tool box show&tell

[beatcad]

yeah, i'm a big fan/voyeur of tool boxes.
we all have in common here bicycles. next we need tools to work on them. than we need a place to store those tools.
so show yer tool boxes. big, little,pricey,cheap, old,new, hand-me-down. whatcha got?
i'll start. this is my main box. had it for about 10 years now. craftsman bottom, snap on top.

i've got a bunch more to show and i will soon. what y'all got?

 

[offroadford4x4]

well I'll play along since seems nobody else has yet. C'mon yall, post some pics of yer boxes!

This is my home box. 20 or so year old basic Cman top and bottom. Drawers are orginized but full. It's a small box I have out grown a few years ago, just have not gotten a bigger box for home yet.

This is my current setup at work. Snappy bottom with a Cman top. The cabinet is a very old (70s or older probably) no name that is very heavy that someone added the shelving unit to the top. I re finished the whole thing about 6-8 months ago, welded a few spots for strength and built the small media shelf and added a power strip. Both speakers now are mounted on top with home theater satellite brackets that angle and swivel. kinda looks like rabbit ears. Lol and yes thats a mini fridge in the top also.

And this is my new to me Macsimizer for work. I haven't rolled to my bay yet becaue I need to build a hutch for it. I'm doing similar to the cabinet above because I like how the stereo and fridge are set up. I will also be making the work surface on the top of the box out of gloss white hardboard wall panel from lowes. That stuff can used as white board/ dry erase board. So the whole work top with that will come in handy.

 

[offroadford4x4]

cant believe no one else want to play along and show off their toolboxes

anyhow, here is my updated pics for my work setup. Got the macsimizer in place now.

 

[beatcad]

nice rig offroad.
seriously? no one else?
I've been on a tear of vintage boxes for awhile now.
this bottom box is maybe 40s or 50s. i'll strip and fix it up when I get some free time :roll:
the top chest is a '76 proto. I may sell it. I got my eye on an old kennedy chest. :wink:

 

[beatcad]

heres another I picked up a couple months ago. its a 1964 metal box & cabinet corp.
a little research turns out this company used to make snap on boxes.
a pal of mine asked to buy it and I gave him a fair price. I kinda wished id keep it....well,he aint paid or picked it up, so maybe I will.

this may be my favorite. its a brand new gerstner. I only put in my nice clean tools. the stuff I don't use that often.
I was gonna use it for more stuff, but when I got it it was just to nice to put "dirty" stuff in it!
that's funny. a tool box that's to nice for tools :lol:

 

[offroadford4x4]

I like the wooden box. That is nice

 

[mikeeebikey]

Love the Gertsner, make nice JEWELERY boxes! I threw an old one away once as a dumb kid...

heres another I picked up a couple months ago. its a 1964 metal box & cabinet corp.
a little research turns out this company used to make snap on boxes.
a pal of mine asked to buy it and I gave him a fair price. I kinda wished id keep it....well,he aint paid or picked it up, so maybe I will.

this may be my favorite. its a brand new gerstner. I only put in my nice clean tools. the stuff I don't use that often.
I was gonna use it for more stuff, but when I got it it was just to nice to put "dirty" stuff in it!
that's funny. a tool box that's to nice for tools :lol:

 

[beatcad]

thnx guys that gerstner is my fave. I had to put a non blurry pic up of it to show how nice it really is.
and mikeee. threw one away :shock: please don't go onto ebay and search gerstner chest :wink: it'll only make ya cry
heres my other 2 smaller gerstner chests. the wood one I aint sure how old. could be anywhere from the 30s to the 50s
the leatherette one is 50s or early 60s. could be earlier, I dunno. I could get them dated but it costs 50 clams each :shock: i'll probably do that one day. right now theyre empty and just on display. I was thining about using one for just bicycle tools. we'll see.