Tool box chop up!

Fair enough il do a bit more thanks.
So as I say I had this old Sealey roll cab sitting doing nothing. I forgot to take a pic before but this is the same.



To tall, to narrow. I’m no mechanic or fabricator but give it a go.



It had two draw sections a top and bottom on raised platforms it measured 26 inch wide my snap on box is 32.5. So I thought I would cut in half to shorten it then use the other and narrow it and stick it on the side.




The shortened box. I removed the castors cut it in half or there abouts and drilled out the spot welds holding the bottom on and moved it up. More to follow.

I used the frame just to make it easier to form the out side of the extension

So once I made a frame for the top and bottom I started making the new end. I also had to cut down the lower front panel on the main box as the bottom draw would not fit.







One thing I had to get right was the height of the runners each side. First time using my new cleycos ( sorry I’m dyslexic)





The next job was to make and fit the top and bottom sheet metal. Coming together .

To make the narrow draws I drilled out the spot welds and removed the fronts. I then measured the width they needed to be I cut them down making the base of one side wider so I could joggle it to fit together. I then cut down the front and stuck them on.

I never thought of doing that got me thinking now. The reason I did it the way I did was to match the top box!.

Nice work! I think you took the right approach, As Andy said trying to widen the draws would have meant more work and potential ruin, and probably weakened it somewhat. Ive got dads old snapon topbox sitting on a trolley I rescued from work, the trolley seemed like a good idea but I havnt got any suitable boxes to put on the trollies shelves, and every time I look at bottom boxes prices I shudder. Ive got a fair amount of tool that id like to get in the box and on the trolley, I just need to work out how.

Why did you weld it when you got a couple of magnettes there?





Ill get me coat.....

I originally thought that the way you'd done it would be a silly idea and that you'd never fit anything in those narrow draws but now I actually think they're probably the perfect size for files, picks, maybe some screwdrivers or of you put some dividers in you could put drill bits in there. Well done! Looks like you've done a great job of that.

wow you soon got that finnished. They look like proper handy draws for all the smaller bits and pieces that would usually just rattle around in your other draws.

When I started I removed the fake chrome strip from the front of the draws and bearing in mind the box must be at least 30 odd years old it was beat up but only one side was dull so I just turned it round The last job was to decide how I was going cover up the the gap at the bottom of the narrow section. This had no runners in this part so I decided to put a small door on it using a piece of left over draw and a piece of Piano hinge and a couple of cheap door Magnette’s!



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In the end I’ve got to admit I’m pretty chuffed with it. Including buying the box ok than was nearly 30 years ago all in with the paint etc it cost me about £60!











However I overlooked one thing the height of it! Luckily I’m 6.4” so I can see in the top but to my defence if you look and the Snap on three boxes mines only a bit taller