From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v4nc3d$66fd$2@dont-email.me...   
      
   I'm on a quest to find a suitable replacement for the disintegrating   
   plastic of my current mechanic set truck toolbox.  Its a great set my   
   wife gave me for Christmas several years ago.  Really a decent mechanics   
   starter tool set, but I've left it out of the truck the last year   
   because the plastic is literally just falling apart.  I'm looking for   
   something I can transfer it into that will still just fit in the cross   
   bed box.   
   Bob La Londe   
      
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   I gave up on finding decent new stuff made of sheet metal and bought a 30"   
   shear/brake/roll and a spotwelder. Now everything I make is what I wanted   
   and just the right size. 22 or 24 galvy are plenty strong. I have quite a   
   bit of 22 as trim parts of an above ground pool I disassembled.   
      
   The CM shear struggles with 0.063" 6061 but is happy with 0.050" 5052. The   
   36 Lb anvil that blacksmiths scorn for hot forging is fine for flattening   
   and forming sheet metal.   
      
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