craftsman intermediate drawer?

[wkearney99]

I've got an older craftsman roll-around cabinet with a 5-drawer on top of it. They're both red with red faced drawers and silver pull handles. The drawers have ball bearing slides. I'd like to get an intermediate chest to fit in-between them.

Trouble is they seem to have discontinued this series.

The cabinets themselves do not appear to have a part number on them anywhere. The paper service parts document that came with the top 5-drawer chest lists it as a model 706.597060. I think this is it from searspartsdirect:
http://parts.ch4.sears.com/partsdir.../0247/0709100/50023419/00001?shdMod=706597060

The 'operators manual' has the number 'F1294A1' in the lower right, I believe this corresponds to the F1294 model of the ball bearing chest set. This link shows a set much like the one I've got, minus the middle chest:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/32900/Craftsman-F1294.html#manual

The bottom cabinet has a trademark notice stamped into it with Waterloo in the text. I'm assuming this means Waterloo made it for Sears.

These are in excellent shape so I don't need/want to replace them.

The bottom cabinet is 26" wide and 18" deep. The top is likewise 26" wide but only 16" deep. I'd be fine with either 16" or 18" deep for the intermediate. I'm looking for a couple of shallow drawers for flat tools.

So is there a current product line from waterloo or someone else that would match up with this? Or a source of old stock/used for the middle one that does actually match up?

 

[twistedchief]

Hey

wkearney99 try this

http://www.sears.com/tools-tool-storage-middle-chests/s-1025254

 

[wkearney99]

http://www.sears.com/tools-tool-storage-middle-chests/s-1025254

Ok, so none are red-on-red, or the right depth. Don't get me wrong, but that helps, how? I'd hoped I was reasonably detailed in my post.

Ideally I'd like to figure out what model numbers Sears used to have available to sit in-between these two cabinets. I've got an old glossy sheet that shows a 65144 4-drawer unit and a 65030 18" deep 3-drawer, but both have black drawers. At some point I suppose I'll have to give up and just get something that 'fits'.

Near as I can tell the closest current item is a Waterloo WIN-262RD, 2-drawer setup. But I've no idea if that's really the same style as the Craftsman ones I've got.

 

[Kurn]

The Waterloo would have different drawer pulls.If you should find something,the Walmart house brand spray paint "Fire Red" is very close to the Craftsman red. And it's 97¢ a can.

 

[kossuth]

I don't think this is yours but take a looksee maybe it is. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077X8F32/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Super Sport]

Hmm, they do seem to be discontinued. I ordered an 18" deep model in 2009, and Craftsman.com shows it as being unavailable now.

Try looking on Searsoutlet.com. Some stores might have one in inventory somewhere...

 

[WWIIjeep]

I just bought one similar to what I think you're looking for a couple of weeks ago because it was on sale at the local brick and mortar Sears. In stock, still available.

It's a Model 706.127361 and fits under a 16" x 26" ball-bearing 5-drawer chest.

706 is the OEM source code for Waterloo, so apparently they're still making them for Sears.

Here's the cut sheet that came with, showing what else may also be available:

706.877391 should be an all-red two drawer that might match your stack.

You didn't say exactly how old your stack is, but mine is 15 years old. IMO and FWIW, the quality of the intermediate box I just bought, as shown in the photo above, is slightly less than that of my 15 year old stack. The slides have a little more play, the rolled front edges on the drawers aren't as crisp, and the detent locks aren't as smooth as the original, although the latter may simply be a function of it being brand new. All that said, it's still really nice to have a matching unit (except for the nameplates) and the extra two drawers of space.

 

[wkearney99]

I just bought one similar to what I think you're looking for a couple of weeks ago because it was on sale at the local brick and mortar Sears. In stock, still available

It's a Model 706.127361 and fits under a 16" x 26" ball-bearing 5-drawer chest.

Where's the online page for that one? Searching for model numbers on Sears' site seems terribly inconsistent.

I'm curious about the dimensions of it. I ask because of the width measurement. The base I've got has about 26 3/8" inside the stackable lip, but 27" on the outside of that lip. The 5-drawer top unit I've got is 26" wide, so there's a little gap (which is fine). Some of the boxes are listed online as 26", 26.5" and 27". I'm not entirely sure what a 26.5" measure indicates. Overall width (which would include the upper stackable lip) or the exact bottom width of the chest.

Here's an example:
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-26in...0912736000P?prdNo=10&blockNo=10&blockType=G10

The call it a 26" wide chest, but then list the width as 26.5". Is that overall or the specific width of the bottom of the chest where it would sit inside the lower cabinet?

As you can imagine, it'd make a difference in whether it would fit into the lower cabinet I've got. While I could probably 'persuade' a 26.5" chest to fit I'd rather just get the right thing.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Where's the online page for that one? Searching for model numbers on Sears' site seems terribly inconsistent.

I got it in a Sears store. It may be something they don't carry online, and regardless, it's something you should probably see for yourself in person before buying. However, you'll probably have to order the all-red one in the store (assuming that's what the 706.877391 unit actually is) because they told me the only color they carry in stock is the red-black like mine and the other colors have to be ordered.

I'm curious about the dimensions of it. I ask because of the width measurement. The base I've got has about 26 3/8" inside the stackable lip, but 27" on the outside of that lip. The 5-drawer top unit I've got is 26" wide, so there's a little gap (which is fine). Some of the boxes are listed online as 26", 26.5" and 27". I'm not entirely sure what a 26.5" measure indicates. Overall width (which would include the upper stackable lip) or the exact bottom width of the chest.

Here's an example:
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-26in...0912736000P?prdNo=10&blockNo=10&blockType=G10

The call it a 26" wide chest, but then list the width as 26.5". Is that overall or the specific width of the bottom of the chest where it would sit inside the lower cabinet?

As you can imagine, it'd make a difference in whether it would fit into the lower cabinet I've got. While I could probably 'persuade' a 26.5" chest to fit I'd rather just get the right thing.

All I can tell you are the actual dimensions on mine:

The roller cabinet (base) is 26-1/4" wide inside the stacking lips.

The intermediate 2-drawer chest is 26-1/16" wide (outside dimension). The stacking lip extends outside of that width and is 26-1/4" wide inside, just like the roller cabinet.

The top chest is 26-1/16" wide by 15-15/16" deep (outside dimensions). It fits tightly front to back on the intermediate chest, and with the same gap side to side that it had when it was on the roller cabinet.

 

[wkearney99]

I managed to find yours online: http://www.sears.com/craftsman-26in...0912736000P?prdNo=16&blockNo=16&blockType=G16
Now it's a model 00912736000. And searching won't find it with just the 12736 model number (leaving off the trailing 1). Yeesh, all this technology and they can't do simple part number cross-reference searches...

Once there I note they claim it's width is 26.5". Thanks for confirming that's incorrect.

I was tempted to try to reverse the search from the drawer parts in one of my existing cabinets. Thinking it might be possible to search back up from the drawer to find what cabinets used it. No chance, lame searching strikes again.

 

[wkearney99]

Going to the Sears store was useless. They apparently can't even look up model numbers unless the items are currently sold. Imagine going into a car dealership and not being able to look up parts for your model year because they don't have any in stock. It's literally that bad.

Made worse by they have to use the sears website to find anything and their in-store link is horribly slow. Heck, my cell phone was faster looking things up.

The reality is the dimensions on the website are pretty much useless. The 26.5" measurement is just totally wrong. And the 18" depth is likewise wrong. I'd upgrade to the higher-end griplatch units but those, too, can't be found in the system in red/red (or even red/black).

I can find ONE muti-drawer unit but it's 800 miles away and the website says only in-store pickup. I need one, but not THAT bad.

I'm basically stymied at this point. I'm willing to spend but the box apparently just cannot be found.

So the next question is does anyone else's box fit in and look reasonably decent when paired with a craftsman set?

 

[wkearney99]

Feh, paid too much but picked up the 18" deep 3-drawer one from Amazon. 1-day shipping is a whole $9 more (with Prime). So at least it'll be here tomorrow. If the "1 item left" figure is to be believed...

So whose paint matches the regular craftsman red? From somewhere other than Walmart, please.

 

[2oolhound]

If it's waterloo check them. Waterloo also supplied Canadian Tire's "MasterCraft" brand so you could look there but you'll need older ones. The new ones are flimsy.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Going to the Sears store was useless. They apparently can't even look up model numbers unless the items are currently sold.

Interesting (and unfortunate). My experience, less than a month ago, was trouble free.

The intermediate box was on display in the store, and on sale. I measured it and noted the model number, then went home to measure my cabinet and chest. A couple of days later, I went to a different Sears store (because it was near where I was working that day) and they also had it on display and on sale, along with the price tag having a list of the other colors available (by special order).

I confirmed the measurements a second time and confirmed that they had stock, then paid, and it was waiting for me at the customer pickup door.

 

[wkearney99]

If I was close to Little Rock, this would've been a sweet deal:
http://www.searsoutlet.com/d/produc...cid=146&pn=1&ps=24&pid=13511&mode=buyUsedOnly

 

[wkearney99]

Bah, the damned thing has the cheap 'quiet glide' drawer rails. Seems a fair bit flimsier than the units I've got already too. But it's here and I need the drawer space. Truth be told it'd probably be better to get a pair of the two drawer units instead. But I've had enough of this nonsense so I'll just stick with it.