One mechanic said that there were way too many little compartments in the swinging cabinet doors, to lose small items in. The doors do swing all the way open, flush to the sides of the tool box. What I found is that most simply left them open, all of the time.

These doors did not lend themselves to locking up your tool box at night. They required a lot of clearance, to swing open, on either side. The swinging 'cupboard' doors were not very well liked. The flat top was a well liked feature, as a catch all for paint cans, lubricants, brake kleen etc. I have spoken with a couple of professional mechanics who own or have owned this box. So I bought the bottom box for approximately 1/3 of what they normally sell for, $500! Here are a few pictures of the MBN1700/MB1710 set. The box would clean up just fine, and the drawer slides just needed to be cleaned, de-greased and then properly lubed. However, I was able to recognize that there were no dents or dings, nor any real defects. In addition many of the drawers were sticky and did not slide open freely. It was extremely dirty, from 20+ years of use. I checked out the box and it was in very good condition. These older boxes are 50' or so in length, boxes are customarily much larger, now. Just recived a MAC tool box w/no info and am trying to find out about them. Very poor workmanship, not what I would expect from Mac Tools.

MAC Tools Toolbox Configurator If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it! Some of the drawers are not fully spot welded together. The Snap On dealer really didn't want to take the lower box into his inventory, due to its age and size. The old one was a MAC 1700B, like the one pictured below. A local mechanic was purchasing a new bottom box, and trading in his old one. So a few years ago I was presented with an opportunity to purchase a vintage MAC tool box.

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