]

lot of good ideas-i want something that looks good[ we have a nice shop and trying to make it nicer]
i will price some from comsew and check out making one myself--our upholstery shop around here is CRAZY on his prices
i want something that slips off nicely[i am very short so can't reach the top of my son's HB boxes]
my CRAFTSMAN system is ALOT smaller then his

but--it is my garage--for now

 

[bart1]

lot of good ideas-i want something that looks good[ we have a nice shop and trying to make it nicer]
i will price some from comsew and check out making one myself--our upholstery shop around here is CRAZY on his prices
i want something that slips off nicely[i am very short so can't reach the top of my son's HB boxes]
my CRAFTSMAN system is ALOT smaller then his

but--it is my garage--for now

A note: With my friend's box, you did not have to take it off. It had a zippered section around the front and you could access tools that way.

I guess something is listed here:

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tool...Series+Storage+Unit+Covers&store=snapon-store

 

[Sterff]

Most of the covers only have to be zipped open in the front. The rest stays on with magnets built into the cover.

 

[mrholeshot]

Buy a motorcycle cover.

 

[LEVE]

Making a cover is exceedingly easy and NO sewing. I used this method to make water tight sidecar covers for my motorcycles.

Go to a fabric shop and buy some vinyl material by the yard. You choose the thickness that best works for your application. You can use a steam-iron and some aluminum foil to fuse the pieces together.

Make your pattern out of some cardboard and lay out the material on a table. Cut the material about 1" larger. Now all you have to do is to

• put the two pieces together,
• outside facing each other and
• fold a layer of aluminum foil over the area to be fused
• take the iron and iron over the area to be fused,
• move the iron quickly,
• You don't want to melt holes in the material
• that 1" overlap you've planned when cutting will now be fused together.

If you want to, you can get creative and incorporate zippers in it for quicker access.

Soon you'll be done and have an inexpensive, nice looking, DIY, tool chest cover that fits your tool chests.