Tool box.

[Tractor boy 238]

Well I’m back, and with a new box And a season of snow plowing and a repair under my belt. The tool box is a craftsman 6 drawer home project center. I know not huge but between the bench and various pegboard hooks I don’t need much. I was also curious as too what everyone uses for tool box

drawer liner. 

[ebinmaine 63,073]

10 minutes ago, Tractor boy said:

curious as too what everyone uses for tool box

drawer liner. 

Nice! 

I use dollar store kitchen drawer liners that resemble foam rubber in a net. 

 

[Digger 66 3,476]

I have a Craftsman too .

Mine is red and has a few more drawers but I don't have that big storage area on the bottom .

 

[Tractor boy 238]

4 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Nice! 

I use dollar store kitchen drawer liners that resemble foam rubber in a net. 

 

Do you have any problems with catching dirt and the like in the holes?

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,039]

I buy the liner that is rust preventive  from HF works great. Now if I could just find my tools and tool box in the shed .

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

I tried the weaved kitchen drawer liners they do work but do seem to catch the dirt as well, the HF General boxes I got a couple years back came with drawer liners, but at work they use 1/4 and 1/2" foam and lay the tools on the 1/2" trace them then cut out to have each tool it's own specific spot when done the 1/4" is a base layer and the 1/2" shows what tools may be missing, Jeff.

[Tractor boy 238]

18 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

I tried the weaved kitchen drawer liners they do work but do seem to catch the dirt as well, the HF General boxes I got a couple years back came with drawer liners, but at work they use 1/4 and 1/2" foam and lay the tools on the 1/2" trace them then cut out to have each tool it's own specific spot when done the 1/4" is a base layer and the 1/2" shows what tools may be missing, Jeff.

See my problem is I don’t want to spend a lot of money. Otherwise I would just go with kaizen foam. 

[ebinmaine 63,073]

1 hour ago, Tractor boy said:

Do you have any problems with catching dirt and the like in the holes?

I almost always clean my tools as a group when done using them or after they sit around the shop for awhile.

They're not dirty when I put them away... If I put them away...

 

I like @WVHillbilly520H Jeff's thought about the double liner with one being a "cut-out tool map."

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

6 minutes ago, Tractor boy said:

See my problem is I don’t want to spend a lot of money. Otherwise I would just go with kaizen foam. 

 

[Tractor boy 238]

2 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

 

Yes but I’ve heard hb’s liners don’t last and they peel up. 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

4 minutes ago, Tractor boy said:

Yes but I’ve heard hb’s liners don’t last and they peel up. 

2+ years so far in my boxes no issues yet.

[Tractor boy 238]

@WV Hillbilly what kind of box do you have and how long have you had it? 

[JPWH 5,299]

I have a 3 section craftsman tool box i bought new in 81. I use that same liner and I have had them for about 10 years now. I also clean my tools before I put them away and I use various trays to hold smaller items in place.

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,039]

The HF liners don't peel up , I bought a used Snap on tool box that the PO had some kind of white looking liner that was a mess. Every time I took something out of the drawer the liner moved. I put that stuff in the round trash can.

[ebinmaine 63,073]

5 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

put that stuff in the round trash can.

Did it HAVE to be round? 

I mean could you have used a square one? A rectangular one?

I have no idea why that struck me funny. 

Of course I'm only 5......

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

27 minutes ago, Tractor boy said:

@WV Hillbilly what kind of box do you have and how long have you had it? 

Harbor Freight General 44" roller with matching top chest had a Wally World Stanley 24" roller with the kitchen liner but I liked stuffing small parts in with the tools and that's how the dirt gets in there too.

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,039]

Usually I just throw the in the garbage container the city provides for $17.50 per month.  It cost $7.00 per load to carry to the dump and cost more in gas to make the trip in wait in the extra lonnnggggg line.

[Tractor boy 238]

Lols maybe we should start a topic on the general page called what’s your box!

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

4 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Usually I just throw the in the garbage container the city provides for $17.50 per month.  It cost $7.00 per load to carry to the dump and cost more in gas to make the trip in wait in the extra lonnnggggg line.

You need to move up to hill country haven't waited in line or paid a dime (yet) at the county landfill...

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,039]

You aren't telling me anything I don't know . Would love to move but the wife's health issues requires hospitals that are  close. Two are 15 minutes away in heavy traffic. 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

7 minutes ago, Tractor boy said:

Lols maybe we should start a topic on the general page called what’s your box!

You probably don't want to know ...

[WVHillbilly520H 10,369]

Just now, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

You aren't telling me anything I don't know . Would love to move but the wife's health issues requires hospitals that are  close. Two are 15 minutes away in heavy traffic. 

One 25 min Harrisonburg ,one 10 min Fishersville, then UVA/Charlottesville 35+? min

[Tractor boy 238]

8 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

You probably don't want to know ...

But you already told me!

[squonk 38,902]

13 hours ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

I buy the liner that is rust preventive  from HF works great. Now if I could just find my tools and tool box in the shed .

The HF stuff does work good. Even the Snap ON and Mac Tools stuff curled and slid around.

 

Jim get one of these to help find your tool box! 

 

 

[Tractor boy 238]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

The HF stuff does work good. Even the Snap ON and Mac Tools stuff curled and slid around.

 

Jim get one of these to help find your tool box! 

 

 

What if he just paints bright orange? Then you could see it from a mile away?