New Tool Box

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95 fiesta si

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1,600 posts

151 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Was tired of my old tools and storage so decided for a little upgrade in the garage.

Opted for Halfords Industrial 3 piece chest set. RRP of £810 but picked up for £400 on trade. Stands over 5ft tall.

Also got lots of new Halfords professional tools with life time warranty and some Draper stuff. Was looking at snap-on stuff but way too expensive for the casual DIY car mechanic like myself. I did modify the chest set though by removing all the original Halfords stickers and logos and putting my own comical stickers on :teehheee:







Edited by 95 fiesta si on Saturday 2nd May 18:39


Edited by 95 fiesta si on Saturday 2nd May 18:39

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Nice! Love those stickers too. biggrin

95 fiesta si

Original Poster:

1,600 posts

151 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Krikkit said:
Nice! Love those stickers too. biggrin
cheers mate

interloper

2,747 posts

254 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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I am amused but it would be funnier in an actual work shop setting!

G600

1,479 posts

186 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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interloper said:
I am amused but it would be funnier in an actual work shop setting!
I've got on on my box at work, it didn't take long for them to start appearing on other people's boxes.

Mysterae

93 posts

140 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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The cock and balls in the S is quite clever smile

95 fiesta si

Original Poster:

1,600 posts

151 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Mysterae said:
The cock and balls in the S is quite clever smile
I only just noticed that after I stuck them on lol

z06tim

558 posts

185 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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These are really good tool-chests. They can be had for similar money without a trade card when an offer is on.

I think the middle unit is quite a recent addition, which i would love to add to mine, but unfortunately never seems to be on offer on it's own, and at £200, would be more than half what i paid for the other two units combined.

McSam

6,753 posts

174 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Really nice setup for the money, and those stickers are superb hehe it's all in the detail..

I currently only have one of the pauper's red portable chests, but I've got way too much crap to fit in it now so I'm eyeballing something very similar to this.

Deisel Weisel

2,519 posts

183 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Anyone know the internal draw size of these? (width x depth) Halfords only state overall dimensions.

z06tim

558 posts

185 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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They are 560mm wide by 390mm long (front to back).

Depth varies from 35mm for the shallowest (all bar one on top cabinet). 55mm deep for that one, plus all bar one on lower cabinet. Bottom drawer is 135mm deep.

normalbloke

7,403 posts

218 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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This is what I opted for, ridiculous quality for the money. Had it for about 10 months now, and not a single whinge! Mine has a slightly different top box drawer layout. Going to buy the matching wood top workbench shortly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54-Stainless-Steel-Tool-...

imagineifyeswill

1,225 posts

165 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Ive been in the motor trade for 40 years and have spent a small fortune on Snap On tools but no more, I dont think any of it is made in America any longer more likely China or Taiwan and the quality is now abyssmal.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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imagineifyeswill said:
Ive been in the motor trade for 40 years and have spent a small fortune on Snap On tools but no more, I dont think any of it is made in America any longer more likely China or Taiwan and the quality is now abyssmal.
Are you saying these aren't up to the job?
And the price obviously hasn't been reduced...have to love the outsourcing. shoot

Deisel Weisel

2,519 posts

183 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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z06tim said:
They are 560mm wide by 390mm long (front to back).

Depth varies from 35mm for the shallowest (all bar one on top cabinet). 55mm deep for that one, plus all bar one on lower cabinet. Bottom drawer is 135mm deep.
Thanks Tim thumbup

kambites

67,462 posts

220 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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normalbloke said:
This is what I opted for, ridiculous quality for the money. Had it for about 10 months now, and not a single whinge! Mine has a slightly different top box drawer layout. Going to buy the matching wood top workbench shortly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54-Stainless-Steel-Tool-...
I've got something very similar but with a slightly different arrangement of drawers:



The only problem is that the thing is so tall I can't see into the top compartment properly. hehe

normalbloke

7,403 posts

218 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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I think they do an optional mirror lining kit for the top lid for the vertically challenged!

kambites

67,462 posts

220 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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normalbloke said:
I think they do an optional mirror lining kit for the top lid for the vertically challenged!
I'm 6 foot! Hardly a midget. tongue out

blade7

11,311 posts

215 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Seems a bit odd the lid has to be fully up to open the drawers on the top box, or are all top boxes like that ?.

normalbloke

7,403 posts

218 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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kambites said:
I'm 6 foot! Hardly a midget. tongue out
What were you mithering about then??!! smile