Alex's budget offroad tool box build

Well I got back into this and finally finished building the box and have now filled it with tools. Very happy with the finished product.

Continuing on from my first post I added a few more bits. First off was a lid that covered the stainless tray. This was 18mm plywood left over from the shed build. I hinged it off from one side and made a swing out support to hold it up when its opened.

Then I build a lift up section along the back to hang spanners and screwdrivers off. I added a lid to this bit. I ripped down some bits of eucalypt timber left over from the coffee cart we recently built for a customer ( that's another thing I must put some pics up of because it was a cool project!) These bits of timber were then profiled into corner cappings. With them attached Hannah then oiled it all and varnished the flip back lid.

I made some handles. One main one for shifting it about the workshop and then a swing up one with more leverage that is for moving it offroad.

I found a little handle we have had for yonks. Ideal for the lift up section...



Finally a little box on the side for a few often used cans- wd40, spraygrease, zinc it black etc.

I took no photos of all this because I was just absorbed with the build. Now complete I filled it with all the tools I use on car jobs etc. This was super fun because it meant I could shuffle loads of stuff about and off the walls. I could also move my old toolbox that took plenty of useful 'Flat six' sized space and put it under the bench. The bench area became a bomb site with stuff all over the place as I did a workshop bench spring clean. Got rid of lots of plop and re-organised a load of stuff into new trays I'd bought from Bunnings.

This satisfies me no end.

Anyway- back to the toolbox. Which now has a very catchy name. The 'Wheelybox 2000'

pics. Closed up and ready to move...



and opened up (a pic sort of like a toolbox equivalent of 80's Lambo poster with all the doors/boot/engine covers open)..



In action...



on the move..



detail shots... ( should have done a narrow depth of field shot of the cans through an open window...)



the tray..



and for your amusement - this is what happens when I do a spring clean...





So happy with it. It going to be a bloody useful asset to the business and save a lot of walking back and forth to the bench, especially when doing jobs on cars, trucks and tractors etc outside. Should have done it ages ago!

My next plans for the bench area are to paint the plywood walls a bright colour and probably add a window over the bench - especially as we have chopped down loads of trees and we would now be able to watch the sunset through it as I tinker with Goldwing engines.

I'll update the bushblock thread with that sort of workshop tinkering though.