I was working in the garage today and it struck me that someone might possibly be able to duplicate my tool storage method as cheaply as I did. Back 17-18 years ago I got in the habit of attending the monthly state government surplus auction in Frankfort. I would go on my lunch break and it was always amusing to see what the State of Kentucky deemed unworthy of keeping any longer. The bid format was in numbered lots. You got a clipboard with your bidder number and you wrote your max bid beside any lot you were interested in, and at the end of the day the bids were compared.
This was around 2008 and practically every record that existed had been digitized by then, so they were auctioning off a lot of four index card filing cabinets and I won them with a $28 bid. One is my tool cabinet, one holds fasteners and parts, one is in the basement for reloading components and one contains photo prints and 35mm slides.
I'm starting to run short on room so I'm off to Craigslist and FB marketplace to see if there are any of these little gems still out there for sale. This is the best $7 tool cabinet you could ever imagine. I wasn't smart enough to put it on wheels before I filled it up but I'll get around to making a rolling platform for it eventually. I suppose one bright spot is that if someone wants to steal my tools they'll need to bring their own boxes for them LOL.
This was around 2008 and practically every record that existed had been digitized by then, so they were auctioning off a lot of four index card filing cabinets and I won them with a $28 bid. One is my tool cabinet, one holds fasteners and parts, one is in the basement for reloading components and one contains photo prints and 35mm slides.
I'm starting to run short on room so I'm off to Craigslist and FB marketplace to see if there are any of these little gems still out there for sale. This is the best $7 tool cabinet you could ever imagine. I wasn't smart enough to put it on wheels before I filled it up but I'll get around to making a rolling platform for it eventually. I suppose one bright spot is that if someone wants to steal my tools they'll need to bring their own boxes for them LOL.
