What should I do with this toolbox?

[bigcountry78]

I kind of inherited this box from my wife’s grandfather, but I’m not sure what to do with it. It’s a really nice Mac box, and it’s just been sitting empty since I got it. I have most of my tools in a big craftsman box, so what should I put in this one? It’s too big/heavy to be a portable setup.

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[Grit dog]

Are you looking for creative suggestions to turn it into an arts and crafts project? If not, I’d suggest using it for tools or making some beer money off of it.

 

[bigcountry78]

Are you looking for creative suggestions to turn it into an arts and crafts project? If not, I’d suggest using it for tools or making some beer money off of it.

Any ideas at all I’ll listen to. Er, read.

 

[nvrenuf]

I wish you were closer, I’d love a top box like that. When I first started buying tools I bought a top and bottom like that but a couple of years later I traded the top for more tools, I figured a full(ish) bottom was better than a mostly empty set.

 

[Camar068]

make it the electrical tools box, impact sockets, or specialty tools rarely used. Or for household plumbing tools.

 

[319E]

Make it a mobile tool chest by building a low platform beneath it and installing larger (6") swiveling pneumatic tires so you can roll it around your unpaved garage and or driveway to whatever you're working on. Keep a low center of gravity so it cannot tip, and you can probably sit on it when the lid is closed.

 

[KD4UPL]

If you don't have enough tools to fill it you need to buy more.

 

[Blue Ox]

Being a shade-tree machinist I see that box as similar to one of my Kennedy machinist's box. Maybe dedicate it to your taps, dies, drills, measuring instruments, Machinery's Handbook etc.

Or find a similar specialization like body and fender and paint tools and supplies. On a smaller scale, I use tackle boxes for certain specialty things like all my paints and tools from when I had time to build models. I use one for my electrical work that has all the crimpers, heat shrink and terminals for that kind of thing. So maybe it's a big metal tackle box for some specialized work. Or bolt it into your squarebody and use it to jumble your tools when you go over bumps.

 

[Sad Sack]

Being a shade-tree machinist I see that box as similar to one of my Kennedy machinist's box. Maybe dedicate it to your taps, dies, drills, measuring instruments, Machinery's Handbook etc.

Or find a similar specialization like body and fender and paint tools and supplies. On a smaller scale, I use tackle boxes for certain specialty things like all my paints and tools from when I had time to build models. I use one for my electrical work that has all the crimpers, heat shrink and terminals for that kind of thing. So maybe it's a big metal tackle box for some specialized work. Or bolt it into your squarebody and use it to jumble your tools when you go over bumps.

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[goldpack]

reminds that it seems to be missing its bottom half,....or it spent its life on a work bench.

if not automotive tools....

you could put things to fix homes with:
wood working/ plumbing/ electrical tools in it. (so you don't have to go digging for such things in other tool boxes.)

 

[legopnuematic]

I like tools and toolboxes.

Up at my shop I have six tool box “stations” (some are just bottoms, some top and bottom, riser top, top riser and bottoms).

-My main 72” box general mechanic tools, some specialty stuff.
-5 drawer tech cart, another set of mechanic tools
-Kennedy 8 drawer top and riser, metrology and some mill tooling.
-Craftsman bottom box, mill tooling, endmills, reamers, drill, etc, etc.
-Old Homak top and bottom box, body and paint tools, welding, and fabrication.
-Kennedy bottom/riser, Huot top box, electrical, specialty, gauges, test equipment, some more measuring tools, files, etc.

I like to break stuff up by the area it’s in and keeping proximity to where the contents are most likely to be used.

For your box, a good use case could be hardware storage or as mentioned, specialty stuff, or so on. You can also integrate it into a bench or work area as a ‘lower’ box. Toolboxes are a relatively cheap and easy way to integrate drawers into something.

 

[89Suburban]

I like to break stuff up by the area it’s in and keeping proximity to where the contents are most likely to be used.

I like this.

 

[Keith Seymore]

I like tools and toolboxes.

Up at my shop I have six tool box “stations” (some are just bottoms, some top and bottom, riser top, top riser and bottoms).

-My main 72” box general mechanic tools, some specialty stuff.
-5 drawer tech cart, another set of mechanic tools
-Kennedy 8 drawer top and riser, metrology and some mill tooling.
-Craftsman bottom box, mill tooling, endmills, reamers, drill, etc, etc.
-Old Homak top and bottom box, body and paint tools, welding, and fabrication.
-Kennedy bottom/riser, Huot top box, electrical, specialty, gauges, test equipment, some more measuring tools, files, etc.

I like to break stuff up by the area it’s in and keeping proximity to where the contents are most likely to be used.

For your box, a good use case could be hardware storage or as mentioned, specialty stuff, or so on. You can also integrate it into a bench or work area as a ‘lower’ box. Toolboxes are a relatively cheap and easy way to integrate drawers into something.

I find that no matter what I am working on it is going to require every tool I own.

I just get them all out and start from there.

K

 

[legopnuematic]

I find that no matter what I am working on it is going to require every tool I own.

I just get them all out and start from there.

K

I call those garage sale jobs…

Just need the sign- “this table $1.00/ea”

 

[Old Guy Bill]

I had two similar to that, one I hauled into where I work part time and set it up... I'll leave it there when I retire. The other was in worse shape, I "donated" it to the local thrift shop.. meaning I left it by their dumpster.