Lugnutz, the morons at the 'educational facility' used permanent marker and the paper stick on labels on the oak drawers. Not easily removed, and not quick with over 40 cabinets with 3 to 5 drawers each.If you were closer I'd have to sneak in and rearrange those drawers in sequential order of those alphanumeric markings! My OCD is going off just thinking about them!
Posted the find of this on the Garage Sale thread, already but hadn’t opened it or cleaned it. Thought this would be a good place. This is a carb rebuild box for Rochester carbs on GM vehicles in the late 50s. The old farmer was keeping his hog rings with it in addition to the carb parts.
I had to use acetone, didn't press too hard to dig into the original orange.
40s or 50s. I have that same box with some tools in it. You can see it and others on the Armstrong thread. It's in the A-Z index in the Sticky.
Thank you I’ll check it out
That's a great deal!!! Those are so nice.
Ya, I was blown away they were selling them so cheap. I would have bought more, but my trailer would only hold so many, and I made two round trips, an hour each. I’d have made more trips, but they were only there for that day.
I considered painting them like an old craftsman tool box, but I’m lazy..lol
Go for the Blackhawk look.
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Wrong thread, but thanks.
Wrong thread, but thanks.
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Kinda like Whose Line Is It Anyway?Any thread - this is GJ!
What college?
WSU, Pullman WA
Ya, I was contemplating strapping some to the roof and the hood..lol
Technically it probably would have been a good idea, financially, but the rental and the mileage probably would have been over 1000 bucks for a truck.
No probably about it. Military surplus, made during WWII. If you search the thread on "41-C-15", its Federal Stock Number, you will find all kinds of info, cool period photos, and other examples. The thread is usually good for a couple per year. That is one of the nicest survivors I have seen in terms of condition. Congrats.
@Username already in use might have you beat. I lost count of his.
They are obsession-worthy. Near perfect, frankly, in form, fit, function - and looks. Seriously. Indestructible, too, as @PugetDude's story attests in a way that is more literal than most 41-C-15 salvage stories. I only have one, but it's my go to, my do-it-all, and my pulpit.So it's only 35% to capacity, then.
No, seriously, they will take a load - and in my experience, I have never had to grease anything, the drawers slide well unassisted.Is that a challenge? You know we could quantify this, right? I'll take the tools out of each drawer and weight them, and you do the same. I would pit one of my 41-C-15 drawers against any comparable size drawer from any comparable size cabinet. What's in the kitty?
I just landed one of those a few weeks ago on Bainbridge Island with the help of @Private Lugnutz . I hope you were well armed when you went to Navy City. I went there two years ago, and it was tweaker central. Very difficult to tell the employees from the "customers". That one is very nice especially for making it through that place!Pulled this out of the Navy City Metals scrapyard in Bremerton WA a few years ago; paid scrap price for it. Probably came out of the shipyard. It was missing one pull (easy fix with a piece of 1/8" x 1" flat bar) and one pull was loose on one end (easy weld fix). There are no drawer slides, just angle guides; drawers are really heavy- no wonder a couple of pulls got yanked off.
I elected not to re-paint it, just leave it as it as is . I really like the patina. ( and I'm too lazy to do all the prep and paint)
Has a 28" x 30" x 1/2" aluminum plate over the old hardwood top. It's a great little welding table for the cabin.
You certainly get to experience a real slice of humanity there. BI is definitely a different demographic.
