Tool box matting / drawer liners

[Faust66]

While back a neighbor asked if I wanted to buy an old Snap On draw unit he'd found at an auto-jumble (he'd got one of the lads in the paintshop at his work to spray it matt black and add red detailing) for 70 quid?


Didn't come with liners so I used some of this stuff to line the drawers.

Went for the 2mm option IIRC and it did the job pretty well.

Got to get a proper stand (either a dedicated stand or a heavy duty roller cab) for it to live on though - bloody thing weighs a fair bit even without tools in!

[jas xjr]

is that neoprene stuff reasonably sticky ?might try that next if what i have does not work well.
i will get around to trying out my foam tiles but need to find something to stick them down with. mostly need to line the cases for power tools. obviously i have tools in boxes that did not come with them. drillbits in a large hilti case might jusst bolt the little boxes into that one. after all it is all about being able to lay your hands on things when you need them.

[Faust66]

jas xjr said:

is that neoprene stuff reasonably sticky ?might try that next if what i have does not work well.
i will get around to trying out my foam tiles but need to find something to stick them down with. mostly need to line the cases for power tools. obviously i have tools in boxes that did not come with them. drillbits in a large hilti case might jusst bolt the little boxes into that one. after all it is all about being able to lay your hands on things when you need them.

Yep, it's pretty sticky... been in my box for over a year now and I've no complaints.

That said, I've used it in a static box (my garage is fairly small) so I can't vouch for how it'd hold up for heavy duty use if you're carting kit all over the place - cheap enough to have a punt though!

[Davie]

I buckled, the magpie syndrome kicked in and I've spent more than she'd be happy with on their modular tool sets...

Bought a 1/4" set, 3/8th set and the spline / torx bits set... all three fit in one drawer of the lower roll cab.

I have a further four drawers to fill.

This could get expensive!

[jas xjr]

Davie said:

I buckled, the magpie syndrome kicked in and I've spent more than she'd be happy with on their modular tool sets...

Bought a 1/4" set, 3/8th set and the spline / torx bits set... all three fit in one drawer of the lower roll cab.

I have a further four drawers to fill.

This could get expensive!

very envious i did look at those but i could not justify it. for the same reason , i will not go into lidl or aldi , as they always have something or other that might be a good buy.
i need a bench vice and a bench grinder. trouble is i do not have a bench
i had to buy a replacement sds as my last one went up in smoke, so my tool fund is a little depleted.
more pictures of your tool set ups please, sorry i do not get out much

[Scalino]

Davie said:

I have a further four drawers to fill.

This could get expensive!

How familiar

I had 6 drawers left, one year later I need a new cabinet...

[Davie]

jas xjr said:

very envious i did look at those but i could not justify it. for the same reason , i will not go into lidl or aldi , as they always have something or other that might be a good buy.
i need a bench vice and a bench grinder. trouble is i do not have a bench
i had to buy a replacement sds as my last one went up in smoke, so my tool fund is a little depleted.
more pictures of your tool set ups please, sorry i do not get out much

To honest, it was a bit of a unnecessary purchase but I was given some vouchers via work and had a couple of gift cards from Christmas to cash to use plus they had the three for two deal on so it sort of made sense plus whilst I have assorted sockets sets / tools etc, they were spread between an old cheap roller cabinet and my faithful Stanley tool box. I forever found myself raking around for the right tool in the garage and given the vast majority of car based jobs can be done with the 1/4, 3/8 and assorted spline / Torx bits... this sort of made sense.

My issue is, I was forever moving tools from the roller cabinet to the toolbox and back again as the situation dictated and thus stuff got lost or I'd get somewhere and realise I didn't have X, Y or Z tool so whilst I've now sort of doubled up on the 1/4 and 3/8 sets, hopefully it'll make life a bit easier and given time is precious these days, hopefully being a bit better organised will pay off!

Currently just rearranging the entire garage, again fed up of being hampered by piss poor organisation and clutter!

It can't end well!

[jas xjr]

i really am not capable of organising anything, that is how i am wired. recently had a plumbing emergency. it was like a dream , i was able to locate the correct tools and fittings because this was the first lot of tools that i had sorted out .it is a slow process to organise everything but definately worth it.
i might be able to pick up some (free) old kitchen cabinets. anybody use these for tool stoarage?
i also have my eye on an old wardrobe that my dad does not use, much

[Davie]

jas xjr said:

i really am not capable of organising anything, that is how i am wired. recently had a plumbing emergency. it was like a dream , i was able to locate the correct tools and fittings because this was the first lot of tools that i had sorted out .it is a slow process to organise everything but definately worth it.
i might be able to pick up some (free) old kitchen cabinets. anybody use these for tool stoarage?
i also have my eye on an old wardrobe that my dad does not use, much

I've slowly managed to sort my storage, took ages but it was all free... managed to source an old, 6ft tall, twin door cupboard that looks like it used to live in a school or something and then also sourced two, 4ft wide grey steel units with solid wood work tops - one has twin doors and shelves, the other three very big drawers so when side by side, make for a superb bench / storage units. I also got those lightweight alloy shelves from Ikea, two sets for under a tenner and they're great too... but I digress and have started a new thread up for the sharing of such ideas.

And yes, kitchen units do work well... just get them securely bolted down and thus good storage solution plus they'll have a rather heavy worktop which is good for mounting the vice on and such like. Very cheap / usually free too as people (aka, the other halves) are forever upgrading kitchens and such like. Would be lovely to have a couple of grands worth of bespoke bench and tool storage but this is the real world!