jakemac
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I see the frame of the safe in the upper right of the cabinet. It looks like the safe door was removed. Possibly at the same time that the other doors were taken off. I wonder if the cabinet was originally a curbside pick.
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JeremyBurke
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Safe or no safe we can at least all agree I should have 3 of these. [emoji48]
Outlawmws
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Keep dreaming Jeremy! 
JeremyBurke
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Keep dreaming Jeremy!
Well with your permission I plan to. Hopefully for many years to come.
Project 2501
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Curbside??
Well, technically...yes.
Being that it was acquired at a yard sale.
Paid $20
Well, technically...yes.
Being that it was acquired at a yard sale.
Paid $20
Project 2501
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Curbside??
Well, technically...yes.
Being that it was acquired at a yard sale.
Paid $20
Well, technically...yes.
Being that it was acquired at a yard sale.
Paid $20
Garage sale rolling tool box
Bought this rolling tool box for $10 at a garage sale. Working on my second YOU ****. No key. Drawers and lower panel all work great. Measures 26.5" wide, 18" deep and 33" high. Pictures are after some clean up. No manufacture logo. Anyone know who made it and how old it is? Any other info would be great. thanks Jim
Bought this rolling tool box for $10 at a garage sale. Working on my second YOU ****. No key. Drawers and lower panel all work great. Measures 26.5" wide, 18" deep and 33" high. Pictures are after some clean up. No manufacture logo. Anyone know who made it and how old it is? Any other info would be great. thanks Jim
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WJD
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jim...... You ****
Outlawmws
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Sorry J I wasn't trying to be offensive. I just saw your sig, and the unlikely dream (These are pretty rare), and was trying to be funny. I guess your sig applies to me too..
Dream Big!
taumac
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JeremyBurke
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Sorry J I wasn't trying to be offensive. I just saw your sig, and the unlikely dream (These are pretty rare), and was trying to be funny. I guess your sig applies to me too..
Dream Big!
No worries Outlaw I didn't take it with any offense at all, I took it as you intended, and very tongue and cheek poked back a little, humor is hard in type and as pointed out in my sig I'm not as funny as I think.
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My find today...was my grandpa's...
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maxpower_hd
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Nice old CM set. See if you find a date on the lower bottom right of the lower CM. I'm curious on the date also what sides does it have. .
This looks very close to mine. I know my top one was purchased new by my dad around 1962. I bought the bottom one used and wasn't able to find the date on it but it is the same era.
silver98z71
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Nice boxes Silver!!!
Stop looking, then you will find 2I drool over that KRA380.
Nice old CM set. See if you find a date on the lower bottom right of the lower CM. I'm curious on the date also what sides does it have. .
Thanks guys!
It has the smooth sides. I can't, for the life of me, locate a date on the bottom box. I have looked it over many times.
Yeah, it fits the '60s era. Or in my brain it does, I was never there.
taumac
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Silver, it should be right above wheel on right side. I have a 1965 like it.
silver98z71
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I'll keep looking, but the paint is a little bubbly and some surface rust has created a few paint craters. On the front side above the right wheel correct?
taumac
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Yes sir. Generally speaking all the gray/ red boxes are stamped in roughly same location. It's one of those things if you didn't know where to look you'll miss it. I took same pics of mine to show you.
Look for the blue tape.
Here it is without the tape and see if you can find it but it's dead center of pic.
sat afternoon i get a text w/ pix and than a phone call from twertsy. he was at some antique store out of town and found this chest. he sent pix to ask me if was the real deal. i told him it was a gerstner, so he picked it up for me.
its my first gerstner w/o a top til.
i orig thought it was pre war(WWII). i knew it was pre 1942.
i dont know enough about this style but now i'm thinking its earlier like maybe the 20s.
its my first gerstner w/o a top til.
i orig thought it was pre war(WWII). i knew it was pre 1942.
i dont know enough about this style but now i'm thinking its earlier like maybe the 20s.
silver98z71
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I appreciate the help! Finally found it, although I hate to clutter up the thread with my fuzzy pictures. Oh well! Top box is clearly stamped 6-68.
The bottom box either wasn't stamped very well or the paint has just mangled it up. Barely make out 8-63 in the photo. It's a little clear-er in person.
taumac
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I appreciate the help! Finally found it, although I hate to clutter up the thread with my fuzzy pictures. Oh well! Top box is clearly stamped 6-68.
The bottom box either wasn't stamped very well or the paint has just mangled it up. Barely make out 8-63 in the photo. It's a little clear-er in person.
I really appreciate it. The chests over the years have changed very little. The bottom rollers seemed to change much more over the years and knowing the date stamp and the small changes on each one you can narrow date down to few certain years just by looking at it.
silver98z71
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It's there, very faint but there. About all I can make out in the image I posted is the last number 3. I tried to center the date best I could.
taumac
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Mine is a 65. His has rounded corners, gray "garage door" and that extra piece above it borrowed over from the older 50s heritage series. I'm not sure what extra year they switch from rounded corners to square corners. Think 1967 1968. 1963 would seem correct
taumac
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Exactly, that's why I was so interested in the date on that bottom unit. I have not become a craftsman expert by any stretch but I enjoy learning all I can.
silver98z71
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I never considered the corners. It took me a minute to convince myself I was seeing 8-63 in the bottom box because I originally thought they were paired from the get-go. I almost denied it was a '63 and assumed the "3" was actually 1/2 of an "8" stamp. But now it makes more sense. Thank you for the clarification.
If there is any other way I can help, let me know.
sasquatch12
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Beatcad, that is one very nice machinist box. Great find!
thanks man. its in great shape and the oldest i own. i have a few
i guessed it was 20s.
its a pretty big window but i think ive got it narrowed down to(approx) 1914 to 1935
sonvolt
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sat afternoon i get a text w/ pix and than a phone call from twertsy. he was at some antique store out of town and found this chest. he sent pix to ask me if was the real deal. i told him it was a gerstner, so he picked it up for me.
its my first gerstner w/o a top til.
i orig thought it was pre war(WWII). i knew it was pre 1942.
i dont know enough about this style but now i'm thinking its earlier like maybe the 20s.
Congrats man that is a keeper !!
Bill Ramsey
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Nice looking Matco box set in for you guys and gals in central Oklahoma. Don't know the price, but worth checking out (unfortunately no phone # to simply call about the price).
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/pts/5014589665.html
They also list Snap-on tool chest and Snap-on rolling carts (no pictures).
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/pts/5014589665.html
They also list Snap-on tool chest and Snap-on rolling carts (no pictures).
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Eh, I bet it looks bad in person. It appears to have had a sloppy spray bomb restoration (see much over spray on casters for evidence).
Bill Ramsey
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Agreed it looks too glossy to be original, plus my 1983 MATCOs have long since faded to orange. But at the right price it might be useful, or re-paint-able. And maybe the Snap-ons were spared the spray can.