M35A2
Tinkerer
I thought OP was asking for ideas on how to carry tools in rigs because he needed to figure out how to store tools in a tiny space in his new downsized home.
OP, if that is it, suggest some surplus gym or shop lockers. Build a wooden base with wheels. Stack them and they fit ammo cans or cardboard boxes or whatever, each with certain types of tools. You can get an awful lot into a small space - think rectilinear storage.
The nice thing about gym or school lockers is that there is very little wasted space. Just thin metal boxes. Even the nicest roll cab wastes space for drawer slides and the like and if you are condensing storage space every cubic inch matters.
I have a setup of three 'wide' units of three vertical lockers and six 'narrow' of two vertical lockers. The narrow lockers are stacked atop the wider ones. It is amazing what you can put away in them and it is very easy to get to exactly what you need.
The height off the floor due to the wooden platform with casters gives me below storage for surplus/repurposed steel boxes for tools such as Stilson wrenches, bolt cutters, pry bars and the like.
OP, if that is it, suggest some surplus gym or shop lockers. Build a wooden base with wheels. Stack them and they fit ammo cans or cardboard boxes or whatever, each with certain types of tools. You can get an awful lot into a small space - think rectilinear storage.
The nice thing about gym or school lockers is that there is very little wasted space. Just thin metal boxes. Even the nicest roll cab wastes space for drawer slides and the like and if you are condensing storage space every cubic inch matters.
I have a setup of three 'wide' units of three vertical lockers and six 'narrow' of two vertical lockers. The narrow lockers are stacked atop the wider ones. It is amazing what you can put away in them and it is very easy to get to exactly what you need.
The height off the floor due to the wooden platform with casters gives me below storage for surplus/repurposed steel boxes for tools such as Stilson wrenches, bolt cutters, pry bars and the like.
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