Regular readers might recall that not too many weeks ago I moved out the boy's mammoth sized toolbox from my workshop, leaving me in a tool storage quandary, partially remedied by the purchase of a Sears Craftsman roll around box. At the time, I couldn't afford the matching top box and so another small chest was pressed into service to keep my hand tools squared away.
Well, I've had a remarkable piece of good luck fall my way and my tool storage problems are resolved. The Thursday before going on vacation, I ventured out to lunch with buddies Kenny and Loc to the local Cash America pawn shop. After I passed by it once and after paying for the guitar stand and DVD that I couldn't live without, I saw a tool box. A blue tool chest, just the same color as my bottom chest. I had a look. It was the box that I needed and wanted from Sears but used and partially filled with tools! It was $129.95!
"Here's a 20 dollar bill, I'm putting this box on layaway!" Which is what I did. I put it away until after vacation and since I was home Wednesday and it was pay day and I had a bit of time, I went and finished paying for my new top box. Thirty minutes later it was installed in its rightful place in my shop.
Last night I spent a couple hours sorting out the tools that came with the box and installing my tools. The last owner was a sheetmetal worker/machinist of some kind because I inherited 6 large, new files, all with wood handles, a couple speedhandles, a couple ratchets and extensions and a drawer full of drill bits, taps, countersinks and two small precision measuring tools. I also have 4 new hammers- 3 ball peen hammers in different weights and a no-bounce hammer.
I'm very happy. This turned out to be a good deal. The tools turned out to be useful, the price was right and my shop seems bigger now that my smaller tool stack has replaced the outsized behemoth that seemed to fill the room. Here's my new, used box.
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