New Tool Box

[95 fiesta si]

Was tired of my old tools and storage so decided for a little upgrade in the garage.

Opted for Halfords Industrial 3 piece chest set. RRP of £810 but picked up for £400 on trade. Stands over 5ft tall.

Also got lots of new Halfords professional tools with life time warranty and some Draper stuff. Was looking at snap-on stuff but way too expensive for the casual DIY car mechanic like myself. I did modify the chest set though by removing all the original Halfords stickers and logos and putting my own comical stickers on :teehheee:

Edited by 95 fiesta si on Saturday 2nd May 18:39

Edited by 95 fiesta si on Saturday 2nd May 18:39

[Krikkit]

Nice! Love those stickers too.

[95 fiesta si]

Krikkit said:

Nice! Love those stickers too.

cheers mate

[interloper]

I am amused but it would be funnier in an actual work shop setting!

[G600]

interloper said:

I am amused but it would be funnier in an actual work shop setting!

I've got on on my box at work, it didn't take long for them to start appearing on other people's boxes.

[Mysterae]

The cock and balls in the S is quite clever

[95 fiesta si]

Mysterae said:

The cock and balls in the S is quite clever

I only just noticed that after I stuck them on lol

[z06tim]

These are really good tool-chests. They can be had for similar money without a trade card when an offer is on.

I think the middle unit is quite a recent addition, which i would love to add to mine, but unfortunately never seems to be on offer on it's own, and at £200, would be more than half what i paid for the other two units combined.

[McSam]

Really nice setup for the money, and those stickers are superb it's all in the detail..

I currently only have one of the pauper's red portable chests, but I've got way too much crap to fit in it now so I'm eyeballing something very similar to this.

[Deisel Weisel]

Anyone know the internal draw size of these? (width x depth) Halfords only state overall dimensions.

[z06tim]

They are 560mm wide by 390mm long (front to back).

Depth varies from 35mm for the shallowest (all bar one on top cabinet). 55mm deep for that one, plus all bar one on lower cabinet. Bottom drawer is 135mm deep.

[normalbloke]

This is what I opted for, ridiculous quality for the money. Had it for about 10 months now, and not a single whinge! Mine has a slightly different top box drawer layout. Going to buy the matching wood top workbench shortly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54-Stainless-Steel-Tool-...

[imagineifyeswill]

Ive been in the motor trade for 40 years and have spent a small fortune on Snap On tools but no more, I dont think any of it is made in America any longer more likely China or Taiwan and the quality is now abyssmal.

[soad]

imagineifyeswill said:

Ive been in the motor trade for 40 years and have spent a small fortune on Snap On tools but no more, I dont think any of it is made in America any longer more likely China or Taiwan and the quality is now abyssmal.

Are you saying these aren't up to the job?
And the price obviously hasn't been reduced...have to love the outsourcing.

[Deisel Weisel]

z06tim said:

They are 560mm wide by 390mm long (front to back).

Depth varies from 35mm for the shallowest (all bar one on top cabinet). 55mm deep for that one, plus all bar one on lower cabinet. Bottom drawer is 135mm deep.

Thanks Tim

[kambites]

normalbloke said:

This is what I opted for, ridiculous quality for the money. Had it for about 10 months now, and not a single whinge! Mine has a slightly different top box drawer layout. Going to buy the matching wood top workbench shortly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54-Stainless-Steel-Tool-...

I've got something very similar but with a slightly different arrangement of drawers:



The only problem is that the thing is so tall I can't see into the top compartment properly.

[normalbloke]

I think they do an optional mirror lining kit for the top lid for the vertically challenged!

[kambites]

normalbloke said:

I think they do an optional mirror lining kit for the top lid for the vertically challenged!

I'm 6 foot! Hardly a midget.

[blade7]

Seems a bit odd the lid has to be fully up to open the drawers on the top box, or are all top boxes like that ?.

[normalbloke]

kambites said:

I'm 6 foot! Hardly a midget.

What were you mithering about then??!!