Show me your armorers tool box set up...

[Capt Beach]

I am a former USMC 2111...when in the Corps I had a Kennedy Machinists Tool Chest Issued to me to store all my Armorers tools it was an 8 Drawer unit as I remember much like this...

I would be interested in seeing how others store their armorers tools today...I am currently using my office desk as both computer desk and as an armorers desk with the three drawers to the right holding all my tools...I've also looked at one of these as a much less expensive alternative...

Show me how your doing it...

 

[Exo]

(not my workbench but you get the idea, lol)

*tag*

 

[Strykervet]

Kennedy makes THE best toolboxes for machinists and such. Well made. I have a regular Kennedy tool box (looks like an old school fishing tackle box) that I used for a range box until it got too heavy for my back.

Currently, I have tools spread all over. So calipers and mics stay with loading stuff usually, specialty wrenches and vice blocks go in a box, and I have a fishing tackle box, Walmart type, with two drawers, a big flip top, and two removable plastic divider boxes. I keep all the small tools and specialty stuff in here.

Since I didn't have a shop or anything making money at it, I didn't feel the need for much more. Down the road I may get a mill and lathe, get proper licenses, then I may look at Kennedy boxes again. Those are best you can get, IMO. The wood ones (if they still make 'em) are just slick as hell. Good for measuring tools, fine instruments, classy.

Look for 'em on CL and at pawnshops. Sometimes they get stuff and don't really know what it is worth, don't bother looking up the toolbox.

 

[el gordo2]

This old Kennedy box was given to my father back in the late 1950's. It could probably tell some stories if it could talk. He passed it on to me in the late 80's. I made the mistake of putting it in my service truck for a few years where it took a beating. The good news is it now sits in my gun room to be cherished and live a quiet life holding tooling, taps, mics etc. Pop is now 84 and I was able to spend fathers day with him today, thanks dad.