The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!

[paulm12]

not sure if I had posted these before, but your Carter post reminded me of 2 boxes I found a few months ago:

- red Carter box in great shape
- a bunch of the carb tools
- a green Carter box with some wear
.

 

[Ethan1972]

not sure if I had posted these before, but your Carter post reminded me of 2 boxes I found a few months ago:

- red Carter box in great shape
- a bunch of the carb tools
- a green Carter box with some wear
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Nice find, Paul. I have always wanted the red Carter box, but they are hard to find and expensive.

 

[Ethan1972]

CARburaTER

Also cast into the carb housings .....

Yep. And I have always wondered why they put an "a" instead of an "e" in their? Even in the manuals, it is spelled CARburaTER.

 

[00fxd]

Yep. And I have always wondered why they put an "a" instead of an "e" in their? Even in the manuals, it is spelled CARburaTER.

I think "a" is North American and "e" is British

 

[Ethan1972]

I think "a" is North American and "e" is British

Really? I must be British then.

Never knew that. Thank you!

 

[00fxd]

I dunno, I have wondered myself and thats what I came up with. So I tried googling [which wasn't available years ago when I came up with this theory] "carburator" and it corrects me to "carburetor".......... And if you expand the pic paulm12 posted it is "carburetor".
So once again ........ sigh ....

 

[Chromdome35]

I am going to look at this later today.

It's a Proto bottom, Proto Top and Matco middle for $225.

Is that a decent price?

http://fayar.craigslist.org/tls/5781407336.html

 

[Will561]

I have a older 70's Craftsman 10 drawer tool chest roller ball drawers.

The slides work well on all drawers but one. One drawer the secondary slides go past the small tabs and the drawer gets stuck. I think part of the tabs on the slide are slightly broken off or worn down so it slides past them while closing making it difficult to open and close without going off track completely.

I tried opening up the tabs and also squeezing the slide to make the gap smaller but not working.

Is there a common fix???...I don't want to remove the slides as they are riveted to the inside of the box but will if necessary

Will

 

[crewchief888]

I am going to look at this later today.

It's a Proto bottom, Proto Top and Matco middle for $225.

Is that a decent price?

http://fayar.craigslist.org/tls/5781407336.html

i'd grab the kennedy as well....

sounds like a very fair price to me

 

[maxcarp709]

I have a older 70's Craftsman 10 drawer tool chest roller ball drawers.

The slides work well on all drawers but one. One drawer the secondary slides go past the small tabs and the drawer gets stuck. I think part of the tabs on the slide are slightly broken off or worn down so it slides past them while closing making it difficult to open and close without going off track completely.

I tried opening up the tabs and also squeezing the slide to make the gap smaller but not working.

Is there a common fix???...I don't want to remove the slides as they are riveted to the inside of the box but will if necessary

Will

Pics would help.I can picture what you are describing,but I want to be sure before I say anything

 

[Chromdome35]

i'd grab the kennedy as well....

sounds like a very fair price to me

I got the stack (Proto Bottom/Top with Matco middle) for $200.

The Kennedy was already sold.

I'll post some pics in a bit

 

[Chromdome35]

This is the first vintage stack i've purchased. It is in cosmetically ugly shape, but has solid bones. I found it on craigslist, brought it home for $200. The guy I purchased it from was the original owner, he said he bought the proto boxes in 1982.

It felt empty so I had to put some tools in it. This is the Matco middle box.

Rough but solid

 

[beatcad]

chromedome-
i aint sure on the MATCO mid box. id say its 80s.
the PROTO top and bottom boxes look like early 80s waterloo built

 

[yhprum]

Matco handles look like my early eighties boxes.

 

[maxcarp709]

The Matco middle box looks just like the PowerKraft bottom box I have,which was made by Remline. Even the Orange tint on the paint. I have been told that these Remline boxes from the 80s were the first to use powder coated finishes.

 

[00fxd]

I recently came across s Rolla-Bench. 1953 style. It was only the second one I had ever seen so I grabbed it. It's marked KRH-300 but it has the electrics so according to the catalog it makes it a KR-300B.
The owner had a sign painter paint his name on a drawer with additional pinstriping etc which is kinda neat - it had been covered with paint in the past but I used laquer thinner and removed it as carefully as I could
I will paint the box which means removing the handles which are riveted on, but I will leave the section with painted name alone.

Got my Rolla-box all cleaned up and into service. Cleaned off the lacquer primer and put some polish to the remaining paint. That old paint really shines up. Wish there was more of it.
I gotta move that little anvil, looks like I'm missing a wheel ....

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

I think it looks great just the way it is. Amazing what a little cleaning and polishing will do.

 

[econotrk]

I think it looks great just the way it is. Amazing what a little cleaning and polishing will do.

+1, very nicely done!

 

[Jim C.]

My father in law died about a year ago.....GREAT guy who I really miss. Anyway, my mother in law is starting to part with some of his tools and things. She thought I'd like to have this.....

 

[00fxd]

Thanks guys ... Removing lacquer primer with lacquer thinner is therapeutic ..... I think...

 

[someofusgotfarmingtodo]

Old Craftsman 10 drawer chest.

 

[econotrk]

Old Craftsman 10 drawer chest.

Gotta love those grey-red Craftsman boxes.

 

[Rileysan]

Old Craftsman 10 drawer chest.

Nice box and welcome to GJ!

Brian

 

[bubinga]

One of my favorite tool chests! Outstanding find at a bargain price. Grats!

Brian

Thanks.
Got to get the basement straightened up.
That chest will sit a top an even older bottom craftsman box I got. Got the bottom box, and a nice little compressor for $40.00

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[bubinga]

I think the SteelCraft is a Pressteel made unit? 4 bearing rollers per drawer, right? pics of the slides/rollers?

Pressteel made some of the early Proto bottom rollers and some for Sears under Craftsman brand as well...

Yes, looks a lot like the bottom Craftsman I have, that the $40.00 red and gray one is going to sit on.
First thing I thought of when I saw it.

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[bubinga]

As I took photos of my Craftsman box yesterday, I was waiting anxiously for a return email from a CL seller. The ad simply stated "craftsman tool box with tools. $100 firm"

This was the photo:




A bit ambiguous, but I knew in my gut that I needed to check it out.

I don't have any pix of the tools yet (1960s Craftsman DBE & DOE sets, 1/4" & 3/8 RHFT ratchets and sockets in original plastic Crown-top boxes, and much more ...) but I just photographed the bottom roller with the top box I photographed yesterday.

The handles are different, so I'm guessing they were made by different manufacturers?

I'm pretty excited. This is my second set of Heritage-era boxes.

Brian

Brian, that bottom one is just like the bottom one I gave $40.00 for it and the compressor.
The silver and gray one I got with the assorted tools for $40.00, will set on that bottom roller.

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[Lssix]

Hey y'all, I have just scratched the surface of this thread but I decided to register and start posting since google seems to reffer me to this forum daily lol.

Just have to figure how to post pics.

 

[Rileysan]

Hey y'all, I have just scratched the surface of this thread but I decided to register and start posting since google seems to reffer me to this forum daily lol.

Just have to figure how to post pics.

Welcome to GJ!

There is a button underneath each post that says "post reply". If you click that button, you get a toolbar with icons including a paperclip that will allow you to upload images. Looking forward to your pix!

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[Lssix]

Probably not a tool box but it will serve the purpose just fine, my wife knew i was getting serious about the shop and that i have a thing for vintage metal picked this up for me.

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The very next day i picked this up, again not exactly a tool box but it will make a fine bench with a new top. i imagine it was a machine base at some point, theres no identification on it.

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I moved the shelf up for storage under the top i have yet to build, it along with the inner rusty bits will get a new coat of hammertone but the outside will be cleaned up and will wear the patina proud.

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[Lssix]

Thank you, and I apologise for the over sized pics I did get posted. Between my computer being dog slow after W10 updated and my new phone being a near total mystery so far this has been more difficult than it usually is.

 

[Blackwolfe]

Does anybody know what color and brand of spray paint will closely match the red and gray of the earlier Craftsman boxes in post 6310?

 

[Outlawmws]

Rustoliun 7214 hammered grey is almost an exact match to the grey.

 

[MissileBear]

Starrett No. 200 Toolchest (a re-badged Kennedy 520) from the mid 1970's(?)

 

[Glen Vassallo]

Hi all, have any of you ever heard of Roberts Consolidated Industries? I have the chance to buy one of their old tool boxes and would like to hear what you think of them. Thanks in advance

 

[bubinga]

Rustoliun 7214 hammered grey is almost an exact match to the grey.

The gray on my box?


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[Outlawmws]

It should be the same or close.

 

[nelstomlinson]

How would I restore one of the rectangular Snap On badges from the '70s? Mine is the rectangle with the black background and the underlined Snap On logo. The black background has flaked in a couple places, and the logo is pot-metal gray instead of silver.

 

[Outlawmws]

is the grey gunge? will the chrome clean up? If so, then once that is done, you can jut paint the background with new gloss black...

Pics?

 

[nelstomlinson]

I can't see any evidence of chrome ; I think the gray is the underlying pot metal. I have tried to attach a picture.

 

[ecotec]

So I garbage picked this roller today (I am trying to put the picture in this reply).