Tool Box Design Ideas

[bfr57]

I just acquired 2 of these Vidmar cabinets for a great price; they are in addition to 4 other large cabinets I already have. I want to make one a roll-around box to replace my red Harbor Freight box pictured. I like the way it has a hinged top giving me extra space for wrenches, etc., but drawer space is limited. I want more of the common stuff in the Vidmar so I don't have to walk back to my big box all the time and also have a small workspace keeping the butcher block top. So, any ideas or boxes you've seen like this with some functional mods to it?

 

[Richard Cranium]

Can I ask what you had to pay for your cabinets?

 

[bfr57]

$280 for the pair; military surplus

 

[Tim37]

Go to HF and pick up some screwdriver g
Holders for the sides

 

[sleepy127]

You could bend up some sheet metal and make a tubbed top like the HF rollaround and then add the screwdriver holder, paint can holder, and maybe buy the work bench clutter catcher from swag offroad;
http://www.swagoffroad.com/Work-Bench-Clutter-Catcher_p_46.html

 

[RXtacy]

You could bend up some sheet metal and make a tubbed top like the HF rollaround and then add the screwdriver holder, paint can holder, and maybe buy the work bench clutter catcher from swag offroad;
http://www.swagoffroad.com/Work-Bench-Clutter-Catcher_p_46.html

That's the first I've seen that. Very clever!