Engineering/Mechanics Toolboxes

[Rhyolith]

Anyone got recommendations for drawed toolboxes? Particularly makes.

I have had a look in some shops and Draper jumped out as the best built (expensive though) and Taron as the best value. I have had some experience with sealey ones and felt the quality could be better.

[eltax91]

Halfords. And yes seriously.

Take a look at their pro range. Roller ball draw runners. Good strong build quality and robust castors.

I have a the full triple box now and it’s great. Also much cheaper than online price if you find someone with a trade card. If you are anywhere within striking distance of leicester, PM me and I’ll help you out with mine

[Andy 308GTB]

Look in the Technical section. This subject comes up on almost a weekly basis.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by Andy 308GTB on Tuesday 23 October 07:27

[POORCARDEALER]

US Pro are very decent for the money.....I have snap on as well, which are decent but certainly not worth 5 x the price of US Pro

[kambites]

POORCARDEALER said:

US Pro are very decent for the money....

I've got a big stainless steel USPro one and it's pretty decent - roller bearings throughout which all run smoothly, no nasty sharp edges, and obviously no rust. The only downside is that it's enormously heavy, which isn't ideal if you want to drag it around the workshop. Mine is this one, I think:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-US-PRO-MASSIVE-TOOL-...f:0

[DrDeAtH]

Might get a good deal on a kinchrome one from bunnings, they look pretty well made.

[skidskid]

eltax91 said:

Halfords. And yes seriously.

Take a look at their pro range. Roller ball draw runners. Good strong build quality and robust castors.

I have a the full triple box now and it’s great. Also much cheaper than online price if you find someone with a trade card. If you are anywhere within striking distance of leicester, PM me and I’ll help you out with mine

What he said. Its good quality, on half price sale every few months and has a guarantee. The guarantee is good and always upheld as the A level student types they have working on there just swap them over for you.

[Willy Nilly]

I have a Clarke cabinet and top box from Machine Mart which has been very good. They have 20% off next weekend and I may well be purchasing and additional cabinet

[4Q]

The Halfords ones are less than half price if you open a trade account

[caelite]

eltax91 said:

Halfords. And yes seriously.

This. Got my 6 drawer Halfords Advance for £190 with my trade card (if you are in the Glasgow area give me a shout). Until recently sat proudly next to my friends Snap On unit in our shared workshop. Genuinely all it lacks on the £2k snap on unit appears to be some end polish and refinement. The work surface isn't as nice, the drawer liners are a tiny bit ill fitting and don't seem to be of a quality material to the snap on one, the snap on has a lifetime warranty whereas the Halfords is 3 years. And to me the Halfords range (tools, boxes etc) is rather limited for choice, but the basic stuff I swear by.

Just deciding whether to get a top box next or some side cabinets for mine.

[anonymous-user]

At Halfords make sure you check for damage before taking away from the shop, rejected some of the cabinets as they were dented or draw catches bent, etc. Decent product but transported by rock apes.