A Place for Everything: I like having boxes or cases for things - tools for example. As I've been getting my GoPro stuff together, I thought a toolbox would be the perfect place for...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I like having boxes or cases for things - tools for example. As I've been getting my GoPro stuff together, I thought a toolbox would be the perfect place for it. I bought several of these 20" boxes from Amazon for around $20 - a good deal - and I still had an empty one. I found some old foam, and I used that to cushion the cameras. These are old cameras, going back to 2011, both Chinese and actual GoPro. It's nice having them in one place. My RC truck is arriving today, so I'll be able to take them for a ride.

EDIT: Toolbox - https://www.amazon.com/Plano-651-010-20-Inch-Tool-Tray/dp/B0032Y8RIS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Z1L13ISRMC6O&keywords=plano+toolboxes&qid=1655812768&sprefix=plano+toolboxes%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1

erickter Loc: Dallas,TX

Nice. I could use these for some of my Organizing projects.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

erickter wrote:

Nice. I could use these for some of my Organizing projects.

And use a label maker to identify each box.

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Wow, the time you spent on that will pay plenty of dividends in the future!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

tradio wrote:

Wow, the time you spent on that will pay plenty of dividends in the future!

I don't seem to get dividends, only debits.

BebuLamar

Nice Plano boxes made in Plano Illinois.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BebuLamar wrote:

Nice Plano boxes made in Plano Illinois.

And "Made in USA" is getting to be unusual.

BebuLamar

jerryc41 wrote:

And "Made in USA" is getting to be unusual.

I am glad the company is still in business and still make the tackle boxes there in Plano.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I used Plano tool boxes for my tools on the farm. The reason I chose Plano is that all the other tool boxes I looked at had a handle that was not watertight. If when you left it out in the rain and came back in a week all the tools were rusty.

The boxes usually started to leak when I ran over them with the tractor. But they still held tools.

We kept one on the farm stand, painted white and with a Red Cross painted on it for first aid supplies. For a while I had some cartoon animal band-aids but some kids would claim to have an injury (like an insect bite) and wanted one of those band-aids. The parents got the bacon band-aids.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DirtFarmer wrote:

I used Plano tool boxes for my tools on the farm. ... (show quote)

One thing I like about this is the closure system - metal, rather than plastic, and there are two catches. I ordered another one last night. For $20.50 delivered, it's a bargain.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

That's a nice price - going to order one. Thanks for posting Jerry.

ncribble Loc: Albuquerque, NM

Jerry, first I always enjoy your posts. We are moving into a Retirement Center, and figuring out how handle the photo gear is a problem. Moving on from a large gun safe and an old bank safe is a challenge. Your organizational use of tool boxes may just be the solution.

Gracias Amigo
Norm

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

ncribble wrote:

Jerry, first I always enjoy your posts. We are moving into a Retirement Center, and figuring out how handle the photo gear is a problem. Moving on from a large gun safe and an old bank safe is a challenge. Your organizational use of tool boxes may just be the solution.

Gracias Amigo
Norm

I think I go overboard with toolboxes. I must have over a dozen - labeled. I like having power tools and their accessories all together and covered. I still have my original Craftsman toolbox from about 1960.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

ncribble wrote:

Jerry, first I always enjoy your posts. We are moving into a Retirement Center, and figuring out how handle the photo gear is a problem. Moving on from a large gun safe and an old bank safe is a challenge. Your organizational use of tool boxes may just be the solution.

Gracias Amigo
Norm

The Plano tool box is a great tool box but it's not secure storage for your guns.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DirtFarmer wrote:

The Plano tool box is a great tool box but it's not secure storage for your guns.

A small handgun, maybe, but it's not secure. Still, if someone breaks into your house, do you want to be fumbling around trying to find the key?