Someone has probably already mentioned this, but just in case, the foam is not necessarily meant to go all the way to the top. In fact, as a general rule, I don’t think it would be advantageous if it went all the way to the top. Most people would not want their tools buried in the foam. There’s no rule book on this, but I think most people will find that they would like approximately half of their tool inside of the actual foam, and approximately half sticking out. The idea is not to have your tools 100% surrounded by foam because it would be a pain to get them out. Also, as you are cutting the foam for each of your tools, think about wanting your tools to the snuggly inside of the foam. So much so that you can definitely put the foam up against the wall, and the tools will stay in. Maybe if done perfectly, you could even turn the farm upside down, and the tools wouldn’t fall out. I wouldn’t try those unless it was on a soft surface though. But the foam has a lot of give to it, which is actually a good thing because there’s a lot of forgiveness to it if that makes any sense. My first experience with kaizen foam and toolboxes was approximately five or six years ago when I cut everything out of the big seeds by hand. I even did it to a black metal husky toolbox and made a place for each hand tool. It was a lot of work, but it was also fun and sort of a meditation if that makes any sense. One more thing, the grooves on the bottom of the drawer or any of the toolboxes I would personally cut them into the foam. I just received these exact foam pieces today. One set for the drawers and one set for the toolboxes. My thinking was I would still cut my own for all the other toolboxes, but it would make things easier to use these as a guide, so I’m not starting from scratch. But I’m not sure what I will do now because I was very pleasantly surprised that I received two pieces of foam for the $25. I was expecting one piece of foam for the toolbox, and one for the drawers, so when I saw that there were two, I was very happy. And it makes me think I am me order those instead of cutting my own. The only bummer is the foam should be bigger than it is. There should not be any gaps on the sides. Overall, for the price and quality and thickness of each piece of foam, I am satisfied and would recommend people buy them, but if you are like me, a little OCD, you may want to think about cutting your own from the big sheets of kaizen foam. There is one more detail that I think will help people. You need to make sure not to arrange the tools to close together because there needs to be enough foam to protect them and to not have the foam tear apart. I would say as a general rule there needs to be at least 1.5 inches minimum between each tool, so it’s not the most efficient use of space, but the organization that you receive after doing those is worth the loss of any space in my hub. In my opinion. Have fun with it!
Wow! Great write up! I still find that foam is not very useful for mechanics, it seems more useful for construction tools that need to have a set that goes together, or a funky shaped tool that needs to rest in a certain way like saws and such..
Nice! I think that foam is the same as Kaizen foam. It looks almost exactly like Kaizen. Also, here's a tip for working with that foam - if you have a rough-bottomed cutout that you want smooth, grab a large head bolt (1/2" maybe), grab a torch and some pliers. Grab the end of the bolt with the pliers, heat the head up with the torch and then you can use it to dab and smooth out the bottom of an area if you want.
It is the same as kaizen foam. It appears to be their thickest option. If you look closely at the bottom, or one side of the foam, it looks molded. It appears what they did is to melt the foam just a little bit. Enough so though that it doesn’t seem as thick as the thickest one but if you look closely, I’m fairly certain they are the same thickness. It’s just that the precut Milwaukee ones have been melted just a little bit on the one side.
ABD ABD ABD!! PACKOUT service cart coming right along, man! Freaking brilliant idea. I just hope those drawers hold up the weight over time for you. Cheers and God bless! 😁🍻👍
Hmmm the grid is 3/8” plus another 1/4”... I’d say more beneficial on the 2 drawer, but I am learning that you can’t overload it with too many heavy items. I would lean more towards Ratchets and less heavier items that are less dense in the drawer and not large impact sockets..
It's just like hot dogs and the buns.
You get 10 hot dogs and eight buns. LOL
Thanks for the video
😂
Someone has probably already mentioned this, but just in case, the foam is not necessarily meant to go all the way to the top. In fact, as a general rule, I don’t think it would be advantageous if it went all the way to the top. Most people would not want their tools buried in the foam. There’s no rule book on this, but I think most people will find that they would like approximately half of their tool inside of the actual foam, and approximately half sticking out. The idea is not to have your tools 100% surrounded by foam because it would be a pain to get them out. Also, as you are cutting the foam for each of your tools, think about wanting your tools to the snuggly inside of the foam. So much so that you can definitely put the foam up against the wall, and the tools will stay in. Maybe if done perfectly, you could even turn the farm upside down, and the tools wouldn’t fall out. I wouldn’t try those unless it was on a soft surface though. But the foam has a lot of give to it, which is actually a good thing because there’s a lot of forgiveness to it if that makes any sense. My first experience with kaizen foam and toolboxes was approximately five or six years ago when I cut everything out of the big seeds by hand. I even did it to a black metal husky toolbox and made a place for each hand tool. It was a lot of work, but it was also fun and sort of a meditation if that makes any sense. One more thing, the grooves on the bottom of the drawer or any of the toolboxes I would personally cut them into the foam. I just received these exact foam pieces today. One set for the drawers and one set for the toolboxes. My thinking was I would still cut my own for all the other toolboxes, but it would make things easier to use these as a guide, so I’m not starting from scratch. But I’m not sure what I will do now because I was very pleasantly surprised that I received two pieces of foam for the $25. I was expecting one piece of foam for the toolbox, and one for the drawers, so when I saw that there were two, I was very happy. And it makes me think I am me order those instead of cutting my own. The only bummer is the foam should be bigger than it is. There should not be any gaps on the sides. Overall, for the price and quality and thickness of each piece of foam, I am satisfied and would recommend people buy them, but if you are like me, a little OCD, you may want to think about cutting your own from the big sheets of kaizen foam. There is one more detail that I think will help people. You need to make sure not to arrange the tools to close together because there needs to be enough foam to protect them and to not have the foam tear apart. I would say as a general rule there needs to be at least 1.5 inches minimum between each tool, so it’s not the most efficient use of space, but the organization that you receive after doing those is worth the loss of any space in my hub. In my opinion. Have fun with it!
Wow! Great write up! I still find that foam is not very useful for mechanics, it seems more useful for construction tools that need to have a set that goes together, or a funky shaped tool that needs to rest in a certain way like saws and such..
Nice! I think that foam is the same as Kaizen foam. It looks almost exactly like Kaizen. Also, here's a tip for working with that foam - if you have a rough-bottomed cutout that you want smooth, grab a large head bolt (1/2" maybe), grab a torch and some pliers. Grab the end of the bolt with the pliers, heat the head up with the torch and then you can use it to dab and smooth out the bottom of an area if you want.
Great tip! Thank You!
It is the same as kaizen foam. It appears to be their thickest option. If you look closely at the bottom, or one side of the foam, it looks molded. It appears what they did is to melt the foam just a little bit. Enough so though that it doesn’t seem as thick as the thickest one but if you look closely, I’m fairly certain they are the same thickness. It’s just that the precut Milwaukee ones have been melted just a little bit on the one side.
ABD ABD ABD!! PACKOUT service cart coming right along, man! Freaking brilliant idea. I just hope those drawers hold up the weight over time for you. Cheers and God bless! 😁🍻👍
Thanks man! Cheers!🍻🍻🍻
Thoughts on using mantis tool grid in the pack out drawer? I have been think about trying this out for mobile socket storage.
Hmmm the grid is 3/8” plus another 1/4”... I’d say more beneficial on the 2 drawer, but I am learning that you can’t overload it with too many heavy items. I would lean more towards Ratchets and less heavier items that are less dense in the drawer and not large impact sockets..
No one is done a full reveal about the drawer on the channels I watch Maybe you should do you about the drawers 🤩🍻🍺😊
Yeah! Definitely when I get the rail system going!🍻🍻
Noice!
I did the same thing and bought the wrong one first
Haha, yeah it was easy to jump the gun on those at my local Fasteners store! Lol