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Damien Linh
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2023
Harbor Freight tool cart modification tutorial
It's just a rough guide, do your thing.
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Harbor Freight tool cart modification overview
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I unlock the full potential of the Harbor Freight U.S. General 5 Drawer Mechanics Cart. Instagram: damien.grey.linh
This is so cool! Thinking about doing this myself !
Did you check to see that the keys for your two tool carts were actually different? I know the keys for husky cabinets are universal
Man this is a great built. I love it but I’m too lazy 😭.
Is this the series 2 or 3? I want to do this but all the stuff I find is for series 2
Does anyone know if you could do this with the older cart and the new carts that they have right now?
Maybe you should’ve been an engineer 😮. Awesome video 🤙🏽🤙🏽💯
Howd u get 4 handles. Frim only 2 carts??
Whats the part number on those grommets
I cut it 3 times and it was still too short
Fright white
On the side put a bunch of hooks there for tools
Nice job
soo cool man nice job
Yes I would love a tutorial instructions- love it - love the video Could I not put the side tray on and put a draw stack on ?
There is nothing about this I don’t like
Great job how were you able to get the lower box draws to be able to work with the key lock on top box TIA
I cut and riveted the upper and lower chest locking bars together. Made a tutorial video about it.
500$ for the mods ? Is better do this than get the Yukon 340$
I think it is. Played with the Yukon chest in the store and wasn't impressed with the quality. At the end of the day though, if money is a concern, I'd rather save $ on the box and spend it on better quality tools instead.
@_Fox_Dye these toolcarts regularly go on sale for 190
10/10
My favorite part is you built this cool ass cart in your kitchen.
Nah I just cook in my garage.
@@damienlinh lol
The first couple of steps must have been tough.
I'm here to tell you that your 4 caster mod may work in a small shop or service bay, but I had a box given to me here at work. It had 4 casters. My work area is the size of 2 football fields, on weekends I may be on the other end of the building, which by the way is 60 acres. The first time you push a 4 caster box full of tools 1000' you'll quickly learn that they suck!
Do you have to buy 2 harbor freight 5 drawer carts to do this mod, or can you buy the parts separately?
Just buy a bigger box dude
Maybe use one strut on the side to keep it closed and prevent it from over opening?
COST????????????????????? TY
I purchased the two carts and all the extras from HF during their parking lot sale last Summer for a bit of a discount. I think the carts are $199.99 each right now. I'm going to guess I paid around $500 altogether for the whole build, including all the extra hardware, folding trays, extra handles, etc.
@@damienlinh And for $100 more dollars you'd have more space and saved a ton of time by just buying the full bank service cart, or the 42" roll cab.
Best double stack video I've seen and I think I've watched them all.
I appreciate it
For just a few dollars more, you can just get the full bank car, and save yourself a lot of hassel. The grommet idea is genius though!!
A few dollars???? Try $200. These carts are less than $200 a piece. The full bank cart is retailing at $600. Not to mention the full bank cart is too high to use as a work table unless your 6'5" and up. I'm definitely doing this.
@@RoughRaiders13 those full banks are always on sale for $499.99. They are on sale for that price more than they aren't on sale. They also have several additional features that this custom built one does not have. I'm not saying anything against you. You do you bro, but it's just a lot of extra nonsense for no reason. You did a good job though 👍
and all the drawers are tall af!! some guys like having 3 inches of wasted space though@@RoughRaiders13
@@victorhoyt4352you def don’t see those full bank service carts on sale for that sale (17% off) that often and if it is it’s 10-15%. Not sure what these “several additional features” are beside the fact that it’s too tall to use as a flat top unless you tower over everyone. For the price of the one 34” full bank service cart @$600 I have 2 carts stacked with a side cabinet putting me at 50” with 16 drawers…but keep telling yourself it’s nonsense and for no reason👍🏼
@@RoughRaiders13 You're thinking of the 4-drawer tech cart. The 5-drawer tool carts that he used are $280, sometimes $250 on sale, so you're spending a ton of time and maybe saving $100, and still have less overall usable storage space.
Use a couple of magnetic bars to keep the side locked closed
Would it work to have all the narrow width drawers by each other (so everything matches and looks more like “factory”)? Just mount the center rail at the bottom right below the other, but would that still work when it comes to making everything lock? Also, in order to make the bottom section lock, you just cut off the 10mm difference off the top locking slides?
Outstanding job!
Am I missing a part #1 ?
Fantastic mod
Nice!
For your side cabinet, get a couple of push magnets for cabinets from Home Depot
Doesn't harbor freight make one that's almost like this?
Add a magnet to keep the side door closed
This is cool and i watched the whole thing but thats to much work for me
Fair enough
I think this is my favorite of these mods. The side locker is a nice addition, but my FAVORITE touch is the lock replacement 👍👍👍 I don't even have this cart, nor do I intend to get one. I just enjoy these videos. I saw one of these where the guy who did it put all of the same sized drawers together and I sort of thought you might do that.....
I feel that one day you'll say "Hello there" to a guest, and from across the room that cabinet will answer, "General Ken-obi!"
Is there any reason why you can't substitute properly sized firring strips for the magnetic bars at the bottom base? Oh, and thanks for this video, I'm short, too, and I definitely want the finished project to be the same height as the original cart.
I don't see any reason why that wouldn't work as well
I ant smart enough to rebuild my box. But I’m 100% stealing your grommet idea lol
Nice build. And idk why shit comes with just two swivel casters. First thing I always mod on about everything. Idk why anyone would ever want/need two straight casters. I found some cool ones that have a little pin you can pull out and they swivel or in and they lock in the position. Even then I just always have em swivel lol
If you have lots of room, the rigid casters work well. But I also replace them with swivel casters because I don't have lots of floor space.
This is great, dude!
Did you consider using one of those magnetic strips to hold the side cabinet closed while unlocked?
@@2dawgsmiked684 I hadn't considered that, it's a good idea
I really like this mod. I think I'll wait until they offer the four-drawer in slate-gray.
I was wondering why? Mainly watching other vid and i didnt you really notice you explaining using 2 to end up making 1. But finished product turned out nice. What goes in the side/use to be top "cabinet"?
Currently I've got some magnetic hooks & trays in there holding my noise cancelling earmuffs, respirator, filters, nitrile glove box, shop towels, and magnetic power strip
Can you use some sort of magnet to keep the side cabinet closed?
I'm sure that could work. I just used a buckle strap, one end tied to the cart's right side handle and the other end tied to the lid handle of the door. Saves me from having to lock/unlock the side door all the time to keep it from swinging open when on uneven ground.
Looks factory! Awesome job
Man your gonna have to make a tutorial build video for this. Like good work!
Great job!
dude... this is so good. Great personality you should really film more stuff
agreed!