Please find me a tool box. Thanks.
01-14-20, 10:14 AM
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a tool box or two is handy, for sure, but I also employ an old dresser from my childhood, which my Dad also used as a kid. we never chucked it & it followed me my whole life. on top I have short baker's racks with plastic storage bins. opposite that is a workbench with a shelf under. my tool boxes are on the floor. but I gotta tell ya, that old dresser is great to have!
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12 year old thread resurrection!!!!
Tool storage isn't cheap. I have a nice Nashbar set, but the inner trays being plastic, are starting to crack, they are 13 years old... I'm planning to build a bench in my basement, for bike stuff and my firearms maintenance. So a locking toolbox is planned. I'm not sure what resources are available to the folks Down Under, but here Harbor Freight is a good resource, the big box home improvement stores too.
Tool storage isn't cheap. I have a nice Nashbar set, but the inner trays being plastic, are starting to crack, they are 13 years old... I'm planning to build a bench in my basement, for bike stuff and my firearms maintenance. So a locking toolbox is planned. I'm not sure what resources are available to the folks Down Under, but here Harbor Freight is a good resource, the big box home improvement stores too.
My bike-specific tools live in a 4-drawer Craftsman tool chest.
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01-15-20, 05:40 PM
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actually not only for bike tools as well as for automotive tools.Yeah I got a pretty good discount, Thank you for your great advice Tamiya.
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Some of us aren't so lucky to have space to put tool boxes and bike working areas. High density living quarters, a condo, precludes me from having this luxury. That means two folding Feedback Sports work stands and a Park Tool Chest. It is good enough for now.
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Some of us aren't so lucky to have space to put tool boxes and bike working areas. High density living quarters, a condo, precludes me from having this luxury. That means two folding Feedback Sports work stands and a Park Tool Chest. It is good enough for now.Rolls like a suitcase
02-07-20, 08:25 AM
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02-07-20, 05:53 PM
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Two words: eBay or fleamarket. Unless you're willing to spend big bucks, you'll get more toolbox for the money (and a better one too), by buying a used one.
As for tools, buy ONLY the ones you need for your bike(s) and buy the very best you can afford. Unless they are specialty bike tools, buy Snap-On, Mac or other premium tools for wrenches, pliers, Allen and Torx wrenches, etc. You'll thank yourself in the long-run.
The blue Craftsman toolbox set I got used for $200 bucks. It's 20 years old and far better quality than the red Craftsman boxes I got on the left for about the same money.
The red boxes are my bike tools and the blue ones are for my car.
As for tools, buy ONLY the ones you need for your bike(s) and buy the very best you can afford. Unless they are specialty bike tools, buy Snap-On, Mac or other premium tools for wrenches, pliers, Allen and Torx wrenches, etc. You'll thank yourself in the long-run.
The blue Craftsman toolbox set I got used for $200 bucks. It's 20 years old and far better quality than the red Craftsman boxes I got on the left for about the same money.
The red boxes are my bike tools and the blue ones are for my car.
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02-07-20, 08:37 PM
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I got a half dozen Sterilite boxes from Target.
I have a stack of 6 of these shallow latching boxes
14 x 11 x 3.25
These are shallow enough that I can see all the items.
I labeled the lid edge with a sharpie (which can be removed with rubbing alcohol later.)
So each box has a specific type of tool, or parts that only fit one bike.
I have a few more larger boxes for bigger items.
Canvas rigger bag
I have a couple of these bags from Harbor Freight. All the outside and inside pockets are useful, and I can find my stuff easily.
https://www.amazon.com/Harbor-Freigh.../dp/B006ZB90TA
I have a stack of 6 of these shallow latching boxes
14 x 11 x 3.25
These are shallow enough that I can see all the items.
I labeled the lid edge with a sharpie (which can be removed with rubbing alcohol later.)
So each box has a specific type of tool, or parts that only fit one bike.
I have a few more larger boxes for bigger items.
Canvas rigger bag
I have a couple of these bags from Harbor Freight. All the outside and inside pockets are useful, and I can find my stuff easily.
https://www.amazon.com/Harbor-Freigh.../dp/B006ZB90TA
02-07-20, 11:27 PM
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Two words: eBay or fleamarket. Unless you're willing to spend big bucks, you'll get more toolbox for the money (and a better one too), by buying a used one.
As for tools, buy ONLY the ones you need for your bike(s) and buy the very best you can afford. Unless they are specialty bike tools, buy Snap-On, Mac or other premium tools for wrenches, pliers, Allen and Torx wrenches, etc. You'll thank yourself in the long-run.
The blue Craftsman toolbox set I got used for $200 bucks. It's 20 years old and far better quality than the red Craftsman boxes I got on the left for about the same money.
The red boxes are my bike tools and the blue ones are for my car.
As for tools, buy ONLY the ones you need for your bike(s) and buy the very best you can afford. Unless they are specialty bike tools, buy Snap-On, Mac or other premium tools for wrenches, pliers, Allen and Torx wrenches, etc. You'll thank yourself in the long-run.
The blue Craftsman toolbox set I got used for $200 bucks. It's 20 years old and far better quality than the red Craftsman boxes I got on the left for about the same money.
The red boxes are my bike tools and the blue ones are for my car.
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02-08-20, 09:22 AM
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It's a 1971 and it's my daily driver too. No foolin'. That's why I have my own tools (rofl). Actually truth be told, it's been a fine car.
02-08-20, 07:48 PM
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Mine's a 73 but it is currently stored. They do give you on opportunity to pull out the wrenches (or should I say spanners).
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