My Baby!

It took me a lot of years to get this together and I moved to Canada in 2013, a company shipped my box from Georgia to Prince George BC, and it arrived pretty beat up. 7 months and $2500 in new parts plus a new set of vinyl graphics and she’s as good as new again. As you can probably tell I’m into MINI’s but I’m 6’2″ and 350lbs so getting into a classic Mini is pretty much impossible for me…lol so I have one of the new BMW ones! I love my box and I love Tools In Action, glad to be part of the forum at last!

 

Well well well…..you finally joined!!!!! Welcome to the forum Bearuk1! I’ve been seeing you post on YouTube forever! I’m glad you’ve come over and man! What an awesome tool box! Plus a Festool guy??????? Alright!

Welcome to TIA! That’s a sweet tool box.

The snap on man must love you.

Wow, wow, WOW! Now that’s a nice set up. Looks like you have a little ocd with the organization but i too can relate. Welcome to this great crew, hope to see you in the pariscope as well.

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ChrisK1970 wrote:

Well well well…..you finally joined!!!!! Welcome to the forum Bearuk1! I’ve been seeing you post on YouTube forever! I’m glad you’ve come over and man! What an awesome tool box! Plus a Festool guy? ?????? Alright!

Thank you very much for your kind words Chris, took me a while but I am finally here. To be honest I was delaying cause I wanted to finish my toolbox rebuild before I joined so I could share my obsession…lol Yes I love Festool, only own 2 of their tools, the CSX kit and their ETS125EQ finish sander I would like more of their stuff but they are a tad expensive…lol

C Harris wrote:

Welcome to TIA! That’s a sweet tool box.

The snap on man must love you.

lol…yeah he did, I think I paid for one or two of his vacations!!

jrsalas wrote:

Wow, wow, WOW! Now that’s a nice set up. Looks like you have a little ocd with the organization but i too can relate. Welcome to this great crew, hope to see you in the pariscope as well.

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thank you! Yeah OCD is a bit of an issue, people usually criticize me cause they are too clean so I must never use them, well I do but I also spend a lot of time cleaning them too, its all about pride and looking after your investment! thanks for the welcome!

Glad to have you here Bear! I hate nothing more than a toolbox that is unorganized. Very nice and organized setup

NicholasShetley wrote:

Glad to have you here Bear! I hate nothing more than a toolbox that is unorganized. Very nice and organized setup

thank you Nicholas!

Wow now that is an epic collection of Snap on tools 🙂 It defiantly makes me a little Jealous 🙂 I do like how you have everything super organized though!!!! Great job Bear!!

DR99 wrote:

Wow now that is an epic collection of Snap on tools 🙂 It defiantly makes me a little Jealous 🙂 I do like how you have everything super organized though!!!! Great job Bear!!

thanks very much DR, its taken a long time to build up and thanks to my obsessive side i hate it to be disorganized…lol 

I really need to clean my tools up bad. After this painting project shit kinda got out of hand!!

DR99 wrote:

I really need to clean my tools up bad. After this painting project shit kinda got out of hand!!

yeah well I’ve been out of work 2 years DR so i’ve had lots of time to organize and clean my tools, its gonna be much harder to keep them this clean once I’m working full time again!

Wow awesome set up there bear and once again welcome to the forum!! The boxes are insanely cool man!!

Bigmikez wrote:

Wow awesome set up there bear and once again welcome to the forum!! The boxes are insanely cool man!!

thanks very much MikeZ, i appreciate the feedback!

Now that is a cool box

That some nice tools you got there and you got a even better taste in cars

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RCWARD wrote:

Now that is a cool box

thank you mate!

rees332 wrote:

That some nice tools you got there and you got a even better taste in cars

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thanks bro, I appreciate the feedback. Love my tools and my MINI’s…lol

Bearuk1 wrote:

thanks bro, I appreciate the feedback. Love my tools and my MINI’s…lol

i had a 1990 mini city is was called when I was 17 I think rover built them then

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rees332 wrote:

i had a 1990 mini city is was called when I was 17 I think rover built them then

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yeah City was a model when Rover made them, I worked for Rover back in the mid 90’s and back then I could just about drive the classic Mini’s….but 20 years and too much beer and food later and my fat ass can’t get in one now, but the new MINI’s are very roomy and comfy. One day though I want to get hold of a classic and restore it!

Wow that’s one hell of set up. I guess u don’t need any encouragement to spend money on tools.

Yikes Rover thanks to the stories I heard from Top Gear what Rover put together made anything GM, Ford, or Chrysler made back then look like a well put together luxury automotive. Still some of the Rover cars looked awesome even if reliability was a problem.

Nice box and setup!

chadlanthier wrote:

Wow that’s one hell of set up. I guess u don’t need any encouragement to spend money on tools.

lol no i have a bit of a weakness for shiny and red things!

Jasonc wrote:

Yikes Rover thanks to the stories I heard from Top Gear what Rover put together made anything GM, Ford, or Chrysler made back then look like a well put together luxury automotive. Still some of the Rover cars looked awesome even if reliability was a problem.

yeah they had a lot of issues, some of the better cars were made in conjunction with Honda, I had a Rover 216 GSi that had a twin cam Honda engine and transmission and was pretty much bullet proof but anything 100% Rover was pretty shitty…but the K-series engine was a good unit except for oil leaks…but that was the problem with old British bikes as well….the Japanese made better bikes and much more reliable engines! British cars do have a lot of character though as unreliable and expensive as they can be to run. Strangely enough the new MINI’s can be just as problematic as the old ones but I’ve never driven a car that puts a bigger smile on my face whenever I drive it!

99_XC600 wrote:

Nice box and setup!

cheers mate!

wow you have a really great set up looks like a lot of work involved to get to that point.

My dream box, that’s awesome. Thanks for sharing

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PeteW wrote:

wow you have a really great set up looks like a lot of work involved to get to that point.

Thanks Pete, yeah it took me around 10 years to get it to this stage and it’s an ongoing process…lol

Eric – TIA wrote:

My dream box, that’s awesome. Thanks for sharing

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wow thanks Eric, coming from one half of TIA thats high praise indeed!…Did you notice the stickers Eric?? Flying the TIA colours!

That’s a nice set up you got man, love it

MikeyB wrote:

That’s a nice set up you got man, love it

Thank you very much MikeyB, I appreciate your feedback!

man on a mission, great set of tools and great way to store them…..

wow, that’s an incredible setup! love to see people taking pride in their tools. when i was younger i felt like the dirtier the tool, the more manly i was because it was obvious i was using them more. now i understand how that thinking is ridiculous, not to mention destroys the tools.

PROTOOLNUT wrote:

Could you be a Snapon fan by chance? Well, just don’t get too excited and snapoff lol. Those are some really nice tools, I really love that toolbox, it looks like great quality. I like how you are representing TIA too, good deal man! BTW, are those a set of tuning forks?

thanks mate, the box is great! the quality is top notch and the best feature is how deep the drawers are, 28″ so i can fit a lot of suff in there! the tools that look like tuning forks are used to split ball joints usually referred to in the US as pickle forks!

ankur wrote:

wow, that’s an incredible setup! love to see people taking pride in their tools. when i was younger i felt like the dirtier the tool, the more manly i was because it was obvious i was using them more. now i understand how that thinking is ridiculous, not to mention destroys the tools.

thats exactly it ankur, I have had criticism for stuff being too clean “you’re not a good mechanic if your tools are clean” or “you mustn’t work very hard of you have time to keep your tools clean” but like you say its pride in your tools, they cost too much to abuse and plus i get pleasure out of cleaning them! thanks for the praise bro!

Yea i did notice the sticker, thats awesome.

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Eric – TIA wrote:

Yea i did notice the sticker, thats awesome.

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what would be really cool is a TIA epoxy inlay sign to hang on the back wall of the top box!…lol or i take off my butcher block work surface and bring it to Dan so he can carve it in for me!

Wow!

Nice, looks like you go by the “5S” rules in tool organization. Nice box 

RCWARD wrote:

Nice, looks like you go by the “5S” rules in tool organization. Nice box

RC it’s funny that u mention 5S I’m going through a training at work to be part of a group that goes around to all our locations on campus and 5S’s everything.lol!

RCWARD wrote:

Nice, looks like you go by the “5S” rules in tool organization. Nice box 

Cheers, I do try to stick to the 5S rules as much as I can but it’s hard to do in a retail shop where every minute is precious. I would love to have a set of foam tool control for the drawers like they do in the aircraft industry but as much as they keep your stuff organized they don’t make the most efficient use of space and thats my biggest challenge, as big as the box is it’s full and it’s hard to find places for new stuff without everything descending into chaos…lol

Yo Bear!!! How u doing bro how’s the new job goin?

Bigmikez wrote:

Yo Bear!!! How u doing bro how’s the new job goin?

Hey Mike…not good on the job front…bit of back story, i’ve been out of the retail motor trade for over 12 years, I left the UK in 2003 to work for the US Military in Hinesville, GA at Ft Stewart. Worked on military equipment for 7 years and then left to go to Afghanistan for 3 years, again working for the US Military. The retail world is a whole different animal to what I was doing for the Army, you weren’t under as strict time frames and you just got on with the work that was needed. To cut a long story short I was doing ok on cars but was not quick enough or knowledgeable enough on trucks and trucks were 90% of the guys business so he let me go 2 weeks ago. I’m looking other avenues, either working for myself or something off the tools, I was a supervisor for 2 years in Afghanistan and enjoyed the responsibility so I’m hoping to find something similar in the retail trade. Thanks for checking in with me Mike, I appreciate it.

Welcome to the forum! Very impressive spread. Something to be proud of for sure.

Conductor562 wrote:

Welcome to the forum! Very impressive spread. Something to be proud of for sure.

thanks very much for your kind words!

Welcome to the forum Bearuk1!! Awesome Snap-On tool box!! Those TIA stickers really set it off. Is that allen wrench holder made by Snap-On?

Mondo1310 wrote:

Welcome to the forum Bearuk1!! Awesome Snap-On tool box!! Those TIA stickers really set it off. Is that allen wrench holder made by Snap-On?

yes Mondo they are Snap-on allen wrench holders…thanks for the praise on the box mate, i appreciate it.