Types of Tool Boxes and Cabinets The most common materials used for construction are steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and plastic. Steel designs are the most durable of all tool box and cabinet types. They provide exceptional strength and longevity and are easy to care for.

hand tool, any of the implements used by craftspersons in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to shaping tools, include such implements as the hammer for nailing and the vise for holding.