Daniel’s first tool box

[RiverDave]

Guy was selling locally on the cheap so I couldn’t pass it up.

 

[bagged97taco]

That’s a nice box. Now call the local snap on truck to come to the house and show him the American way: major debt!

 

[throttle]

Thats awesome RD! He will have it forever! Go see a laser engraver and have something written on the back. I did that for my son also.

 

[hallett21]

That’s awesome

 

[spectras only]

@RiverDave, next thing he needs to do is, installing a power bar that this unit is missing for the Milwaukee tools battery charger

 

[rivermobster]

 

[throttle]

@RiverDave, next thing he needs to do is, installing a power bar that this unit is missing for the Milwaukee tools battery charger

I think that box has built in power strip on both sides of top shelf.

 

[Outdrive1]

My neighbor just bought one of those, it’s really nice!

 

[C-Ya]

The kids ahead of me……..

The only tool in my toolbox is…………. My checkbook. In which each individual check is custom engraved with my name. It takes up a lot less space too! Other than being expensive…….. I can’t see any negatives with this method. Lol

I mean the above as an attempt at humor. In reality……. I am always fixing something.

My advice……….. Stock the toolbox with TEN 10mm sockets! lol

 

[Tank]

That’s bad ass. Good dad.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Great looking box Dave!!! Make sure every now and then you grab tools and don’t put them back or put them back in the wrong place.

@RiverDave, next thing he needs to do is, installing a power bar that this unit is missing for the Milwaukee tools battery charger

I bought a large box without the power strip and did exactly what you suggested. Drilled in the box and used grommets to protect the wirIng. THe power strip had magnets so it it on the lid and out of the way.

 

[Racey]

His 2nd box better be a Kennedy or a Gerstner Dave!

 

[Romans9]

His 2nd box better be a Kennedy or a Gerstner Dave!

This

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Cool Dad..lol..

 

[RiverDave]

@RiverDave, next thing he needs to do is, installing a power bar that this unit is missing for the Milwaukee tools battery charger

It has two in the top on each side

 

[attitude]

Nice, love that he already has it stocked with RC cars. You will also know what to buy him for every birthday and Christmas in the future, tools.

 

[spectras only]

It has two in the top on each side

yeah, saw that after I zoomed in. Costco and HD used to sell a lot of Husky's and they seem like good product.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Damn! Nice setup, but now comes the expensive part that takes some of us years...filling it. Not just with tools, but figuring out which tools are needed for what he'll be messing with. I'd suggest a nice soldering iron and a multimeter based on the RC cars. A nice Fluke meter will be used for decades, for lots of things.

 

[dezrtracer]

Can't wait to hear him say " Damn It !! Where's the 10mm socket " for the 1st time .

 

[Rajobigguy]

His 2nd box better be a Kennedy or a Gerstner Dave!

My precision tools are now kept in my New Age cabinets.

 

[hallett21]

Damn! Nice setup, but now comes the expensive part that takes some of us years...filling it. Not just with tools, but figuring out which tools are needed for what he'll be messing with. I'd suggest a nice soldering iron and a multimeter based on the RC cars. A nice Fluke meter will be used for decades, for lots of things.

Fluke all the way. Amazon has some good deals

 

[Mandelon]

Home Depot has those for $798 right now. $79 to deliver it.

 

[outboard_256]

Just take all the 10mm sockets out now. Teach him a lesson early.

 

[Orange Juice]

Where are all the RDP stickers? No Schiada sticker?

 

[Flying_Lavey]

Fluke all the way. Amazon has some good deals

Field piece. Their warranty is unbeatable

 

[rivermobster]

Fluke all the way. Amazon has some good deals

They have the fuses too? I seem to go through a lot of those...

 

[DUN]

Hell yeah

 

[Foscheck]

Thats awesome RD! He will have it forever! Go see a laser engraver and have something written on the back. I did that for my son also.

My Father bought my first tool box. I still have it. That was 48 years ago

 

[Backlash]

Filling that up is going to be a lot of fun for him!

 

[Flying_Lavey]

They have the fuses too? I seem to go through a lot of those...

I can tell ya, I don't know. I've had mine for about 12 years and have used it extensively when I was a service tech. Never once blew any fuses or anything of the sort.

 

[Sharky]

Now you need to take your son to Harbor Freight. They have some pretty decent tools in the Icon line to start as a good starter set so he can begin filling that box.

He can move on to being permanently in debt to SnapOn later in life.

 

[Ace in the Hole]

@RiverDave I'll text you next time I'm in town for a few days. I have 2 side jobs to finish for inmates so I'll likely do those the first week of February.
I have a TON of extra sockets, open ends etc. I had to condense 2 sets of parents, my stuff and a second home's worth, plus what we shipped from Hawaii. I've got a lot of excess that I was going to garage sale but Daniel can skim through before that. It should load him up with screwdrivers, and such as well.

 

[RiverDave]

@RiverDave I'll text you next time I'm in town for a few days. I have 2 side jobs to finish for inmates so I'll likely do those the first week of February.
I have a TON of extra sockets, open ends etc. I had to condense 2 sets of parents, my stuff and a second home's worth, plus what we shipped from Hawaii. I've got a lot of excess that I was going to garage sale but Daniel can skim through before that. It should load him up with screwdrivers, and such as well.

I appreciate that!

 

[Shlbyntro]

I always find it intriguing looking at some of the tool box pictures that get posted from time to time on RDP. You can always tell who's a hobbyist/retired and who isn't just by the pictures

that's bad ass on the tool box RD. I still have my first tool box from when I was 12. It's been relegated to the spare nuts and bolts box but I still have it; it's a Craftsman. The flimsy cabinet it used to sit on top of is long gone though. My tools now days spend their time between travel packs and 1 of 3 other tool boxes: 2 SnapOn wall boxes and a large Cornwell service cart. The Corwell Cart was my first major purchase off a tool truck. What's more is I went to my Cornwell dealers house and assembled it myself before he delivered it to me on the truck the next day. Both SnapOn boxes were bought 2nd hand. The red one from a limo mechanic in Long Beach, and the Black one from my fiberglass friend out here in TX when he moved to MN.

I liken tool boxes and tools to the exact same disease as garages and toys. You either have too many cars and boats and need a bigger garage, or you have too big a garage and need more toys.

Most of my tool boxes have crossed the country with me multiple times.

 

[81Sprint]

Priceless!

10mm Metric Essential Socket Set, 10-Piece

Amazing deals on this 10Pc Metric Essential Socket Set at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

 

[callbob]

I love tools. My Dad used to think I was stealing his until I would take him to his truck and his car and show him where he had a little of this and a little of that stashed. Which really wouldn’t do him any good because he had no mechanical ability what so ever lol. Every time I would buy a new tool or tools my wife would want to know why. It’s simple I said, I didn’t have this one. Kinda like her buying shoes or purses I told her. Now all my tools and big rollaway are in my sil shop in Colorado where we are building a casita for wife to be close to family as the cancer progression goes on.

 

[Badchoices03]

Thats awesome, better then my current toolbox and like I mentioned on your FB post...my first toolbox was a plastic Stanley LOL....

 

[chadzilla]

Damn! Nice setup, but now comes the expensive part that takes some of us years...filling it. Not just with tools, but figuring out which tools are needed for what he'll be messing with. I'd suggest a nice soldering iron and a multimeter based on the RC cars. A nice Fluke meter will be used for decades, for lots of things.

Fluke is top of the line no doubt! Back in '95 when I attended UTI, they required all students to purchase a DMM. Fluke 73 and I still have it today! Works perfect!

 

[Outdrive1]

I’ve got a couple older Flukes, one is a clamp meter, have no idea how to use it. Lol

 

[Shlbyntro]

Fluke is top of the line no doubt! Back in '95 when I attended UTI, they required all students to purchase a DMM. Fluke 73 and I still have it today! Works perfect!

I prefer the ES685 to the fluke.

It is compact, simple to use, auto ranging, can test diodes and capacitors, and has a built in Amp clamp.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I prefer the ES685 to the fluke.

It is compact, simple to use, auto ranging, can test diodes and capacitors, and has a built in Amp clamp.

I have an old discontinued Fluke...t200 maybe? Has an on/off switch and a display...auto ranging ohms, continuity and voltage. Handy and simple. Also use an old SnapOn MT135...like a pen with a lead, and for a lot of things, the PowerProbe IV. Nice part, Probe has a light. Bad part, powered by a vehicles battery.

 

[Outdrive1]

I have an old discontinued Fluke...t200 maybe? Has an on/off switch and a display...auto ranging ohms, continuity and voltage. Handy and simple. Also use an old SnapOn MT135...like a pen with a lead, and for a lot of things, the PowerProbe IV. Nice part, Probe has a light. Bad part, powered by a vehicles battery.

The Power Probe is the greatest invention ever! I have an old one and its replacement

 

[rivermobster]

I always find it intriguing looking at some of the tool box pictures that get posted from time to time on RDP. You can always tell who's a hobbyist/retired and who isn't just by the pictures

that's bad ass on the tool box RD. I still have my first tool box from when I was 12. It's been relegated to the spare nuts and bolts box but I still have it; it's a Craftsman. The flimsy cabinet it used to sit on top of is long gone though. My tools now days spend their time between travel packs and 1 of 3 other tool boxes (2 SnapOn wall boxes and a large Cornwell service cart. The Corwell Cart was my first major purchase off a tool truck. What's more is I went to my Cornwell dealers house and assembled it myself before he delivered it to me on the truck the next day. Both SnapOn boxes were bought 2nd hand. The red one from a limo mechanic in Long Beach, and the Black one from my fiberglass friend out here in TX when he moved to MN.

I liken tool boxes and tools to the exact same disease as garages and toys. You either have too many cars and boats and need a bigger garage, or you have too big a garage and need more toys.

Most of my tool boxes have crossed the country with me multiple times.

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Peterson Publishing did a Lot of articles out of JMS Racing.

One time, some girl (model) that showed up was chatting with me, looking at my beat up shit, and started telling me how the last shop she was in, everyone's tool boxes looked brand new and shiny!

I just kept my mouth shut (for once) and let her blabber away.

 

[Shlbyntro]

I have an old discontinued Fluke...t200 maybe? Has an on/off switch and a display...auto ranging ohms, continuity and voltage. Handy and simple. Also use an old SnapOn MT135...like a pen with a lead, and for a lot of things, the PowerProbe IV. Nice part, Probe has a light. Bad part, powered by a vehicles battery.

The Power Probe is the greatest invention ever! I have an old one and its replacement

oh ya. guess I should have mentioned that. the ES usually only comes out when I'm playing with generators and air conditioners (110/220 stuff) or if I need to measure a current draw. Otherwise it's powerprobe all the way.

I'm not a baller like Monkey though and am still rocking the Powerprobe III. The lights are long burnt out and I've put 2 switches in it and am on my 4th set of pointers and piercers. IT JUST WONT DIE!

 

[monkeyswrench]

oh ya. guess I should have mentioned that. the ES usually only comes out when I'm playing with generators and air conditioners (110 stuff) Otherwise it's powerprobe all the way.

I'm not a baller like Monkey though and am still rocking the Powerprobe III. The lights are long burnt out and I've put 2 switches in it and am on my 4th set of pointers and piercers. IT JUST WONT DIE!

My first power probe I still have. I bought it in summer of 1995! First tool I bought off a tool truck. The IV I bought a couple years back...checking tone generators, injectors and drivers, it's been well worth it as I get into more "modern" crap

 

[Shlbyntro]

My first power probe I still have. I bought it in summer of 1995! First tool I bought off a tool truck. The IV I bought a couple years back...checking tone generators, injectors and drivers, it's been well worth it as I get into more "modern" crap

I have a different tool for that! Pretty sure mechanics haven't used these for about 20 yrs

 

[ltbaney1]

I have a different tool for that! Pretty sure mechanics haven't used these for about 20 yrs View attachment 1325630

Ill be honest, i see what i believe to a inline spark checker and then a bunch of stuff i could loose under a work bench. can you explain a little?

 

[Shlbyntro]

Ill be honest, i see what i believe to a inline spark checker and then a bunch of stuff i could loose under a work bench. can you explain a little?

yes on the inline spark checker with various adapters (all the orange pieces)

The rest of it is a noid light kit. there's 8 noids for various types of fuel injectors and 2 noids for IACs. they test for output from the ecm and put on a little blinky light show if its all working. It's old school fuel injection stuff before "scopes" became common.

 

[Backlash]

I always find it intriguing looking at some of the tool box pictures that get posted from time to time on RDP. You can always tell who's a hobbyist/retired and who isn't just by the pictures

that's bad ass on the tool box RD. I still have my first tool box from when I was 12. It's been relegated to the spare nuts and bolts box but I still have it; it's a Craftsman. The flimsy cabinet it used to sit on top of is long gone though. My tools now days spend their time between travel packs and 1 of 3 other tool boxes (2 SnapOn wall boxes and a large Cornwell service cart. The Corwell Cart was my first major purchase off a tool truck. What's more is I went to my Cornwell dealers house and assembled it myself before he delivered it to me on the truck the next day. Both SnapOn boxes were bought 2nd hand. The red one from a limo mechanic in Long Beach, and the Black one from my fiberglass friend out here in TX when he moved to MN.

I liken tool boxes and tools to the exact same disease as garages and toys. You either have too many cars and boats and need a bigger garage, or you have too big a garage and need more toys.

Most of my tool boxes have crossed the country with me multiple times.

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I fall under that "Hobbyist" label. With that said, I try not to buy cheap crap if I can help it. I have never had problems with any of my USA made Craftsman hand tools, and they have served me very well for the last three decades. I am not a professional and can't justify paying $$$$nap-on prices when a Craftsman wrench will work exactly the same. There are a few Snap-on tools that are extremely specific and serve a niche, but most weekend warriors don't need those. I have been buying extra US Craftsman hand tools on eBay whenever I feel spendy. With a handful of boys, I'm sure they will at some point "Need" a wrench or 20.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

That is so cool! I'm going to have to get my son started! Great idea!