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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Jimbob on 22 August 2008, 13:29:00
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Decided its time to consolidate my numerous small boxes into 1 larger one.
Looking at something like these (subject to measureing it will fit where I want it to go)
Clarke (http://
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cfs308-8-drawer-tool-chest/path/clarke-hd-tool-chest-range)
Halfords (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_206443_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31464_crumb_33958-33932_parentcategoryrn_31464)
(much cheaper with trade card - about £80 iirc)
Had a look in Machine Mart at lunch, hey only had the cheaper ones on display, that felt nasty to use. are the HD ones better?
Any better recommendations?
Cheers
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I am going to get one on wheels. Fed up with lugging mine about...
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I am going to get one on wheels. Fed up with lugging mine about...
Mine dont move much for that to be an issue - but those both connect to the relavent bottom cabinets on wheels, should I want them to.
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I have the cheaper one which has served me well so far.
At the end of the day, its not like it will be moved far and get a massive amount of hammer!
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I have the cheaper one which has served me well so far.
At the end of the day, its not like it will be moved far and get a massive amount of hammer!
Yours certainly feels better than the flimsy ones I tried today...
Yours is piano hinged lid isnt it? and are the drawer runners friction or bearing?
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I have the cheaper one which has served me well so far.
At the end of the day, its not like it will be moved far and get a massive amount of hammer!
Yours certainly feels better than the flimsy ones I tried today...
Yours is piano hinged lid isnt it? and are the drawer runners friction or bearing?
Friction ones and it gets a lot of hammer!
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I have the cheaper one which has served me well so far.
At the end of the day, its not like it will be moved far and get a massive amount of hammer!
Yours certainly feels better than the flimsy ones I tried today...
Yours is piano hinged lid isnt it? and are the drawer runners friction or bearing?
Friction ones and it gets a lot of hammer!
You aint wrong!
yours really didnt feel like what I played with :-? maybe my memory is shite / they have changed.
I suppose the more 'flimsy' also have the advantage of being lighter
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hi try looking at http://www.cromwell.co.uk they do a lot of tool chests
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My cheapo clarke on is OK, but bit small.
Keep toying with £144 Halfords Pro one, or a big one on wheels from Costco at £350.
But I'll still end up with tools scattered all over the garage floor ::)
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This might be worth a look :y
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7017395/Trail/searchtext%3ETOOL+BOX.htm
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This to looks like a good buy :y
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7001129/Trail/searchtext%3ETOOL+CHEST.htm
Im getting this one
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7070583/Trail/searchtext%3ETOOL+CHEST.htm
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AutoExpress review of Tool Chests here (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/201243/tool_chests.html)
Worth a look!!
If I had the money, I would spend about £450.
Britoll Chest (http://www.concepttools.co.uk/p/BRITOOL-10-DRAWER-TOOL-CHEST-4341.aspx)
:) :) :)
I don't have the money and my toolbox needs to be mobile, so the next toolbox I buy will be a cantilever (http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-1-403-42804-draper-540-x-297-x-210mm-cantilever-toolbox.aspgood)
Advantage is that all the tools are to hand, except the bottom drawer. Amazing, what can hide in there :)
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I am pretty sure that the clarke and the halfords roller drawer ones are made by draper (thier professional range)
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I am pretty sure that the clarke and the halfords roller drawer ones are made by draper (thier professional range)
The clarke pro and halfords pro do appear to be the same.
Sorry, earlier I meant the Halford black Industrial. Just really as the red ones tend to not be deep.
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My cheapo clarke on is OK, but bit small.
Keep toying with £144 Halfords Pro one, or a big one on wheels from Costco at £350.
But I'll still end up with tools scattered all over the garage floor ::)
£144 - 80 on trade card ;)
picked up one of the 'better' ones, could barely lift it!
So few tools in it and its static!
Will look again at the cheaper ones, think they will be best.
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This to looks like a good buy :y
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7001129/Trail/searchtext%3ETOOL+CHEST.htm
Im getting this one
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7070583/Trail/searchtext%3ETOOL+CHEST.htm
Like the of of the big one :D
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http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catalog.asp?tool=storage Go for one of these puppys if you win the lottery :)
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My cheapo clarke on is OK, but bit small.
Keep toying with £144 Halfords Pro one, or a big one on wheels from Costco at £350.
But I'll still end up with tools scattered all over the garage floor ::)
£144 - 80 on trade card ;)
picked up one of the 'better' ones, could barely lift it!
So few tools in it and its static!
Will look again at the cheaper ones, think they will be best.
I thought it was still £144 even on trade, as its a sale price :-/
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This is the one I was looking at
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_173087_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31464_crumb_33958-33932_parentcategoryrn_31464
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Maybe not then, I was looking at the red ones. Sorry
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I got mine from Machine Mart, went in to get a £60ish box and got a £120 ex display for £75.
Have a look in thier "clearance corner"
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I am going to get one on wheels. Fed up with lugging mine about...
.. Here you go. An ideal one from the Halfords range for the mobile mechanic. No p1$$ing about with drawers either. ;D
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_268273_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_78407_crumb_34005_parentcategoryrn_78407
Kevin
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Remember the 1st series of the garage when the spanish work men used waynes toolbox as worksurface to paint the ceiling i thought he was gonna ave an heart attack..... :o :o....I use me grandads old toolbox he made when he worked at guys trucks in wolvo its nearly 50 yrs old and still going strong...Mind ya it is made of oak and doesn`t have wheels but i would not trade it for the earth.... :y
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http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catalog.asp?tool=storage Go for one of these puppys if you win the lottery :)
Not that great a box snap on ones, my dad has had one for years and its falling apart.
When he took them up on the lifetime warranty, they refunded what he paid for it 30 years ago.......snap on really are over rated and only exist thanks to the finance terms they offer the emchanics!
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http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catalog.asp?tool=storage Go for one of these puppys if you win the lottery :)
Not that great a box snap on ones, my dad has had one for years and its falling apart.
When he took them up on the lifetime warranty, they refunded what he paid for it 30 years ago.......snap on really are over rated and only exist thanks to the finance terms they offer the emchanics!
The Snap on guy was here on Thursday, had an Aston Martin Box with plaques, pictures etc, massive wheeled box, £2k!!!!!!!!!!!! However the box he took in PX for the Aston one was £350 and seemed a bargain. We bought a Mac " FOOSE " special off e-bay, complete with 4 drawers of tools for £400, all in individual foam cut outs, lets you know what youve left under a bonnet when you put the tools away!!
I like that idea, if anyone borrows a tool you know whats missing.
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Did a search looking for sykes and pikavant, have they stopped making tool chests?
found this instead,
http://www.uktools.com/product_info.php?cPath=1136_1139&products_id=5136
i like the deep bottom draw, but i saw a mates american pro and was not that impressed tbh, cheep tho.