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  1. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Re: Tool Cases

    Here is the last picture showing the two cases together. This should make my trip through the airport much easier. There will be some pretty important people at the jobsite and I didn't want to...
  2. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Re: Tool Cases

    Here it is with the upper pallet opened up.
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    Here is the tool pallets that I chose to go in the case. The upper pallet is hinged and opens up, they called it winged.
  4. Thread: Tool Cases

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    View of the case with the telescopic handle in the up position.
  5. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Front view of case while it it closed.
  6. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Re: Tool Cases

    This picture shows how nicely the case closes in that corner now. It turned out even better than I had hoped.
  7. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Here is a view of the inside after the fix.
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    Re: Tool Cases

    Here is a vew of the back of the case after all the screws are in (and colored black).
  9. Thread: Tool Cases

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    After I cut the moulding down I pressed it back onto the case. Then I put a clamp on the moulding to press it over so that it would line up with the moulding on the bottom of the case. While the...
  10. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Here is the cut I made in the moulding with my die grinder.
  11. Thread: Tool Cases

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    I pryed away the moulding from the case so I could cut it off. Prying it off gently was the hardest part of the whole job.
  12. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Now for the fix. I drilled out the three rivits that hold the moulding and the hinge to the case on the problem corner.
  13. Thread: Tool Cases

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    This picture shows the tongue and groove. If you look at the top half of the case (on the right) you can see that it sticks out a very strong 1/8" further than the other half of the case.
  14. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Re: Tool Cases

    So back to the Craftsman case. These cases have an aluminum moulding all around the edges with a tongue and groove in them so that when they shut they are more rigid and it keeps the elements out. ...
  15. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Re: Tool Cases

    Here is the case with the tool pallets in place. Instead of getting the tool pallets with the different sized pouches I decided on these pallets which have adjustable elastic straps.
  16. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Re: Tool Cases

    Other than the black splatter on this case there is nothing wrong with it. They gave me a set of keys for it and let me choose which style tool pallets to put in it.

    Here is a view of the case...
  17. Thread: Tool Cases

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    I had a job to do up in Minnesota and would be passing right through Chicago so I called Chicago Case Company to see if they had any deals on cases. The lady I spoke with said that they did have a...
  18. Thread: Tool Cases

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    Tool Cases

    I travel around the country installing Commercial Food Service Equipment. I drive a full size van that is crammed full of tools. I carry most every tool that I might ever need because I like having...
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    Re: Fencing Questions

    I put up T-Posts every 15 feet or so and painted them red. You can easily tell that it is a property boundary. I didn't want to put any wire between them because of both the wildlife and the kids. ...
  20. Thread: Am I wrong??

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    Re: Am I wrong??

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    So am I wrong to want to put a 10' high fence up ; 2' in on our side of the property line.

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    First check to see if...
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    Re: Wingnut meets Winter

    Wingnut, nice pictures and a nice place you have there. How much land do you have?
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    Re: Motor oil... for your barn

    A friend of mine treated his wood bed on his pickup truck with used motor oil. I had never heard of it before but it worked very well.
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    Re: CCA Level for Poles

    First of all CCA treated poles are rapidly becoming extinct. Most lumberyards are switching over to other treatments because of the arsenic in the CCA treated materials. If you are using 4x4"...
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    Re: Light bulbs burn out a lot

    Mosey, I have the exact same problem in this house. We bought this place in the summer of 2001 and in the first 6 months we went through more light bulbs than we did in 7 years in our last house. I...
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    Re: Flex hose for pressure washer

    Mosey, I have been looking for one myself. That one from Northern is also the only reasonably priced one I have found. We have a local business that specializes in pressure washers and I have...
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