I have been eye-balling these with the same thing in mind. Need a bench to
mount a 10x36 lathe, and this looks like the way to do it.
Thanks


On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:23:57 -0500, "Backlash" wrote:

||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
...
|| 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
||
||

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