On a further diversion from the original thread, my basement work desk, my lathe (the Myford) and mill have surplus, free-standing 3 drawer metal desk units beside/under them. Great for uncluttering the surrounding surfaces and only an arms reach away. The mill unit even has castors and even better 2 of 3 were scrounged freebies. Free running ball bearing slides too.
I too have Beach/Craftsman/CTC toolboxes/rollers but they’re mostly holding mechanic’s tools.
The last couple of days though (well, this is more applicable to the cardboard box thread) I made use of my stash of corrugated cardboard creepers and doing like @Susquatch I grabbed a small tool box (cardboard box) to corral the tools I was using, going side to side to change the front springs on the S.O.’s #$&*&@ Audi A5.
That’s 3 of 4 springs on that thing that have broken from stress & corrosion. You’d thought that they would have a handle on that by now……. Oh, and what about the steel bolt passing through a couple inches of aluminum, what could possibly go wrong there in a road salt bath?!
Nice driving car but a pain to maintain.
D
I too have Beach/Craftsman/CTC toolboxes/rollers but they’re mostly holding mechanic’s tools.
The last couple of days though (well, this is more applicable to the cardboard box thread) I made use of my stash of corrugated cardboard creepers and doing like @Susquatch I grabbed a small tool box (cardboard box) to corral the tools I was using, going side to side to change the front springs on the S.O.’s #$&*&@ Audi A5.
That’s 3 of 4 springs on that thing that have broken from stress & corrosion. You’d thought that they would have a handle on that by now……. Oh, and what about the steel bolt passing through a couple inches of aluminum, what could possibly go wrong there in a road salt bath?!
Nice driving car but a pain to maintain.
D
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