Monday, July 27th, 2009, Netcast 881
I was down in Orlando, Florida for MAATS, the Marine After-market Accessories Trade Show.
I was looking for new gizmos for both the Daily Giz Wiz and my Powerboat Magazine column www.powerboatmag.com. At the show I found a neat toolbox called the Lift-n-Lok Professional Tool Box. I figured Leo would like it, and he did. He ordered one before I finished talking about it on the Daily Giz Wiz! Here’s the story: The current portable storage devices on the market frustrated a guy named Paul Purdy and he decided to design one for his own use. He came up the Lift-n-Lok Tool Box. It offers the normal thingsfound on toolboxes todaylike drawers for small parts and a storage bin for larger parts and equipment. But Paul wanted to add new features, like having no small parts mix between compartments and nothing able to jam the drawers while lifting or carrying his toolbox around. Paul went to workand produced a wooden model. The system worked so well he rushed outand filed for a patent. Here’s how his new design works. A cam attached to the ends of the handle lifts the drawers as the handle is raised. This closes the clearance gap between the drawers and interlocks them; it also fastens the lid. The handle can then be moved to the forward position for storage. With zero space between the drawers, nothing is able to shift around.To demonstrate how secure small parts areonce the handle is secured, Paul turned the toolbox upside-down & shook it up. When he released the drawers and opened them everything was still neatly where it belonged, and nothing got in the way of the drawers sliding open easily. For safety, the drawers and lid can be locked with a single 1.5” (40mm) padlock, which is not included. The Lift-n-Lok is 11.25" deep, 15.9" high by 16.5" wide. It comes in six color combinations. Price is $59.95, but there’s a $10 less introductory deal at the link below.
http://www.leisurercmodels.com/id12.html Intro price here: $49.95
Here’s a good demo video: http://pdysystems.com/tool_demo.php
Company website: www.pdysystems.com
Hear this Netcast: www.twit.tv/dgw881
July 26, 2009
Reader Comments (1)
Dick,
This is a great tool box. I dabble with RC stuff, and it would be a great box to take to the field or the races. I love the storage idea. You know you keep setting this bar so high and Leo will have to come up with better stuff than sporks.