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What's bad is I told myself that this was my last box, now it's starting to get pretty cramped. Sometime next year I plan on adding a side locker.
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Now that I have a Mercedes I find myself needing to buy many new tools. A new Craftsman tool box is not to far off. I need something big, my dad has a chest high one but it is getting a little small.
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My box is really old, but was one of the largest that you could buy in the seventies. I could win the ugly toolbox contest in most any shop, but the contents are good with most all of my english stuff being SnapOn and the Metric being MAC or Craftsman. By the time I started buying metric tools, Snap On prices were beyond the budget of mortal man.
Someone said the metal socket sticks would bend, etc. You have to get REALLY good ones. The cheapies aren't worth a bucketful of cold spit. I have some old ones that I got from the Snap On man in the seventies and they still work perfectly. I have a few others that I bought later that are close to useless. Have a great day, |
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Yep, and thats my dad in the jean shorts and you can see my head on the other side of the C43's hood. That was one nice AMG Is their any more pics up? Their were camra's everywhere!
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That ain't nuthin'
I'll try to get a picture of the box one of the Sheet Metal (SCRAP METAL) mechanics has. It is actually big enough he crawled inside it and was caught "checking his eyelids for leaks!" Mine is a "tamale wagon" but not quite that big. You know the difference between men and boys is the price of our toys!
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I'm also with Larry on this one. My toolbox (near 45 years old) has a removable tray in the top. I keep all my 3/8" drive sockets (metric, imperial AND Whitworth) in the tray slots. I have the 3/8" drive pieces in there too. Easy to take the tray under the car with you. At 68, I don't like to get on and off the creeper any more often than is necessary. The rest of my tools are arranged neatly in specific drawers where I know I will find them. I'm so used to this tool storage system that it makes the move with me twice a year between my winter and summer digs.
My recommendation is to figure out what system works best for YOU and then stick with it religiously. A good mechanic always cleans his tools when he puts them away. my $.02, Wes |
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This is what I use
http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2445&select=
I have two of these, one for metric and one for standard. My odd and special are on ten twenty two pin snap-on single rails. My one inch drive and three quarter inch drive sets are in boxes. Remember: Lock the box when it is not being used. Tools grow legs and walk away when you are not watching. I could buy another house with the cost of all the tools stolen from me.
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