- 1. [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Franklin" <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:07:06 -0400
- I'm buying a friend some toolboxes for her birthday. Probably a roll-away and a 7 drawer top box. Poking around the Sears store I see lots of crap, and a few models that look decent but could be dece
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:04:58 -0400
- Jim, Have you looked at Harbor Freight? I purchased there big roll around cabinet, http://www.harborfreight.com/13-drawer-red-industrial-quality-roller-cabinet-90320.html It's a lot better than the o
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:24:49 -0400
- Their homeowner grade boxes are pretty crappy. Into the higher line ones, they only differences seem to be the drawer slides; ball bearing vs sliders. The sliders are adequate for most folks. I would
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Franklin" <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:10:58 -0400
- I just happen to be vacationing in a town where there's a HF close by so I took a look. They're not bad, better than the Craftsman as you say. A contender, even though one of the drawer slides had a
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:12:46 -0400
- Interesting bit of trivia -- There's a company Waterloo Industries www.waterlooindustries.com that I am told OEMs the Sears boxes, and probably the Kobalt too. Thet sell boxes under their own name,
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- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:15:48 -0500
- I bought one in March, and overall I am happy with it. I went with a higher end homeowner grade unit because I wanted roller drawer slides and just didn't have the budget for the "pro" models. The on
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: Vincent Marshall <vlm@te-motorworks.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:50:19 -0400
- And if you're looking to buy Waterloo specifically, Grainger and Enco both carry the tool cabinets and carts. -vin www.waterlooindustries.com that I am told OEMs the Sears boxes, and probably the Kob
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:20:30 -0400
- What about your friends here on the email list? I've got a birthday coming up soon... Eric Russell Mebane, NC http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell -- Original Message -- ________________________________
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:33:36 -0400
- probably rare one. The other American maker of toolboxes is Kennedy. Sold through industrial suppliers (Grainger, Mcmaster, etc. ). Nice stuff. Spendy, though. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com __
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- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Parkanzky" <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:58:15 -0400
- I grew up in Van Wert, OH (Where Kennedy boxes are made) and I can vouch for them being really great toolboxes. However, when it came time for me to buy a big roller I couldn't justify the expense. T
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- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:19:21 -0400
- Paul writes... to Are the deals good enough to make a special trip there from NJ? (I might take a ride if so.) Moose "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being ar
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- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Parkanzky" <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:45:32 -0400
- I haven't been there in many years. I hear they actually moved the outlet since I was there last... Ten years ago I remember seeing boxes that retailed for ~$1200 going for $4-500 sometimes and it mi
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- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:15:10 -0400
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- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "George Zhookoff" <gzhookoff@e2m.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:33:44 -0400
- Check out company web site. Looks like they still have the retail store but it's only open one Saturday a month. George Zhookoff 78 GMC Eleganza II I haven't been there in many years. I hear they act
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- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Parkanzky" <parkanzky@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:17:15 -0400
- Brookside Beverage, on Ervin, right next to the small town's two bowling alleys (Which were basically next door to one another), for those of you playing along at home. I believe that VW boasts the n
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- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: <shop-talk2@mcfetridge.org>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:03:08 -0400
- I've had a Lowes Kobalt for 4 years: four roller-bearing drawers and one of those rubberized top store trays. http://www.lowes.com/pd_274220-55738-LWK2PD07-BT06_4294932521_?productId=107 8281&Ntt=too
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- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:03:40 -0400 (EDT)
- I'll second this. I have that box as well and while its not quite to the Mac / Snap-On / Matco level of pro boxes, its better than anything else I've put my hands on even if you discount the price.
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- 18. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Galt, Stuart A" <stuart.a.galt@boeing.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:21:25 -0700
- It wasn't a craftsman toolbox but I was in the right place at the right time get a very good deal on a repo snapon box that was the size of a small car. It had a minor scuff or two and was not my fir
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- 19. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: Vincent Marshall <vlm@te-motorworks.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:24:16 -0400
- I also have one of these harbor freight cabinets. I use it as a second tool chest for lathe tooling, drill bits, measuring instruments, and so forth. It's reasonably well solid and built, and definit
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- 20. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman toolboxes? (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:12:07 -0700
- They're not mobile, but I bought six Vidmar roller-drawer cabinets out of the electronics shop at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard when the last remnants were being auctioned off six or seven years ago
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