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Product Description Originally a manufacturer of steel kitchen cabinets, Homak Expanded its product offerings in the 1960s to included a separate line of hardware products such as toolboxes, tool cabinets, and other accessories. Homak’s hardware line remained strong and was accepted in many major retail businesses of its time. Following Sigmund’s death in 1979, his wife, Gertrude, ran the company for 25 years. Under Gertrude’s guidance, Homak extended its product line with automotive, hospital, and sporting goods. In January of 2005 Homak was acquired by JVA and moved its office to western Pennsylvania. Its facility now resides in the Wampum Underground Commerce Center. Today, Homak emphasizes tool storage and gun cabinet security. The full product line consists of hand-carry toolboxes, tool bags, parts organizers, tool storage cabinets, workbenches, garage furniture, safety cabinets, spill containment systems, P.B. & E. products, steel lockers, gun cabinets, fire-resistant safes, ammo storage boxes and accessories. Each item is manufactured to exceed customer’s expectations, and to provide strength and dependability to the customer. From the Manufacturer Homak Manufacturing was founded in 1947 in Chicago by Sigmund H. Danziger. The name "Homak" was coined after a sign that Sigmund saw on a hat store. Originally a manufacturer of steel kitchen cabinets, Homak Expanded its product offerings in the 1960s to included a separate line of hardware products such as toolboxes, tool cabinets, and other accessories. Homak's hardware line remained strong and was accepted in many major retail businesses of its time. Following Sigmund's death in 1979, his wife, Gertrude, ran the company for 25 years. Under Gertrude's guidance, Homak extended its product line with automotive, hospital, and sporting goods. In January of 2005 Homak was acquired by JVA and moved its office to western Pennsylvania. Its facility now resides in the Wampum Underground Commerce Center. Today, Homak emphasizes tool storage and gun cabinet security. The full product line consists of hand-carry toolboxes, tool bags, parts organizers, tool storage cabinets, workbenches, garage furniture, safety cabinets, spill containment systems, P.B & E. products, steel lockers, gun cabinets, fire-resistant safes, ammo storage boxes and accessories. Each item is manufactured to exceed customer's expectations, and to provide strength and dependability to the customer.
Product Type :Portable Tool Box
Package Dimensions :54.864 Cm L X30.48 Cm W X27.177 Cm H
Country Of Origin :China
Package Weight :1.0lbs
High-Security Tubular Locking System
Solid Industrial Quality Construction
This is a nice two drawer toolbox made of, for the most part, sturdy construction. It's the closest I could find to replacing a Sears Craftsman, red, two-drawer toolbox which they apparently (for some unknown reason) don't make any more. The plus on this toolbox is the lock. A very nice, vending style lock is builtin -- which will help me from keeping tools from walking off after they've been borrowed and then not put back.The caveats however, which you can weigh for yourself are as follows. The toolbox is probably still worth the money, depending on how much or little of these caveats you experience:(1) It says it comes with toolbox liners -- it does NOT. (Easily remedied at your local Lowe's, Sears, Home Depot or hardware store, but you're out one star for advertising it that way and then not delivering.)(2) There are little rubber corners to attach to the toolbox, which you are told to attach with a high strength epoxy glue. For the money, (a) why weren't they attached to start with? (Why does the customer have to do it?) and (b) the size of the corners, once attached, interfere with the opening of the bottom drawer, so they have to be niched out by hand. Again, just very poor. If I *have* to be the one to attach them, they should at least fit; I shouldn't have to notch them out by hand. (The caveat to this caveat is... if you want to leave them off and just buy some rubber bottoms to attach to the toolbox or leave them off entirely, you probably are no worse for the wear to go that route.)(3) This is my second toolbox delivered and BOTH of them were damaged. The first time, the damage was unacceptable and I returned it. The second toolbox was also damaged, but minimally and I'm just living with it. On both occasions they appear to have been damaged in shipping which means that (a) the toolbox isn't packed properly for shipping (the packaging was very minimal in my opinion and I think the results demonstrate that) and (b) that means when it ships, you may experience varying levels of damage... or, hopefully, no damage at all if you are lucky. Northern Tool, which I guess supplies these for the seller, was fairly good about the replacement insofar as customer service, but it took a number of weeks for the turnaround, which is why I'm just living with the existing damage (very minimal) on the second toolbox. But how much money are they saving with minimal shipping and perhaps even just 50% returns? Makes absolutely no sense.I was really, really insistent on a two-drawer, red toolbox, so I'm "happy." If the above points would upset you, you may want to reconsider. The toolbox itself is fine and I like it other than the caveats outlined above.If you are hoping that even though this is made in China it is a quality product that you will have for a long time you will be disappointed. It's typical cheap Asian crap.First, the drawer slides are not smooth and bind constantly even before there is any weight in the drawers. I realize they are not ball bearing slides, but even for what they are, the drawers get jack-knifed constantly. The tolerances are just too great for the slides to keep things aligned.Second, the finish is not very good. There are bits of foreign material under/in the paint on the top in plain sight. I didn't expect a toolbox to be perfect or to stay that way, but the manufacturer just didn't care.Third, the material thickness is questionable. If you notice the Item description states it weighs 28lbs. The shipping weight, however is listed as 19lbs. I didn't weigh it and I'm not emptying it to do so now, but maybe it is .8mm steel if you count the powder coat with all the foreign debris in it.Fourth, one of the clasps lasted exactly one day after the return period ended. That is a big deal with this design because there is no other tension that holds the clasp up to secure the lid. The clasp is held up with a friction spring inside the clasp, when it breaks, the clasp hangs loosely and doesn't secure the lid for transport.Fifth, the design is so poor that the clasps (one of which is now broken and only hangs down) are below the top of the top drawer. This means that to close the top drawer, you have to move the clasps out of the way. One should note that the clasps must be open and the top lid raised before the drawers will open. Even when the clasps aren't broken, you must move them in the way of the top drawer in order to open the top drawer. With broken clasps, closing the top drawer takes four hands, one on each clasp, one to push the drawer and one to hold the toolbox in place to fight the resistance in the drawer slides, even when the toolbox is fairly full and heavy.I bought this for my son (maybe 20lbs of tools currently), thinking he would have it for a long time. I was wrong, this toolbox is not a keeper.Good item ever# Update below!!!1 StarThe pros:Solid constructionFeels very durableHas a good amount of weight to it, doesn't feel flimsy.The cons:Quality control is nonexistent. The item I received had a warped base, so the toolbox would rock significantly when placed on a flat surface. The lid made a terrible sound with significant resistance when opened - this is due to the drawer locking mechanism (prevent the drawers from opening while the top is down).The two drawer rails detached when I opened the bottom drawer. It took about 5 minutes of work with a pair of needle nose pliers to put it back together, but come on, it's a new item.I'm exchanging this item through Amazon. Hopefully the replacement has the proper level of fit & finish for a $100 toolbox.# Update - 2/24I received the replacement, and indeed it is not warped, and the clunking of the drawer locking mechanism is gone.However, the handle looks as if it's been mauled by a small bear. I can live with this.Upping my review to 3 stars.Initially appears to be a decent construction tool box. Holds everything that I have and does not appear to have any issues doing so. Total weight is about 50 pounds fully loaded with my wrench and socket sets as well as pliers and screwdrivers and the whole nine yards. The lock seems to be a nice quality, but like every other small box if someone wants to get in a pry bar would do it. The drawers are also decent and support all the weight on them no problem. The automatic drawer lock when the top lid closes sometimes does not catch but appears to be mostly user error. The box all around seems sturdy I would say, its a nice buy.