There a lot of money, and very good tools, but facom are less money with a better and easier availability of warrenty or buying.
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Tool Box drawer layout
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There a lot of money, and very good tools, but facom are less money with a better and easier availability of warrenty or buying.
Dirty Diesels
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Not that I have much experience of them, but you guys don't mention Beta tools.
Are they worth a look?
They are ok, Italian company, but I think they are like matco, rebadged/imported stuff and availability is like mail order!
OP
Scotland Offshore ABZ
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My new MAC man warranties and sells Facom and Britool. The Beta stuff is not bad. However their ratchets are ****, as are their combination spanners. They are also into snap on territory as regards price. I can get 20% off any of their tools but I have only bought a handfull. They are not bad but are nowhere near Snap-On or MAC as regards quality. Try some out and I think you will agree. I do like Facom, but they dont make em like they used to as the saying goes!
I've got a 40" KRA stack full length drawers on the top box and split drawers in the bottom. Depending on how many tools you have probably drives the best solution. My stack is for home use but I have a shallow, semi and deep in 1/4, 3/8 and shallow and deep in 1/2 in both metric and imperial, metric and imperial spanners and a bunch of other stuff.
The problems I have found are that the split drawers in the bottom are just not wide enough to store much, long ratchets and breaker bars just don't fit unless diagonally which wastes a drawer. It only has one single full length drawer on the bottom which is stuffed with the smaller sockets and extensions. The full length in the top chest are far more useful to fit the range of spanners screwdrivers etc.
Having the odd smaller drawer is useful for items like drill bits, taps, electrical connectors etc
If you only go for a KRA they are only 20" deep. When browsing through the posts here you see other boxes and think that looks organised. I'll move my stuff around to match, and then realise that you can't as most boxes on here are at least 24" deep if not 30" for the Epiqs.
The problems I have found are that the split drawers in the bottom are just not wide enough to store much, long ratchets and breaker bars just don't fit unless diagonally which wastes a drawer. It only has one single full length drawer on the bottom which is stuffed with the smaller sockets and extensions. The full length in the top chest are far more useful to fit the range of spanners screwdrivers etc.
Having the odd smaller drawer is useful for items like drill bits, taps, electrical connectors etc
If you only go for a KRA they are only 20" deep. When browsing through the posts here you see other boxes and think that looks organised. I'll move my stuff around to match, and then realise that you can't as most boxes on here are at least 24" deep if not 30" for the Epiqs.
Also get a pliers rack to store pliers on their side, it allows much better use of space in the deeper drawers. I was the first person to order one of those from my snappy dealer, he then cleared out the whole of the UK stock of them and sold the lot in a week.