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I'm a field mechanic, my best toolbox is a bucket. 🙂
I work for cat. 12 hour days, 6 days a week of hard use on the tools in 120 degree heat in the desert. I bought cheap sears/harbor freight/amazon tools in the beginning and still have most of those tools. I did invest in a few snap on tools, mainly ratchets, they just hold up a lot better in my experience but nothing wrong with other brands.
Absolutely NOTHING wrong with harbor freight/craftsman sockets.
it's ok to skimp on the tool box and most of the tools… but, when it comes to air tools, I've found this is where the rubber meets the road.. don't skimp on those and you'll have an easier time with things.
I found that steel file cabinets are great for storing sandpaper and abrasive belts etc. Also worked real good for storing hand power tools all in a common area. I painted them to match everything else and was quite surprised at how many drills, grinders, saws that could be stored in one four drawer file cabinet. I had three and they looked and worked great.
I recommend new technicians to go to a training school or community college that has automotive or diesel. You receive a great student discount. I don’t regret buying Snap On since I get a great discount.
Talk dirty to it ? that made my day lol
Here is the thing! If you loose a 100$ socket you are going to cry like a schoolgirl and your anus is going to hurt. If you loose an 8$ socket you are going to drive your happy ass down to the store and buy another one. And you can do that 11 more times and still be ahead!
I got a costco box for 350 with wheels and it was nice. I bought snap on tools but one at a time as I needed them, over the course of several years. I started off doing mechanicing on the side while working as an engineer. The most expensive hardest part of being a mechanic is building the metal frame building with radient in floor heat. I have found that I can work on my plane with a hand held tool box for most things.
I still haven't seen this new milwaukee box you talk about, is there a part number yet?
Letter your drawers on your bench then list on a heavy 8.5" x 11" print out what is in each drawer. The benefit is you can change and you only let those you give the list's access to know what is in the drawers. I have used this method for years.