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cmparsley
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I am a maker, woodworker, handyman. I make a lot of things that mix all of these skills together. It feels like magic being able to dream something up, design it on a computer, and then have a real life object in my hands shortly after.
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I put together a mounting bracket concept for the Ridgid Pro Gear toolbox system and wanted to share it with the community. This is still an early design and has not been field tested yet, so consider it a work in progress. The Ridgid Pro Gear boxes normally stack using the swing-up side handles. When you lift the handles they rotate up and latch onto the box above them. This design takes advantage of that same mechanism so the box can lock onto a fixed mount instead of another toolbox. Neither the original Ridgid Pro Gear system nor the 2.0 version includes a factory mounting solution for a toolbox on a horizontal surface, so this is my attempt at creating one. This could also be used to mount a box on a vertical wall flat vs sticking out horizontally. The bracket interfaces with the side handle mechanism and a removable hitch pin passes through to hold it in place. Inside the body there are two brass sleeves that act as wear surfaces so the steel pin doesn’t wear out the printed plastic over time. The body prints as a single piece and has four mounting holes so it can be attached to a base plate. The idea is to use two brackets per box, mounted to a piece of 1/2" plywood, and then mount that board to a wall, trailer, or wherever the storage location is. The board also needs to be large enough so the feet on the bottom of the toolbox sit on the board, since the Pro Gear locking system relies on those feet being supported. Right now the design would use two brackets per box and four hitch pins total. It might also be possible to simplify this by using a fixed rod on one side, allowing the box to be angled into place, with hitch pins only on the opposite side. Design notes: Printed in ASA for durability and heat/UV resistance Two mounts required per toolbox Four hitch pins per toolbox in the current design Brass tube inserts used as wear surfaces for the hitch pins No modifications required to the Ridgid toolbox Again, this is currently untested, so feedback is welcome. #Questions #Ridgid #WorkshopOrganization(Edited)
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