Modifying the right hand drawer latch and making the box a little bit snazzier. No need to damage or remove the latches if you don't want them. Cloth tape: amzn.to/31af6YO
After watching this video this is exactly what I did to my HarborFreight tool box . You were right it definitely made my boxes look so much better. Thanks for posting
Ditch the aluminum facing pieces and use carbon fiber adhesive strips to cover the top all the way over the front. You can also add magnets to the back of the drawers to help hold them closed when you override the lock, it gives just enough resistance where it’s not hard to pull open.
Cool! I have the smaller Harbor Freight toolbox built into the nose of my enclosed motorcycle trailer and I wish it had that latch. Occasionally we'll forget to lock the drawers. When we arrive at the trailhead the trailer is littered with wrenches and tools that flew out from bumps along the way. Thanks for sharing your channel! I just installed an onboard air system and Shocker XL horns on my Superduty and used your videos as instruction. Thanks!
Yikes, what a pain to have tools all over. Time for a long ratchet strap over the front of the doors. These US General tool boxes are the real deal and nice to use.
Some neat little trick to spruce it up and save some of us from having the odd coronary... btw if your garage is a little cluttered no worries Mr T you can keep your SD at my place for as long as you need... might need the keys to move it around....on trips around the country.... but I promise to treat it like it was mine...lol
I'm ashamed I wouldn't have thought to dress it up since it's not exactly unattractive but it damn sure looks better. As for the latches, I personally like them so they don't open and get unstable but it was still a good hack, particularly if bolted down, secured to the wall studs, etc. Ty
I WISH Harbor Freight still had the latches. I'm starting a mobile power equipment repair shop and I can just see all the drawers sliding open. They just use a tubular lock now.
It’s been a year, how well has the tape held up as far as has it collected dirt and grunge from dirty hands? I like the latch idea but I wonder how many times I’ll forget about it, reach for the latch and have a nut bounce across the shop floor 😁. New sub , thanks.
Tape surprisingly has stuck on perfectly. No peeling at all. It's pretty light duty in my garage though. Just basic vehicle maintenance and motorcycle rebuilding and maintenance. Did tie rod ends on my son's f150 yesterday.
Loved the idea of the take - good job. I would like to do a gray tape on my white HF toolboxes - I can only see black tape on that link - what else would work in its place ??
I hear you can buy Snap on letters on ebay... ;) Yeah, it just doesn't make sense for a home garage to have that kind of equipment. This HF box is really a lot of box for the money.
I followed your instructions by ordering electrician's cloth tape and placing it in the aluminum strips on my 72" Harbor Freight toolbox. What I found was that cloth electrical tape is not black, it's more gray... which looks very dull on these shiny black tool boxes. Also because the tape is cloth, the texture resembles that of non-skid stair tape when applied. The drab color and texture looked terrible so I removed it. Do you have a recommendation as to which cloth electrical tape to use for this application?
This is why the nut is an easy solution. Put them in when the box is stationary and remove them when moving. Some guys are drilling the locks out and that makes moving the box at risk of just what you pointed out.
The tape is kind of cool but those slots are so you can mark your drawers as to what is in them. As far as the nuts are concerned if you move your box around as I do you do not want your drawers to open while moving and you don't have to remember to lock them everytime you move it
