Richard, I built a rolling workbench using two of the Craftsman "project
centers" right before Christmas last year, when the boxes were on sale. I
paid $80 for each box, non- ball bearing drawers, built an angle iron dolly
tray, placed them into it, and bolted them together. A 3/4" plywood piece
was added to the top of each box to get above the raised lip around the top.
A cabinet top contractor near me gave me a Dupont Corian countertop removed
from a store display, which I cut down and reworked to fit the top of the
tool boxes. Having the steel on hand, I ended up with about a day in it,
along with about $172. The top would have cost around $450 if it was hired
out to be fabricated. I built another for a friend and used plywood covered
in stainless steel for the top. Maybe something similar to this would work
for you.

Photo link is below.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../Workbench.jpg

RJ


"Richard Ferguson" wrote in message
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I have finally realized that I really need a large rolling toolbox. I
have been buying and building tools pretty steadily for a few years, and
now I need to organize them. I need a place to put auto body dollies
and hammers, a place to put homemade stakes, blacksmith tools, a place
to put the accesories for my homemade power hammer, you name it.

I figure that what I want is a set of drawers of varying depths, mostly
3 inches deep or less. The common style of toolbox has a smaller
"portable" toolbox on top of a large rolling toolbox. This sounds OK,
as would a large drawer unit that was one piece. I would prefer a unit
on casters, but that is not a hard requirement.

I looked at Sears toolboxes the last time they were on sale, and the
only one that looked acceptable to me was one with ball bearings. I saw
a Husky toolbox at Home Depot that looked about the same quality. These
ran around $500 for the set of two toolboxes, but did seem a little on
the flimsy side. Realistically, I probably cannot afford to spend a lot
more than $500. I probably have been spoiled by commercial drawer units
by Lista and others, which are sturdy and slide very smoothly on ball
bearings. I have not looked at what is available as high end toolboxes
today. One that is very large would probably not fit into the available
space very well,

So, which brands of toolboxes should I look at? Any tips in evaluating
them? Any brands to stay away from? Should I look for used commercial
drawer storage units?

Thanks in advance.

Richard