HF Toolbox / Workbench Build - Unistrut, 80/20 vs. welding, etc.

[Irving]

Interesting, you are correct on the exclusion.

We have a couple of their boxes at our shop, and I used the 20% off coupons for both.

Now you have me wondering if those were "special" coupons, or apathetic/stupid clerks.

I think he's talking about the same thing as this Buyer Intel thread I posted a while ago. Not because of my thread, just a coincidence.

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/166374-...-Freight-maybe

[Wolfshoon]

Holy wow that is a lot of work! I do occasional welding for work with 4" angle iron and 1/4 steel plate with all the nice precision angle cut off saws and level welding tables. Couldn't imagine doing that at home without the support equipment and tooling.

Looks nice, but personally I want EVERYTHING in the garage to be mobile with wheels. All my upright cabinets and tool boxes are on wheels and that has proved to be a lifesaver a couple times for re-arranging workspace to fit stuff into the garage. I do have a couple of workbenches that are fixed floor pads, but they are not fastened to the wall or floor and can be relocated with some effort. It's nice to just roll the tool box up to the car and not have to walk back and forth across the entire garage for that one tool you forgot to grab the first time.

**** EDIT to add: if you ever move, that frame would be a bitch to get out, load and move. When I moved 8 years ago half my garage shop was wheel mounted which made life much easier just rolling stuff up into the storage pods and wheeled out to their new home.

[Wulf202]

Why not just bolt the boxes together and skip the frame?