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All corners protectors

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  1.1 Tool kit corner protector 30mm Fitting our tool kit layer corner protectors is easy, adding protection to the foam and assisting in layer stacking. Here we will walk you through how to fit them. However we will start a little before that just in case you are reading this whilst trying to decide what to buy. We have also peppered in a few suggestions on where to find items you will need with links or suggested brands in  orange . Considerations before buying You are going to need to know  what things you intend to put in this container  (tools)  and how deep the foam will need to be for those things to sit flat.  Once you know this, you can workout a rough layout and figure out what size container is best for you (don't forget to leave room for the handles , factor in backing material and any protrusions). You will probably bounce around these tasks a bit as you pick suitable tool boxes then seeing how you could reorganise your tools to make best...

Getting a handle on things

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  Pelicase have an endless assortment of cases and ideas for how you could use them 1.1 The need to build a tool kit has resulted in an over engineered answer to a problem normally answered with some webbing and a couple of rivets. But you want some too. Portability and relative light weight was leading us down the root of a Peli case based kit with foam shelves for convenience and easy tool control (very important in the aerospace industry where the kit will be used) just like the examples in fig 1.1.  Of course we are not the first people to want to use foam shelves in a Peli case and as such there are a number of ideas out there for what to do. These are generally consisting of : Tool foam comes in many shapes & colours 1.2 Cut outs in the foam Webbing straps Fold out shelves running a slim case with foam on the base and lid. These are all fine but we thought we could come up with something a bit more elegant. The design brief was simple: They needed to be strong enoug...