Tool Box With Drawers

[FOUR X FOUR]

i know this has been posted several times. I just can't find it. Anyway, I bought this great looking tool chest, yesterday from Harbor freight. It was 79 dollars pus tax. It has felt liners in it. The top Bin is deep enough to store inks in. I think you can get 100 pens in this. Heat, easily.

[FOUR X FOUR]

Poor grammar, poor picture. I wouldn't respond this, either. Sorry, every body. I use an iPhone or an iPad and I just can't get my pics to come out right.

[mmg122]

Very nice. I have a similar one I purchased from Costco. I've lined the shallow drawers with pen slots and keep ink bottles in the deeper drawers. Actually, Ive been thinking of picking up another.

[PaperQueen]

I ran across it in a thread on FountainPenGeeks. No doubt it's somewhere here too.

 

That clever wooden toolbox made its way into my Evernote account (which inevitably means that, at some point, I'll lose all semblance of self control and buy the thing, even though I already have ink storage and leather pen folios in use).

 

Congrats on the new purchase!

Edited August 15, 2015 by PaperQueen

[FOUR X FOUR]

I ran across it in a thread on FountainPenGeeks. No doubt it's somewhere here too.

 

That clever wooden toolbox made its way into my Evernote account (which inevitably means that, at some point, I'll lose all semblance of self control and buy the thing, even though I already have ink storage and leather pen folios in use).

 

Congrats on the new purchase!

You should just throw caution to the wind and buy it. The top bin is deep enough to hold bottles as large as Noodlers 3oz. Any thing bigger would be pushing it. I think I'm gonna get another one, also. I think I'm gonna paint this one just for the fun of it.

[fountainpagan]

Great finding (I love those tool boxes you can get in the US. But here, only on ebay and prices are obscene.

 

I have copied and turned your photos.

 

i know this has been posted several times. I just can't find it. Anyway, I bought this great looking tool chest, yesterday from Harbor freight. It was 79 dollars pus tax. It has felt liners in it. The top Bin is deep enough to store inks in. I think you can get 100 pens in this. Heat, easily.

 

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[FOUR X FOUR]

Wow. Thank you very much Fountainpagen

[FOUR X FOUR]

I just tried adding a few new pics. It's taking for ever to upload. I'll try later. I decided to paint the box. It's pretty cheap in the first place. So I decided I'd have a little fun. I took off all the hardware, sanded all the wood inside and out. I primed it with pigmented shellac. Then I'll spray another primer coat with a light gray. Then The finish color will be red. The hardware will sprayed matte black. The red will be gloss. I can't decide on what color to make the inside. Black or red. I'll just see how it looks when I get to that point. P,ease keep your fingers crossed for me.

[fountainpagan]

You are welcome.

 

I am longing to see it finished.

[TheOtherBart]

It may not fit everyone's decor, but I just picked up a metal Kennedy machinist's chest for storing pens and paraphernalia. I already had a few in the garage for tools and figured it would be perfect for pens. Brown wrinkle-coat paint, seven drawers of varying size. I picked this one up on Craigslist for $50, but that was an unusually good deal. You can get basically the same thing on Ebay for around $100 anytime.

[PaperQueen]

I decided to paint the box.

 

....

 

The finish color will be red. The hardware will sprayed matte black. The red will be gloss. I can't decide on what color to make the inside. Black or red. I'll just see how it looks when I get to that point.

 

Oh. My. God. That's going to be stunning.

 

(I vote black on the inside, since matching reds will be next to impossible, plus that would tie the hardware in more directly...just my two cents.)

 

Not sure if I missed this somewhere along the way, but how deep are each of the drawers? Great that the top tray deep enough for Noodler's bottles, but seems someone in another thread mentioned it being too shallow to fit Noodler's boxes...?

Edited August 23, 2015 by PaperQueen

[FOUR X FOUR]

You are welcome.

 

I am longing to see it finished.

I, too and longing to see it done.

[FOUR X FOUR]

It may not fit everyone's decor, but I just picked up a metal Kennedy machinist's chest for storing pens and paraphernalia. I already had a few in the garage for tools and figured it would be perfect for pens. Brown wrinkle-coat paint, seven drawers of varying size. I picked this one up on Craigslist for $50, but that was an unusually good deal. You can get basically the same thing on Ebay for around $100 anytime.

Clean that puppy up and let's see some pics

[FOUR X FOUR]

Oh. My. God. That's going to be stunning.

 

(I vote black on the inside, since matching reds will be next to impossible, plus that would tie the hardware in more directly...just my two cents.)

 

Not sure if I missed this somewhere along the way, but how deep are each of the drawers? Great that the top tray deep enough for Noodler's bottles, but seems someone in another thread mentioned it being too shallow to fit Noodler's boxes...?

 

I may have said in a first post that Noodlers 3.5 oz bottles were just a tad too big. Not so. They will fit in the of the box where it is closed by a lid, not a drawer. I'd put my inks in the top anyway. I think I have a few pics to add as updates

[FOUR X FOUR]

Oh. My. God. That's going to be stunning.

 

(I vote black on the inside, since matching reds will be next to impossible, plus that would tie the hardware in more directly...just my two cents.)

 

Not sure if I missed this somewhere along the way, but how deep are each of the drawers? Great that the top tray deep enough for Noodler's bottles, but seems someone in another thread mentioned it being too shallow to fit Noodler's boxes...?

 

Black on the inside is a good idea.

[FOUR X FOUR]

Alrighty, hers a very small update. I generally pretty busy with other things, like trying to take over the world that I just don't have that much time to devote to pen cases Sky Boo my Saint Bernard had to approve this one before I could upload it.

Tomorrow, if I can I will buy some black paint, for the inside. Then things oughta start taking shape

[FOUR X FOUR]

But before I spray the the glossy red on the outside I'm gonna spray a gray a gray sand able primer. This will give me the surface I want, then comes the glossy red. The hardware, I washed them in denatured alcohol and lightly scuffed them. They'll get the matte finished engine paint. Cross your fingers for me Fountainpagen and paper queen and who ever else wants to see the squirrel finally get a nut

[PaperQueen]

But before I spray the the glossy red on the outside I'm gonna spray a gray a gray sand able primer. This will give me the surface I want, then comes the glossy red. The hardware, I washed them in denatured alcohol and lightly scuffed them. They'll get the matte finished engine paint. Cross your fingers for me Fountainpagen and paper queen and who ever else wants to see the squirrel finally get a nut

 

Instead of the gray primer, you could alternatively pick up a quart of Kilz for the base coat. That's my go-to for walls, after doing one final über-smooth sanding.

 

Geeze, this is going to be gorgeous.

[Luma]

Ooooooh.... I like this. Will be tuning in as well. Do you mind if I ask how you got the hardware off?

[PaperQueen]

FOUR X FOUR, how deep are each of the drawers (looks like some might be deeper than others)?

 

You've inspired me to walk around the house, trying to figure out where I could put one of these....