Okay I was back in Home Depot today looking at some lighting for my garage. I walked along the front of the store on my way to exit and stumbled upon a display that I obviously missed when I have been in there past week or so. It was an end cap and featured not only a good portion of the new hand tools, but also a couple of tool boxes as well. one box in particular seemed like it was exactly what I was looking for.
In this first pic you can see the box has a compartment that separates from the bottom. Upon opening it I noticed that it appeared to have sufficient room to hold my 18v dc925 that's currently in a bag, and my older 18v dc988 that I just put a new transmission in today. I took the box to the tools and began inserting the display models inside to see if they would fit, and they fit perfectly. Great! Pencil me in for two of these babies!
As you can see below, things changed once I got home. The newer drills obviously are not as long as my older drills. The 988 I have fit, but it was a bit too snug and caused difficulty latching the box on the side I had it sitting. The 925 I have was a no go no matter which way I put it. After that I went and got my 12v max stuff and pulled it out of the bag, lo and behold they were the perfect fit for the top portion. My impact is obviously on the left with the 3rd battery, the drill/driver on the right. In the center I had to sit the charger on it's edge lengthwise and kind of wrap the cord around it for it to fit properly. I suppose I could have removed the two little compartment separator thingies but I felt this way would keep things a bit more in place. There's a compartment above the drills/charger that has the capacity to hold a lot of bits and tips, but I only put in a few my most used tips to avoid fishing for what I need. I'm very happy with how this turned out.
For the bottom, you can see how I had to place everything to fit it and still get the top portion back on. This works just fine for me. I have always had a bit of a desire to have all of my DeWalt drills in one case and this does the trick nicely. The 988 is on the left, 925 on the right....charger and aux handle in the center. Both drills fit very well without the batteries attached, and there's a little wiggle room around both of them. The top compartment fits on without hitting anything on the bottom either.
I bought two of these boxes at just about 25 bucks a piece. In the process, I eliminated three of those silly bags that I really dislike for tools. I'm happy as a lark! Now what to do with the old bags?!?!
I'm not sure what I'll do with the other box yet. I still have a DeWalt recip in a bag, along with both corded and cordless grinders that are all in bags. I'll see what I can figure out with those this evening and post pics if I can get that stuff to fit in one box.
