i still have (and use) that exact same 10 drawer roll-cabinet and exact same top chest but no side box. bought them in 1974 brand new for $750.00. this video went straight to my heart. salute.
I am a powder coater for Mac Tools in Ohio and it's great to see someone restore a classic box and make it look good again. Also the box was actually diped in a 15,000 gallon tank of red paint and the paint was electrified to the box and drawers
@@tacet1898 I think you might dig my Proto roller bottom box from 1979. I just got it at a garage sale last week. Best part is it was 15$ I really like vintage Proto tools made in the USA. The roller I have is identical to Mac, Matco, and a few others. I wonder if they were rebranded? Best part of it all is My snap on Kra 58b top test fits perfectly on the Proto roller.
bought an old '78 snap-on, top-and-bottom chest for $600. It's not rusty, just has a lot of grease and grime. Was looking for some videos on the best way to grease the slides, and found this vid. Nice!
Glad to see there are still guys out there who love bringing the forgotten shit of the past back life. I'm restoring a 1941 Kennedy 8 drawer machinist box. Great video it was kind of like watching myself working on a project. My kids told me I should put my work on youtube. No way I spend enough time just working on the shit I restore let alone trying to film it. God Bless you, I don't know how you do it.
Ha! I just got a Kennedy box for my lathe tools. It’s in pretty good shape, so I’m gonna leave it be. As far as filming goes, it wasn’t too bad on the toolbox videos. I just hit ‘record’ and let it capture everything. On the moped videos, it probably takes me twice as long to do everything when I am messing with the camera.
Thanks for the great video. I picked up a tool box the other day on FaceBook Marketplace that looks similar to your small chest on top, and it is in similar condition. I got it for $50. The lady I bought it from said her GrandPa bought it in 1933 when he started his lawnmower repair service. I don’t know the make, and I am sure it isn’t from 1933, but I plan to restore it and use it as my metric toolbox. I learned a lot from your video. Your restoration looks awesome. Thanks for posting.
What a lucky little box, that is a fine job you’ve done bringing it back to service! You definitely scored yourself a classic and that box has found itself a new workplace to serve with dignity again.
I hope you kept that 914 Porsche, I had one back in 78 and loved it. I wish I had of kept it, it's worth a bunch now especially in good condition. Nice job on the Mac tool box, I just bought one, it was a 92 model.
Just picked up an old 2 piece box today at a yard sale for 25 bucks... Not a big name but a 70's box is still better than most today. Love that ol MAC!! Good job.
Just bought a 1979 snap on toolbox. I have the original sales finance contract paperwork and the original price was 531.00 out the door I bought it for150 bucks It’s 40 years old and showing it’s age a little The paint is dulled and faded but overall the toolbox is in great shape I thought about going through the agony of doing the same restoration project that you did but I don’t really have time to get started on it so I started cutting the old paint off with a buffer and some rubbing compound and it seems to be bringing back some of the shine Thanks for your video Your toolbox looks really nice
I just received the exact same 3 piece set from my Dad, who got it from my grandpa when he passed. I can't wait to restore it in a similar fashion to everything you've just done. Although I have quite a bit more rust.. soo sanding for daayys. Still undecided if I want to maintain that red finish, since it's kind of a signature to the vintage boxes. I'll have to link my resto video when I complete it! Great work. Also, I've read that Wax was/is the preferred way to treat the slide functioning bars, since they aren't bearings that need oiled. Wax also doesn't collect dirt and debris when it dries, but still allows smooth sliding. These were done this way in the past though, so I think with the new chemical advances a solid Dry Lubricant will be the best choice!
I've got an old Mac MB 910 top and bottom box. Been in my barn, now going in my new shop. Way worse shape than your was! Hope I can get close to your finished product! Looks great. I got automotive paint from a friends paint supply shop. I'm planning on spraying it with my gun. Gonna use some rust convertor on it in places first. I paid $300 for it about 25 years ago, and it was used then! :) Good job buddy!
Certainly much better (for the price) than anything you can buy today. Sure you can still get a quality tool box, but you have to put it on a payment plan!
Restoration looks great! Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the white lithium grease tip above. I am in the middle of a Craftsman toolbox restoration. Using Rustoleum too but got the quart can and spraying it on with a gun. Found videos that gave mixing ratios with acetone and hardener. Should have used more acetone, went on a little too thick but most of it leveled out.
Dude, that looks friggen great. I found myself smiling when you finished painting it prior to putting it back together and thought, "I really need to do this to my tool boxes." Great job, man. Great. Job.
Wow! I really appreciate the praise! I really love how it came out. The best part didn’t even get filmed - going through all my tools and organizing them. Maybe weird, but I loved that part!
Absolutely agree. When I got my dad's tool box there was some time when I went through combining our tools into one box. His was an old Dayton Mfg. brand, very similar to your Mac box. I then found an older Waterloo that I purchased for just my tools. Turns out that one was larger than my dad's, so I decided to merge our tools into that one and plan to tackle bringing up my dad's box first, then the Waterloo.
Have watched this a few times as I am restoring an old Craftsman. It is surprisingly labor intensive. I am at the shit ton of sanding phase. It was either doing this or buying something new. Haven't decided if I made the correct decision. Guess it is about the journey. Going through a lot of the same steps. Hope it turns out as well as yours. Thanks for the inspiration.
Got mine finished up a few months ago. Got some good before and after pics to look back on the project. Had to track down one of the drawer clips that was missing. I had red all over the shop too. Painted it inside and out. Satisfying project.
Wow thanks for this video. Decades ago I bought a medical file cabinet on wheels. It has ball bearing wheels and five big drawers with ball bearings and the top sixth level had a flip up lid with a key lock that locked all the drawers. It was very heavy duty and it was very cheap at the time. I've used it for years and it has filled up with junk parts.. It's a tan color. I would love to clean this out and do a Restoration like you have and strip it and paint with a tool box color. It needs some work, not so much rust as cleaning out the grease and oil collected over the years. I don't have a key for it but looking at it, I may be able to take the lock out and go get one made Thanks for the video, it shows me the steps to take an old box and bring it up to color and restore it's usefulness. This old cabinet has a lot of potential that I can use for years to come.
It's probably the grease of that 1970s era. The bicycle hubs from that 1970s all have that wax grease. Brilliant idea with the heat gun for the dried up grease!
You did a great job on these tool boxes. I have an old one I'm going to restore myself, and your video was very helpful. I assume it still looks as good?
@@wade998 I was searching through the comments if anyone else asked about the music. In his response, he said that's him but damn no mentioned of band or link to listen.
Great job. I understand the dedication on it. That’s a great buy right there. I have a few boxes that I’m starting to work through myself. Nice and thorough video as well.
David Fixes His Shit I understand that. I bought 6 boxes this year haha. I did sell two and I’m planning to sell more. I didn’t know how I wanted to set up the work space, and I got too optimistic about my time to work on the boxes. Haha
I's thank'n that it turn out alot better than some of the paint jobs I've on some racers & street cars! Congratulations on you $2.00 fined!Thanks, Joe C.
I recently found a old beat-up Tool box on Online no name on it or markings any where of what brand it is. I paid $120. It came with Top and bottom. I was just going to rattle can it and call it a day. But the sliders where sticking i noticed it was way too solid to be a cheap one. It has a garage door style gate. After doing some research on how to remove the sliders it was the Snap-On version that worked to remove it. 1940-50's era. and just like you this quick cheap investment has become a project in itself. Thanks to you I kinda know how to go about most of it now, only difference is mine has a ton of dents and its solid steel. some of sliders are bent as well. now my work area is over run with tool box parts and my wife hates it since this was supposed to solve the tools/parts everywhere situation lol. I found the same exact one on Ebay going for around $2k, so complaints have stopped since this thing is going to outlive me and be passed down to my boy.
Glad I could provide some inspiration! There was a 12-15 drawer snap on on Craigslist here in Norfolk a couple of months back for $250. My wife had to physically restrain me from going to buy it 😎
Looks Great! I restored a 1968 Snap-On Box and a similar MAC Box also. For future reference anyone looking for a paint to match I found that Ford Red is almost exact match to Snap-On.
Hey thanks Jeff! I keep having to keep myself from buying other old toolboxes from Craigslist. Now that I know the Ford Red secret, I may have to get another just to try it out!
Someone selling this exact one over by me. Ab same condition. Was interested until I saw this video. Awesome job and thanks for the details. You saved me from spending regretting starting this project haha. Nice work though!
Badass video. Just got a vintage Snap On that I'm doing research on to restore. Your video has convinced me not to do it. However, your work and video are top notch.
I know it’s 2 years down the road now but if you ever run into this situation again (was on the slides was a common fix back in the day) put the slides on cheap foil pans in the oven at 150 degrees for about twenty mins. For the cabinets use a clamp light with a heat lamp. Good work looks nice.
my dad's old snap-on box buried in the back of his garage, i think he did it on purpose. i haven't seen it in years. last i seen it, it was dirty but worked well.
The box came out great. I did the same thing with an old Snap On box that I bought for $200. Very labor intensive but it was really worth it when it was all said and done.
I think you nailed it. When I first started as a tech, the old guys had this vintage of Mac or Snap-on rollaway. Now I'm an older and I have the old Mac rollaway.
Thanks Eric! I was just looking through your videos and saw you unbox that awesome SPG roller box. I've got a couple of cars that are smaller than that thing! I'd really like to get one of those one day to store some of the bigger power tools around the shop. Right now, I just have them shoved wherever I can find space. I think the extra added workbench space would be fantastic too. I can't wait to see your review of it. Thanks again for watching!
Certainly worth it. I'm sure I could've bought a nicer box brand new, but it would have been expensive, and I wouldn't have loved it as much as I love this one.
Alonso- thanks! I let my obsessive side come out when doing these. It’s nice to know that you have cleaned and touched every single nut and bolt when it’s all back together.
I’ve been wanting to find a vintage box to restore myself. I’ll personally use cerakote which is originally designed as a firearms coating. It’s easy to work with and extremely durable.
I could... but I always worry about doing too much on a tool box. I know its just going to get messed up in a few months, so not sure its worth the effort of wet sanding. Maybe next time...
Awesome job David fixes his shit. I really like the final results. I got a couple questions, I hope you can answer them. I just got as a gift from a friend two old Craftsman tool boxes. One is dark blue an the other is black. My questions are if its ok to change the colors to red or that is something complicated and the other one is if I need to use a primer before paint them. Thank you and once again. Awesome job!!!
wow my brother you did an amazing job....... six years later does it still look amazing?????
i still have (and use) that exact same 10 drawer roll-cabinet and exact same top chest but no side box. bought them in 1974 brand new for $750.00. this video went straight to my heart. salute.
Nice to see a youtuber that is showing folks how to economically restore their things
I am a powder coater for Mac Tools in Ohio and it's great to see someone restore a classic box and make it look good again. Also the box was actually diped in a 15,000 gallon tank of red paint and the paint was electrified to the box and drawers
Thanks Rodney. Great info! Glad you are continuing the proud tradition of ‘made in the USA’!
I make the MAC and Proto Tool here in Dallas. I just brought a used 50th Anniversary box. I am going to restore it. This really helped.
@@tacet1898 I think you might dig my Proto roller bottom box from 1979. I just got it at a garage sale last week. Best part is it was 15$ I really like vintage Proto tools made in the USA. The roller I have is identical to Mac, Matco, and a few others. I wonder if they were rebranded? Best part of it all is My snap on Kra 58b top test fits perfectly on the Proto roller.
bought an old '78 snap-on, top-and-bottom chest for $600. It's not rusty, just has a lot of grease and grime. Was looking for some videos on the best way to grease the slides, and found this vid. Nice!
Wow! Awesome job! Teaches us all that a little hard work can pay off, and in this case here- 10 fold! I tip my hat to ya brother. Thanks for sharing 👍
Hell yes. I love saving these old tool boxes!
Well done - allot of work, but a tool box to be proud of, and can't beat that price!
Glad to see there are still guys out there who love bringing the forgotten shit of the past back life. I'm restoring a 1941 Kennedy 8 drawer machinist box. Great video it was kind of like watching myself working on a project. My kids told me I should put my work on youtube. No way I spend enough time just working on the shit I restore let alone trying to film it. God Bless you, I don't know how you do it.
Ha! I just got a Kennedy box for my lathe tools. It’s in pretty good shape, so I’m gonna leave it be. As far as filming goes, it wasn’t too bad on the toolbox videos. I just hit ‘record’ and let it capture everything. On the moped videos, it probably takes me twice as long to do everything when I am messing with the camera.
Thanks for the great video. I picked up a tool box the other day on FaceBook Marketplace that looks similar to your small chest on top, and it is in similar condition. I got it for $50. The lady I bought it from said her GrandPa bought it in 1933 when he started his lawnmower repair service. I don’t know the make, and I am sure it isn’t from 1933, but I plan to restore it and use it as my metric toolbox. I learned a lot from your video. Your restoration looks awesome. Thanks for posting.
I make the MAC and Proto Tools here in Dallas. I just brought a used 50th Anniversary box. I am going to restore it. This really helped.
I just picked up 3 craftsman tool boxes from a guy on Craigslist cleaning out his garage for FREE!!!!! Now I’m restoring them thanks for the video 🙏🏽
You are livin the dream!!
What a lucky little box, that is a fine job you’ve done bringing it back to service! You definitely scored yourself a classic and that box has found itself a new workplace to serve with dignity again.
Thanks. I appreciate the kind words!!
I hope you kept that 914 Porsche, I had one back in 78 and loved it. I wish I had of kept it, it's worth a bunch now especially in good condition. Nice job on the Mac tool box, I just bought one, it was a 92 model.
That was awesome! I just bought a 2 pc NAPA cabinet (for $100) that I’m going to clean up. Got lots of inspiration here!
Very nice job . Those old Mac boxes are really nice.
Just picked up an old 2 piece box today at a yard sale for 25 bucks... Not a big name but a 70's box is still better than most today. Love that ol MAC!! Good job.
Two piece box for $25?? I don’t care what brand it is, that’s a score!
Dave, glad to meet you at grain, need some new videos!! Also i picked up an old two piece, top and bottom Mac Tools toolbox the same as these.
Just bought a 1979 snap on toolbox. I have the original sales finance contract paperwork and the original price was 531.00 out the door
I bought it for150 bucks
It’s 40 years old and showing it’s age a little
The paint is dulled and faded but overall the toolbox is in great shape
I thought about going through the agony of doing the same restoration project that you did but I don’t really have time to get started on it so I started cutting the old paint off with a buffer and some rubbing compound and it seems to be bringing back some of the shine
Thanks for your video
Your toolbox looks really nice
That sounds like a hell of a purchase! Well done.
Love seeing old good quality stuff brought back to life . Top job fella
Thanks Geoff.
I just received the exact same 3 piece set from my Dad, who got it from my grandpa when he passed. I can't wait to restore it in a similar fashion to everything you've just done. Although I have quite a bit more rust.. soo sanding for daayys. Still undecided if I want to maintain that red finish, since it's kind of a signature to the vintage boxes. I'll have to link my resto video when I complete it! Great work. Also, I've read that Wax was/is the preferred way to treat the slide functioning bars, since they aren't bearings that need oiled. Wax also doesn't collect dirt and debris when it dries, but still allows smooth sliding. These were done this way in the past though, so I think with the new chemical advances a solid Dry Lubricant will be the best choice!
Wow! It came out gorgeous.
Great to see it restored. The man that fed his family with that is likely gone now.
Nice job man I totally appreciate someone that does quality work like that
Great work 👍🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
You are obviously a perfectionist!!!!!! Beautiful work!!!
Thanks Johnelle!
I've got an old Mac MB 910 top and bottom box. Been in my barn, now going in my new shop. Way worse shape than your was! Hope I can get close to your finished product! Looks great. I got automotive paint from a friends paint supply shop. I'm planning on spraying it with my gun. Gonna use some rust convertor on it in places first. I paid $300 for it about 25 years ago, and it was used then! :) Good job buddy!
Thanks a bunch Rick! I appreciate that. Good luck with your box!
Box came out great..fun to watch
Thank you!
Excellent job ..
I like those older styles of boxes , seems like they last forever ..
Certainly much better (for the price) than anything you can buy today. Sure you can still get a quality tool box, but you have to put it on a payment plan!
Restoration looks great! Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the white lithium grease tip above. I am in the middle of a Craftsman toolbox restoration. Using Rustoleum too but got the quart can and spraying it on with a gun. Found videos that gave mixing ratios with acetone and hardener. Should have used more acetone, went on a little too thick but most of it leveled out.
Dude, that looks friggen great. I found myself smiling when you finished painting it prior to putting it back together and thought, "I really need to do this to my tool boxes." Great job, man. Great. Job.
Wow! I really appreciate the praise! I really love how it came out. The best part didn’t even get filmed - going through all my tools and organizing them. Maybe weird, but I loved that part!
Absolutely agree. When I got my dad's tool box there was some time when I went through combining our tools into one box. His was an old Dayton Mfg. brand, very similar to your Mac box. I then found an older Waterloo that I purchased for just my tools. Turns out that one was larger than my dad's, so I decided to merge our tools into that one and plan to tackle bringing up my dad's box first, then the Waterloo.
You mentioned the different grit of sand paper you used, but what sanding tools did you use? Hand tools? Power tools?
Have watched this a few times as I am restoring an old Craftsman. It is surprisingly labor intensive. I am at the shit ton of sanding phase. It was either doing this or buying something new. Haven't decided if I made the correct decision. Guess it is about the journey. Going through a lot of the same steps. Hope it turns out as well as yours. Thanks for the inspiration.
I think I started having second thoughts during the shit ton of sanding phase. That is a sucky job. Stick with it and you will be rewarded. Good luck!
Got mine finished up a few months ago. Got some good before and after pics to look back on the project. Had to track down one of the drawer clips that was missing. I had red all over the shop too. Painted it inside and out. Satisfying project.
Awesome! Congrats!
Duely impressed my guy! Nice restoration, I am getting ready to do an old Craftsman box similar to this one!
Excellent . Hoping to restore my classic snap on setup maybe upgrade it a little. Thanks for the inspiration
Wow thanks for this video.
Decades ago I bought a medical file cabinet on wheels. It has ball bearing wheels and five big drawers with ball bearings and the top sixth level had a flip up lid with a key lock that locked all the drawers. It was very heavy duty and it was very cheap at the time.
I've used it for years and it has filled up with junk parts.. It's a tan color. I would love to clean this out and do a Restoration like you have and strip it and paint with a tool box color.
It needs some work, not so much rust as cleaning out the grease and oil collected over the years. I don't have a key for it but looking at it, I may be able to take the lock out and go get one made
Thanks for the video, it shows me the steps to take an old box and bring it up to color and restore it's usefulness. This old cabinet has a lot of potential that I can use for years to come.
Wow. That thing sounds awesome. Well worth restoring. Good luck, and thanks for watching and your comment!
Looks very good you put a lot of hard work into it you should be very proud of that beauty 👍🏻
I am. I love it! Thanks so much for watching.
It's probably the grease of that 1970s era. The bicycle hubs from that 1970s all have that wax grease.
Brilliant idea with the heat gun for the dried up grease!
USA made and reborn is the USA!! Love it man, Great job..
Great to see things of value brought back to life with, as you say, some physical and mental "elbow grease"!
You did a great job on these tool boxes. I have an old one I'm going to restore myself, and your video was very helpful. I assume it still looks as good?
Well done David! I was looking for a new toolbox but now this inspired me to restore an oldy. Thx
Awesome! For the same money, you wouldn’t get anything new with the same quality as those old ones.
What's the name of the band of the music playing with the lyrics "wasting away"
All those songs were cool but Shazam doesn't pick them up..
@@wade998 I was searching through the comments if anyone else asked about the music. In his response, he said that's him but damn no mentioned of band or link to listen.
Good looking man for sure!!!!!
Major transformation for sure and it looks great.
Great job. I understand the dedication on it. That’s a great buy right there. I have a few boxes that I’m starting to work through myself. Nice and thorough video as well.
Thanks Ernest. That one was fun. Now I have to keep myself from buying every old toolbox I see on craigslist :-). I have issues....
David Fixes His Shit I understand that. I bought 6 boxes this year haha. I did sell two and I’m planning to sell more. I didn’t know how I wanted to set up the work space, and I got too optimistic about my time to work on the boxes. Haha
Great job David ! Came out awesome, enjoyed the video !
Thanks so much foe watching!
Badass, nice job man.
Great work, lovely box! Should be good for another 40+ years.
Fingers crossed! Thanks for watching.
Wow I see now why these boxes cost so much...great job and I'm going to restore my dad's old craftsman box..thank you
Good on ya! Make her shine!
That thing its beautiful congrats, enjoy the video very much thanks for sharing
Thanks Sal!
Nice job brother, it’s beautiful and worth the effort.
Thanks man!
I's thank'n that it turn out alot better than some of the paint jobs I've on some racers & street cars! Congratulations on you $2.00 fined!Thanks, Joe C.
Thanks Joe!!
I recently found a old beat-up Tool box on Online no name on it or markings any where of what brand it is. I paid $120. It came with Top and bottom. I was just going to rattle can it and call it a day. But the sliders where sticking i noticed it was way too solid to be a cheap one. It has a garage door style gate. After doing some research on how to remove the sliders it was the Snap-On version that worked to remove it. 1940-50's era. and just like you this quick cheap investment has become a project in itself. Thanks to you I kinda know how to go about most of it now, only difference is mine has a ton of dents and its solid steel. some of sliders are bent as well. now my work area is over run with tool box parts and my wife hates it since this was supposed to solve the tools/parts everywhere situation lol. I found the same exact one on Ebay going for around $2k, so complaints have stopped since this thing is going to outlive me and be passed down to my boy.
Wow, very impressive, outstanding results, thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
What would be the best method to clean grime off of the ball bearing drawer slides?
Looks real nice,love those vintage tool boxes,retired my snap on box in 2016,not sure if I should paint it or not
Looks great!
Awesome job! I have my dad's Mac toolbox that I want to restore. Thanks for the video.
Do it! You won’t regret it.
Great video and great work! What did you use to grease the rails?
Awesome video. Great outcome. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks!
great job, looks awesome, enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Wow! Fantastic results.
Thanks Robert!!
Great results!
I just got a older snap on tool box, bouta restore it soon, this video definitely going to help some !
Glad I could provide some inspiration! There was a 12-15 drawer snap on on Craigslist here in Norfolk a couple of months back for $250. My wife had to physically restrain me from going to buy it 😎
Looks Great! I restored a 1968 Snap-On Box and a similar MAC Box also. For future reference anyone looking for a paint to match I found that Ford Red is almost exact match to Snap-On.
Hey thanks Jeff! I keep having to keep myself from buying other old toolboxes from Craigslist. Now that I know the Ford Red secret, I may have to get another just to try it out!
Hi Jeff, I'm getting ready to paint my old snap on boxes. Just wondering where you get the Ford red paint from. Thanks
Someone selling this exact one over by me. Ab same condition. Was interested until I saw this video. Awesome job and thanks for the details. You saved me from spending regretting starting this project haha. Nice work though!
Badass video. Just got a vintage Snap On that I'm doing research on to restore. Your video has convinced me not to do it. However, your work and video are top notch.
Thanks Jonathon!
outstanding............... a piece of art
There is nothing like hard work to help you appreciate the outcome.
Great find and an awesome job.
Thanks Ross!
Love old mac tool boxs
Man, that was beautiful to watch. Inspiration to refurb my (much smaller) beat up toolbox
I know it’s 2 years down the road now but if you ever run into this situation again (was on the slides was a common fix back in the day) put the slides on cheap foil pans in the oven at 150 degrees for about twenty mins. For the cabinets use a clamp light with a heat lamp. Good work looks nice.
Thanks for the tip! Will do..
Outstanding, Looks Great!!!
Frickin' AMAZING result. Great restoration...Bar NONE.
Thank you! That one was fun. Now I have to keep myself off of craigslist because I want em all!
Great job ! Just finishing mine !!🤓😍🤠
Rock on!
Terrific job. Thanks for sharing. Looks awesome.
my dad's old snap-on box buried in the back of his garage, i think he did it on purpose. i haven't seen it in years. last i seen it, it was dirty but worked well.
What color rattle can did you use to match snap on red.
That looks Amazing!!! I’m at the start of my top box. I beat the crap out of it. I hope mine looks as good as your did! Thanks for the Vid!
The box came out great. I did the same thing with an old Snap On box that I bought for $200. Very labor intensive but it was really worth it when it was all said and done.
Most definitely worth it. That’s a tool box that will get passed down, not thrown away. Thanks a bunch for watching
Do you happen to have a seriel number for that side box? A friend gifted me that same set up minus side cabinet would love to find one
I think you nailed it. When I first started as a tech, the old guys had this vintage of Mac or Snap-on rollaway. Now I'm an older and I have the old Mac rollaway.
Thanks Eric! I was just looking through your videos and saw you unbox that awesome SPG roller box. I've got a couple of cars that are smaller than that thing! I'd really like to get one of those one day to store some of the bigger power tools around the shop. Right now, I just have them shoved wherever I can find space. I think the extra added workbench space would be fantastic too. I can't wait to see your review of it. Thanks again for watching!
You can buy a box about that size at harbor freight for around 300 dollars... still watching and I hope the stickers stay on it 👍
Looks awesome, hard work for sure but well worth it in my opinion.
Certainly worth it. I'm sure I could've bought a nicer box brand new, but it would have been expensive, and I wouldn't have loved it as much as I love this one.
What is the name of the thin black "tabs" on the end of each drawer slide? I am needing replacements.
Great job!
Thanks!
great video! trying to figure out the best way to take the emblem off. any tips?
Slow and steady wins the race. Just keep gently prying it off. If it’s glued, sometimes a heat gun can help loosen that.
David Fixes His Shit thanks I figured I’d just keep trying. Your video is great inspiration. I’ll post a before and after.
Great video true dedication
Alonso- thanks! I let my obsessive side come out when doing these. It’s nice to know that you have cleaned and touched every single nut and bolt when it’s all back together.
I’ve been wanting to find a vintage box to restore myself. I’ll personally use cerakote which is originally designed as a firearms coating. It’s easy to work with and extremely durable.
Can you wetsand the orange peel, make the finish flat and then polish?
I could... but I always worry about doing too much on a tool box. I know its just going to get messed up in a few months, so not sure its worth the effort of wet sanding. Maybe next time...
Superb!
how did you get the MAC LOGO off?
Good work by the way. Looks crazy good
You could set up a hot box to bake them all at once, great work though and I appreciate the level of detail
Waoooo,thats super nice man👍👍👍
Awesome job David fixes his shit. I really like the final results.
I got a couple questions, I hope you can answer them.
I just got as a gift from a friend two old Craftsman tool boxes. One is dark blue an the other is black.
My questions are if its ok to change the colors to red or that is something complicated and the other one is if I need to use a primer before paint them. Thank you and once again. Awesome job!!!
Sure you can change the color. I probably would use a primer so the pain covers the old color better. Good luck!
Outstanding job! What model number is set up?
Hey Scott. I can’t find a model number on these things. Just a date of manufacture.
I just picked one up and I feel your pain brother!
The new color looks better than the old.