rocksnstumps
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Actually found pic with same number of drawers as mine
Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do
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rocksnstumps
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From another cabinet but closeup of tag
M.Brane
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I saw some like that when researching mine. Didn't manage to find any pics of a cab identical to mine so either I have the last one standing or this was a 1-off custom build. A couple of the drawer trays have different pull handles I they may have been swapped.
OP
drivesitfar
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Nice find on the old GF cabinet. They not only made cabinets that can last 100 years they also have more than a few nice features other cabinets don’t have.
Private Lugnutz
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I'm already having a minor case of Regret Syndrome that I left this little Equipto cabinet behind at the flea market this morning. I'm trying to be more selective, buying less, and thinning the herd, but this thing is so dang appealing with those waves of drawer pulls my willpower will probably crumble if it's there on Sunday.
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Private Lugnutz
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I was this close to re-arranging these drawers at the flea market this morning just to mess with @Old Radar. But I had mercy. Just the presence of that grey replacement for the missing #16 is likely to give him a minor conniption. 
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Beerhippie
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ARRGH! The breadpans! The humanity!
Private Lugnutz
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My first thought was "great (practical, classic hobbyshop) minds think alike,"...
If I had a dollar for every Sucrets tin I've found with cotter pins inside I'd be a rich man.
Outlawmws
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Private Lugnutz
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That undoubtedly reflects our different scrounging grounds and predilections, though. I've never seen an Altoids tin in an antique or prewar vintage toolbox. It's an old British brand but it was practically unknown here until the late 1980s and 1990s when it was first vigorously marketed here in the U.S., becoming a trendy sensation.
Outlawmws
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Yeah, west coast often goes for "trendy". But I do see a ton of the Altoids tins around and have at least a half dozen empties, as well as other tins in other sizes waiting for other uses, which comes up periodically. Sucrets tins are pretty rage these days... sometime I see them in sewing or full of paper clips. ones in a tool box are generally wasted. I have 2 good condition Band-Aid tins back to their original use.
Sucrets went to plastic boxes for a while and I think just blister packs these days?
We haven't bought new Sucrets in ages...Private Lugnutz
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^ The only Sucrets tins I see are antique or vintage in old toolboxes. I didn't even know they were still made. (Not a breath mint consumer.)
I do have the Kinks ("Low Budget") stuck in my head now, though...
"We're all on our uppers, we're all going skint.
I used to **** cigars, but now I **** Polo mints."
I do have the Kinks ("Low Budget") stuck in my head now, though...
"We're all on our uppers, we're all going skint.
I used to **** cigars, but now I **** Polo mints."
Outlawmws
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Thought of this one as it uses 2 of the Altoids tins for small lantern pasts. One tin has a selection of leather pump cups and a vial of neetsfoot for them.
I don't think I ever posted this little project in this thread - I converted an old shotgun cleaning kit tin into a "fettle box" for lanterns and stoves with most all the essentials - I've since outgrown it for those tools for more major work, but I still carry it camping in case something "gets ill"
the original box:
In progress, I was setting up for foam cutouts for the bigger tools - You can see the 2 Altoids, tins:
Close to being done - I was setng up the lid for mantle storage adn made the velvet covered insert:
And how it landed 8-9 years back:
Thinking I may have a couple of older Sucrets tins, I should swap out if so to be more "period correct"...
I don't think I ever posted this little project in this thread - I converted an old shotgun cleaning kit tin into a "fettle box" for lanterns and stoves with most all the essentials - I've since outgrown it for those tools for more major work, but I still carry it camping in case something "gets ill"
the original box:
In progress, I was setting up for foam cutouts for the bigger tools - You can see the 2 Altoids, tins:
Close to being done - I was setng up the lid for mantle storage adn made the velvet covered insert:
And how it landed 8-9 years back:
Thinking I may have a couple of older Sucrets tins, I should swap out if so to be more "period correct"...
zimman
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I've played golf for 50 years and changed a few of those. Golf shoe spike. I think I still have a ball mark repair tool that has the tool that takes out the spike.No idea..., and, believe it or not, a cleat for a track, football or baseball shoe with a 1931 patent!
Zim
Private Lugnutz
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Yes, the patent also mentions golf. I just skipped it in my summary, probably because I don't play.
"When I hit a ball, I want someone else to chase it."
Ty Cobb, in response to a reporter's question.
RTM
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Golf, another four letter word not used in polite company.
captain14
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CLeaning out my parents house prior to selling it, I’ve found more than one metal Band-aid box filled with matches, fasteners, etc.
Do you think I saved them? You bet I did!
Do you think I saved them? You bet I did!
Old Man Roger
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So you’re saying the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree? Lol
Old Man Roger
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Ooooh! Aaaaah!
Outlawmws
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Nice one!
Beerhippie
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Wow! Nice job!
southalabama
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My first thought was "great (practical, classic hobbyshop) minds think alike,"...
If I had a dollar for every Sucrets tin I've found with cotter pins inside I'd be a rich man.
Great save, and beautiful transformation!
Shallow drawers can be handy. Sometimes deep ones waste space, or at least make it hard to find stuff.
Mike
Outlawmws
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I generally prefer the shallower drawers, I need 2 deeper for sockets, and the one that get my impact gun, I use a lateral file for blow mold junk....
'Cause this^^^
tool_scrounge
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Great for small parts (nuts, bolts, etc)
Also good for screwdrivers, Allen wrench sets, sockets, and the like
captain14
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I actually saved one and using it for its original purpose. Holding bandaids in my first aid bag.
There are others awaiting to be repurposed.
Beerhippie
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Are YOU man enough for Hello Kitty?
d42jeep
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I posted this box on the main toolbox thread but it belongs here as well. It looks to me like somebody’s shop project. It is spot welded on one side and riveted on the other. I bought it at at a NV garage sale last Friday after my wife admired it. 
-Don
-Don
Oregon rock crusher
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I was helping fellow GJ member Provincial clean out the shop of one of his neighbors last week and came home with this large section of drawers from a meat locker. I shot a quick coat of paint on the drawer faces and may enclose the open side with thin plywood. It will hold a lot of bulky items that generally won't fit in a drawer. It is a tight fit in my storage shed but not too bad. Ed.
Beerhippie
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Found this one today for next to free:
Why am I excited to find this?
Finally!
Why am I excited to find this?
Finally!
Outlawmws
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Beerhippie
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#4 cone-style coffee filters for my kitchen drip coffee maker. I've been looking for an appropriate box for years. Now I have it.Um, Not sure what I'm looking at?
TP box?
Old Man Roger
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I was wondering why you were happy about coffee filters.lol
Beerhippie
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I don't function before coffee. Fiddling with a plastic bag of filters before brewing... just nope.
Yeah, I could set it up the night before and use a timer... but that would require a belief in the future. Why would I invest in something that doesn't yet exist?
Found this one today for next to free:
Why am I excited to find this?
Finally!
Um, Not sure what I'm looking at?
TP box?
I thought he'd found an amazing tool, inside the box, wrapped in those.
Mike
Private Lugnutz
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Flush with vintage small parts storage, I generally no longer pick up every small parts chest I run into at the flea market..., unless it calls to me somehow. Some of you may recall, for example, the 6-drawer Marvel Carb chest I found and reported here back in July, with its decal on the front/bottom, or the 4-drawer Porter "Gadget Box" I found and reported in June of 2024, with its ingenious colorful wrap-around cardboard label.
This morning I found this classic 4-drawer "File-A-Way" chest, made by Steelmasters Inc., in Chicago. Very well made, with a rack of individual shelves built inside for the drawers to slide on, and heavy gauge steel, noticeably heavy - so heavy that I thought it was full of stuff, but it was surprisingly empty, and a helpful configuration of drawers with one full length (no dividers), two with six compartments, and one with three.
But it was the foil label I could not resist. I love everything about it, from the artists palette graphics to the list of uses, but maybe especially the 'old proverb' tagline: "A place for everything, everything in its place."
This morning I found this classic 4-drawer "File-A-Way" chest, made by Steelmasters Inc., in Chicago. Very well made, with a rack of individual shelves built inside for the drawers to slide on, and heavy gauge steel, noticeably heavy - so heavy that I thought it was full of stuff, but it was surprisingly empty, and a helpful configuration of drawers with one full length (no dividers), two with six compartments, and one with three.
But it was the foil label I could not resist. I love everything about it, from the artists palette graphics to the list of uses, but maybe especially the 'old proverb' tagline: "A place for everything, everything in its place."
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slowtwitch73
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And....... very pleasing to the eye ^^^^^