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coldfoot_luke

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Beautiful work! But, what's it for? Displaying antique surgical tools, storing gold-plated sockets? If I had anything that nice I'd treat it like a museum piece!
 
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It's a machinists chest, typically used to store measuring instruments like calipers, micrometers etc and other small tools a machinist would need that also need protecting well. I'm guessing it probably didn't look that nice when new!
 
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I really need to get off my **** and build one of those. I've been looking at them for years, but never could justify the price. I was looking at a cheap HF Kennedy knock offs, I figure take that $150 bucks and buy some wood and hardware. Any chance we could "squeeze" TXinkman into giving us a dimension drawing??? Keith
 
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383 240z said:
I really need to get off my **** and build one of those. I've been looking at them for years, but never could justify the price. I was looking at a cheap HF Kennedy knock offs, I figure take that $150 bucks and buy some wood and hardware. Any chance we could "squeeze" TXinkman into giving us a dimension drawing??? Keith
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Same here!!

Been wanting one for a loooong time -- scooped up a woodworker mag a few months ago that did a whole write up on building one but the rough totals were about 500 buxs!!! figured i could do it for a lot less -- or find a yardsale or CL one

one day -- one day!
 
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KJ4VYI said:
Same here!!

Been wanting one for a loooong time -- scooped up a woodworker mag a few months ago that did a whole write up on building one but the rough totals were about 500 buxs!!! figured i could do it for a lot less -- or find a yardsale or CL one

one day -- one day!
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any info on the mag name, issue?
 
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Heres the woodsmith link for that article...
http://www.woodsmith.com/magazine/sources/183/machinists-chest/
Woodsmith vol 31. No 138
There's also a pretty cool "campaign style" tool cabinet in vol 22 issue 130 of shopnotes
http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/130/extras/tool-cabinet/

That work that TXinkman is gorgeous. I have a thing for old machinist chests too, luckily I got married before I could start "collecting" them off EBay and CL like I did Sun test equipment.

I still have my great grandfathers old gerstner though. Actually applied to work at Gerstner a couple of times. No luck though. Boy would that have been a learning experience!

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You are correct. Unfortunately neither link is directly to the article. Even though they're published by the same company, the websites are set up differently. Shopnotes often offers downloadable extras like the cut diagram, woodsmith, not so much. Both are quality publications if you're into woodwork.
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STANIMAL said:
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Jim :cool:
 
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That box is beautiful and the craftsmanship looks superb!

I wonder what happened to the original tag?
 
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BlindViper said:
While the box simply looks amazing. Its clearly not been restored.
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I seldom respond to any comments about my boxes, but your comment in particular intriques me. I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say, "It's clearly not been restored."

You want to elaborate on that?
 
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