DIY CUSTOM! Kobalt MINI ToolBox

I hope you all enjoyed this quick video of my $20 Kobalt toolbox, and all the customizations that I’ve managed to do to it for essentially no money since everything used in this project was already lying around in my garage! 
If you get any questions, let me know in the comments!

[@DAS-Videos]

Now Lowes has to make some miniature tools to go in it.

[@djphilly44]

Awesome customization. You gave me some great ideas for hacking my Kobalt Mini toolbox. Thanks.

[@jamijohnson3700]

Man I wish you could add those to my toolbox. I don't have the tools and am not handy enough to add anything, including a handle. But love all your additions to the toolbox.

[@suziwonkenobi]

I just learned about the existence of these toolboxes today and I found your video. My daughter thinks she needs one of these in pink for her crafting supplies. I like your handle, latch, and the wire you added to keep the lid from opening the whole way. I see I'm going to have some DIY fun as part of the setup of her toolbox.

[@PolandGarage]

I ended up giving this one to my mom for her sawing stuff it works great for that. The only issue with the pink one is that it’s usually always sold out at the store and you would have to buy it from a reseller at a marked up price.

[@suziwonkenobi]

@@PolandGarage I'm in Santa Fe, NM and according to Lowe's website, pink and red are the only colors in stock near me. And there's not enough red in stock to be able to order it online and pick up in store. I'm crossing my fingers that the website is correct about the pink.

[@3vil3lvis]

Use this to hold random drill bits by the drill press.

[@JasonMRamer1975]

Nice

[@PolandGarage]

Thanks lol

[@d2cuadrados510]

You think it's possible to replace the rails with like actual drawer rails? The stock ones kinda suck.

[@PolandGarage]

It would be a pain in the butt to do it but it isn’t possible the biggest problem I believe would be finding such a short sliders

[@aAbstractduck]

You would need to find a slide that is about 5 inches in length (when folded) and overall thickness being less than 7mm (the gap you have on each side of the drawers) Amazon does appear to sell 5 inch slides but im not confident they will work perfectly. Perhaps you'd either have to contact a company or someone else to custom make you a set. Maybe possible to 3d print rails and get the bearing part somewhere else but im not sure the strength and durability will be any better. With that said you can try lubricating the existing slides with lithium grease. If that doesnt work you will have to remove the drawers and file down any burrs/ sharp edges present on the friction slides

[@d2cuadrados510]

@@aAbstractduck Yeah you're right, I'd probably need low profile slides. I'll look online to see if I can find some. In the meantime I'll try lubricating the slides with some grease. Thanks for the tip, friend!

[@aAbstractduck]

@@d2cuadrados510 if you find anything let me know! Quick tip on removing the drawers without causing any damage if you need to: Take a long, thin piece of metal. Put a slight bend on one side (about an inch from the end) insert it between the drawer so that it goes around the little tab preventing the drawer from coming out and then give it a pull, preferably you have one on each side. It should pop right out. I used two 0.013" feeler gages but im sure something like a hacksaw blade would also work!