Has anyone used a mechanics cabinet for their work area? It's been bouncing around in my head for a bit now. Not one of the huge ones. Something manageable and with the appropriate sized drawers for stuff like paint and tools. I see some at Lowe's for around $250ish, too steep for a whim. But maybe a decent used one.
Has anyone tried
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No, but one of my requirements was to be able to take my tools on the road. I have two toolboxes. The first one is this artist's paint box that I got from Dick Blick years ago:
It's pine and sold unfinished. I stained it and sealed it, "for nice", as they say. I glued some magnetic strips to the underside of the lid and use them to hold some saws, tweezers, files, etc.
Then I picked up a larger Craftsman toolbox a couple of years ago on sale at Christmas. Here it is with the tray lifted out:
I keep my traveling stock of paints in the bottom, and tools and some other supplies in the tray that comes with the toolbox. I use a square baking pan as a tray to hold things in the bottom of the box.
I still keep reserve stocks of supplies at the bench. But I travel to meetings and meet-ups and can take my things with me this way.
It's pine and sold unfinished. I stained it and sealed it, "for nice", as they say. I glued some magnetic strips to the underside of the lid and use them to hold some saws, tweezers, files, etc.
Then I picked up a larger Craftsman toolbox a couple of years ago on sale at Christmas. Here it is with the tray lifted out:
I keep my traveling stock of paints in the bottom, and tools and some other supplies in the tray that comes with the toolbox. I use a square baking pan as a tray to hold things in the bottom of the box.
I still keep reserve stocks of supplies at the bench. But I travel to meetings and meet-ups and can take my things with me this way.
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Nice organizer! Shallow drawers are the way to go when you need to find something quick, so that the thing you want isn't buried!
Remember, it is only 'junk' until you need it!
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I have a Craftsman Tool Chest. It has a three drawer top box and a two drawer base cabinet. Below the drawers is a large open space with a lift up door.
I have Paint and stuff in the very top, sheet styrene and a few other scratch building bits in the top drawer, tape and sandpaper in the next drawer and then paint and other finishing supplies in the third larger drawer of the top box. The first drawer of the cabinet has larger tools, rulers, saws, such. the second cabinet drawer has a bunch of miscellaneous junk (I need to find a better place for this stuff). The lower cabinet section currently holds gallon jugs of distilled water, window cleaning fluid (I use this for cleaning brushes), a couple bottles of isopropyl alcohol, acetone, and a few cans of spray primer. I also have my rotary tool and its bits in there as well. 
I have Paint and stuff in the very top, sheet styrene and a few other scratch building bits in the top drawer, tape and sandpaper in the next drawer and then paint and other finishing supplies in the third larger drawer of the top box. The first drawer of the cabinet has larger tools, rulers, saws, such. the second cabinet drawer has a bunch of miscellaneous junk (I need to find a better place for this stuff). The lower cabinet section currently holds gallon jugs of distilled water, window cleaning fluid (I use this for cleaning brushes), a couple bottles of isopropyl alcohol, acetone, and a few cans of spray primer. I also have my rotary tool and its bits in there as well. 
