I got this as a graduation present around father's day. It was $150!

http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00935255000P?vName=Hand+Tools&cName=Tools+Sets&sName=Mechanics+Tool+Sets&prdNo=28&blockNo=28&blockType=L28

Mary

I had to do a quick alternator swap in the parking lot using some Husky tools that I keep in the puddlejumper for emergencies.  Talk about junk!  Atd isn't Snap On quality but compared to Husky it is!  I haven't stripped out a bolt in years but I could feel the sockets starting to slip and round off the edges of the bolt.  Got it done with some cussing and perseverance.

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on September 25, 2011, 08:36:54 PM
I got this as a graduation present around father's day. It was $150!

http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00935255000P?vName=Hand+Tools&cName=Tools+Sets&sName=Mechanics+Tool+Sets&prdNo=28&blockNo=28&blockType=L28

Mary

For us non-mechanics thats probably as close to owning a complete "Tool Box" as we can get.  Maybe I can bolt some wheels on the bottom and pretend it's a Snap-on Roll Cab, EPIQ, PowerHouse, 19 Drawers.

Actually, even if I can afford a real toolbox, I'd have no room in my garage to put it.  I'm lucky my neighbor across the street is a mechanic and is willing to lend me almost any tool I could ever need.  I think it amuses him when I work on my bike or car.  When I work on something, I'll have the manual out and try to follow what it says.  A couple of hours later, he'll come over, take a look and say "You could have done it this way..." and then tells me the tips I could have used 2 hours ago.  I figure the more I do the more I learn what not to do the next time.

- Porkchop

Quote from: Porkchop on September 26, 2011, 07:43:30 AM
For us non-mechanics thats probably as close to owning a complete "Tool Box" as we can get.  Maybe I can bolt some wheels on the bottom and pretend it's a Snap-on Roll Cab, EPIQ, PowerHouse, 19 Drawers.

Actually, even if I can afford a real toolbox, I'd have no room in my garage to put it.  I'm lucky my neighbor across the street is a mechanic and is willing to lend me almost any tool I could ever need.  I think it amuses him when I work on my bike or car.  When I work on something, I'll have the manual out and try to follow what it says.  A couple of hours later, he'll come over, take a look and say "You could have done it this way..." and then tells me the tips I could have used 2 hours ago.  I figure the more I do the more I learn what not to do the next time.

- Porkchop

Yeah wheels might be a good idea those little clasps on the front don't hold. Doing 255 tool pick-up in the dark is not one of my favorite past-times. I gotta figure a better way of keeping the drawers in.

Mary

What tools has everyone made themselves?? I've made my own chassis stands. Pics up on request.

requested!
Never really made any tools myself. 

Quote from: aussiegs on October 07, 2011, 01:19:52 AM
What tools has everyone made themselves?? I've made my own chassis stands. Pics up on request.

Do weapons count?



Michael

Toolbox Labeling

forgot a 5th drawer. " device to guard against theft"

I needed to take a buncha pics of my garage contents for insurance purposes.  Remembered reading this thread a while back and figured I'd post some pics.


I've been wrenching on stuff pretty much since I was old enough to hold a wrench.    For Christmas at 16 years old, I received one of the monster Craftsman mechanics sets.  Something similar to this.  With some Christmas cash I bought the drawers & box you see pictured below.   Man, that was a long time ago.

I've since added a ton of stuff, as well as inheriting basically 2 more lifetime's worth of tools.  My dad had all of my grandfather's stuff and I got both collections when my father died.  The vast majority of our stuff is Craftsman.  Good enough for my grandfather and my dad, good enough for me.    None of us have been professional mechanics, just serious hobbyists.  I've only needed to take advantage of Craftsman's lifetime warranty a handful of times.  I donno that I've ever had a job screw up that I felt was the tools fault. 

What I'm posting here is the stuff that I keep in the front garage.  I've got another rolling chest & box in the back garage that's also fully stocked.


Main box.   I LOVE the magnetic socket holders that are on the right side of the box.  And the wrench grippers up on the top.  Red is standard, green is metric.   Bottom drawers contain some stuff not pictured below.  Torque wrenches, hammers & prybars, propane torches, bearing removers, suspension tools, etc.




T-handled hexes.  Pivoting ratchet end metric wrenches.  SAE & metric wrenches.  Craftsman Max Access pass-through socket set.  (Just picked that up the other day on sale.  Haven't used it for anything yet.)  Not seen hiding behind are some extendable magnets.  Top three drawers hold 1: Pens, pencils, note pads, Post-Its, razor blades, scissors.  2:  Hex (Allen) wrenches.  3:  Adhesives of various sorts.  Tape.  Velcro straps.  Loctite.  Teflon.  Etc.




Standard wrenches.  Most of which are marked red for identification as SAE.  Drawer above is the same, with metric.




Metric sockets.  Drawer below is the same with SAE.  At one time most of my stuff had stickers on them with the size in easily readable print, but the ones that haven't been lost & replaced have mostly worn off over the years.  There's a lot of empty spaces here as I've been doing some sorting of stuff that's gotten all jumbled together over the years so not everything is back in its proper spot.  There's a couple hundred carious sockets in a cardboard box sitting on the floor below here.   I really don't use stuff from these drawers very often any more.  Pretty much just grab the magnetic holders on the outside of the box.




Ugh.  A crapload of random socket accoutrements.  Hex drive sockets, multiple ratchets, extensions, wobblers, etc. 




Pliers & wrenches




Screwdrivers.  Organizing analness dilemma.  Do Torx sockets go here or in the socket drawer?     I always think of them as more of a screwdriver type tool, though the only ones I ever use out of this socket set are the large ones such as are sometimes used on brake calipers on a car.  The smaller ones I've got actual Torx screwdrivers for.




Various automotivey type tools and other random crap.  I believe that there are 9 (NINE!) tire pressure gauges in there.  Chain breaker, feeler gauges, fuse stuff, minor electrical stuff.  HEY! There's (I think) the dual closed end wrench from my CBR's stock tool set.  Been wodnering where that was.




Compressor & air tools.




Retractable reels for air & electric.




Main workbench.  Most of my woodworking hand tools are in or around here.




Drill press.  Lathe.  Wall full of random stuff.  Pony from 1966 Mustang grill.  Scroll saw & sander.  Band saw.  Router.  (Not pictured:  Grinder, jointer, miter saw, table saw.)




No pics of the back garage.  It's got a lot of crap in it, but not nearly as many tools.  My dad's rolling box is there fully stocked, plus a larger workbench.  Lots of shelves filled with various vehicle parts.  Two heaps of stuff that maya once been a Jeep CJ-7 & a Ninja 600.   



I should find a "tool exchange" web site or something.  I'm sure there is one.  Over the years, I've ended up with a lot of duplicates of certain things.  I'd like to be able to trade them off for stuff that I either don't have or need to make another full set.  I think I've got eleven 9/16" sized 3/8" drive 6-point sockets.  Back in high school when I mighta had two other guys over here with their cars, plus a couple more people helping wrench, having that many was useful.  These days, not so much.    I think I've got six 14mm 12-point sockets.  Plus four 6-point.  That's just crazy!  Where'd they all come from?  I know that sometimes friends' tools got left here, but I always figured that evened out by my leaving tools at their places.

I like how the expensive snap on tool boxes have a mini fridge on them

Did your drawer already have the insert that holds all those sockets? thats pretty sweet!

i'll get some pictures of my stuff, pretty rudimentry compared to yours! i have a plastic stand-up rolling tool box, i should be getting a nice one soon though!

Quote from: iclrag on July 26, 2012, 01:58:53 PM
Did your drawer already have the insert that holds all those sockets? thats pretty sweet!

i'll get some pictures of my stuff, pretty rudimentry compared to yours! i have a plastic stand-up rolling tool box, i should be getting a nice one soon though!

I assume you're questioning me? 

It did not.   It's an organizing set I picked up.  Craftsman, I assume.  Came with several sheets of that foam and some other stuff.  Maybe the wrench holders and some straight dividers possibly?  It's got some contact paper type stuff that you lay out your arrangement on, then stick onto the foam and cut out the holes.  I very carefully used a holesaw for some of the holes, drill bits for some, and the provided razor blade for the rest.  It was a fair bit of work, but I really like both how it looks and how easy it is to retrieve & replace the sockets.

I think I've still got one that I didn't use all of the pieces from out in the garage somewhere.  I'll see if I can find it and get a part number next time I'm in the back garage.

Thanks for sharing!  Need to come back and look at all them there great pics when I have more time!  Good stuff!

question. ive got to get my hands on a CHEAP  tap handle. so i can thread my motirised bicycle engines mounting stud. anyone have an old tap handle they can sell cheap? or ideas, i had a thought. i have several dead drills. thought about taking the chuck out of it. and using key. mount tap that way. thoughts?

this hole. see its not to agressive so the chuck idea may work.

Quote from: dougdoberman on July 26, 2012, 02:12:41 PM

Quote from: iclrag on July 26, 2012, 01:58:53 PM
Did your drawer already have the insert that holds all those sockets? thats pretty sweet!

i'll get some pictures of my stuff, pretty rudimentry compared to yours! i have a plastic stand-up rolling tool box, i should be getting a nice one soon though!

I assume you're questioning me? 

It did not.   It's an organizing set I picked up.  Craftsman, I assume.  Came with several sheets of that foam and some other stuff.  Maybe the wrench holders and some straight dividers possibly?  It's got some contact paper type stuff that you lay out your arrangement on, then stick onto the foam and cut out the holes.  I very carefully used a holesaw for some of the holes, drill bits for some, and the provided razor blade for the rest.  It was a fair bit of work, but I really like both how it looks and how easy it is to retrieve & replace the sockets.

I think I've still got one that I didn't use all of the pieces from out in the garage somewhere.  I'll see if I can find it and get a part number next time I'm in the back garage.

ahhh cool, thanks!

Here's my amazing tool box

apparently i'm missing some pictures, but you get the jist of it   

Quote from: mister on November 16, 2011, 03:33:47 AM
Toolbox Labeling

FUCKIINNNG EPIIIC!!!!!!!!!!!

yhks we have some dirt cheap tap handles,...monday I'll scrounge up what I have and pm you,...