Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

[Outlawmws]

It might be, but I've had great success with Ivory bar soap for wood on wood. It applies better if its not bone dry, (get it wet, let it "surface dry" but still be soft from being wet...)

 

[MShaw]

I waxed the slides in a home made wood machinist's box and when they are not opened for a few days they stick and I have to dive them a thump with my fist to break them loose.

 

[Outlawmws]

MShaw was that beeswax? or wood wax?

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

My Dad had this in his workshop for well over 50 years and it was old surplus when he got it from a post office auction.

It is all separate sections that lock together. A little too good for the shop and it happens to fit DVDs nicely.

 

[drivesitfar]

Murray: great looking WOOD CABINET. while i love the look of it this is a metal cabinet thread so since i like it and it's an honest mistake leave it here and maybe post it up maybe in this WOOD CABINET thread and check out a few of the other ones listed.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=305831&highlight=wood+cabinets

TOO GOOD FOR TOOLS. BLASPHAMY!! although we won't BAN YOU for those words it does look good inside the house though

OUTLAW: thanks for the SOAP trick for wood drawers!!

 

[tombell572]

Geez, Drives--how you ever gonna fill those drawers??

Tom B.

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

My mistake, I was rolling though all the various storage threads and didn't realize I'd gotten onto a metal only thread.

 

[drivesitfar]

Tom: GETTING ORGANIZED you need GOOD ORGANIZERS. DON'T YOU??

i'm sure i've got enough STUFF, but if i don't won't it BEE FUN FILLING THEM UP!!

CHILI: no worries. go ahead and post it up over on the wood cabinets thread and let me (us) know what you think of the ones already posted while you are there.

ALL: anybody have LYON or STRONGHOLD CABINETS please post them up and let us know what you put in those big guys.

here's a few of my favorite STRONGHOLDS that are going to be mine some day.

cheers

 

[masimec]

When my grandfather passed away 20years ago, he let me this old toolbox. I have no idea of the brand, but he had it since he were young...



Masimec's home shop

 

[drivesitfar]

MASI: you might have to post a few more pictures of that cool old box with the drawers and top open. it sort of looks like maybe there was an oval shaped decal on the middle big drawer, but it might just be a stain. i don't see any writing on the locks which is sometimes another indicator on who made your box.

i'm guessing you are from across the pond because it doesn't say in your location. or where are you located? that box looks like it was built like a tank and old too.

 

[masimec]

MASI: you might have to post a few more pictures of that cool old box with the drawers and top open. it sort of looks like maybe there was an oval shaped decal on the middle big drawer, but it might just be a stain. i don't see any writing on the locks which is sometimes another indicator on who made your box.

i'm guessing you are from across the pond because it doesn't say in your location. or where are you located? that box looks like it was built like a tank and old too.

I am from Canada! I will take more pictures tomorrow. The bottom of the drawers have some green (textile?) Sorry for my worst English. ..

Masimec's home shop

 

[drivesitfar]

MASI: your English is fine and i'm looking forward to more pictures of your Gramp's cool old box. where abouts in Canada? is English your second language and is maybe French your first language? Do you live in Quebec maybe? do you have any other cool old metal cabinets post pictures of them too as you have time.

thank you!!

 

[southalabama]

Masi-

Don't worry about your English. I'm from Alabama I don't speak it well either.

That's a cool box. Get a chance take some more pics of it.

 

[dittle fart around]

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This might be easier to see.

 

[bubinga]

This might be easier to see.

TY for re-sizing.
Do you guys thing the 2 bars were done By a/the PO?
never saw bars down the front like that.
He did a clean job on it if so, and a clean job on the metal corner brackets too.

 

[masimec]

TY for re-sizing.
Do you guys thing the 2 bars were done By a/the PO?
never saw bars down the front like that.
He did a clean job on it if so, and a clean job on the metal corner brackets too.

Hi! The toolbox is 18" high. The 2 metal bars are hold in place by 2 Springs loaded pins that are pressed by the lid when it close.

Masimec's home shop

 

[masimec]

More pictures!


Drive: You're true! I am from Quebec, and I speak French. I don't have lot of old cabinets or tools. Older one are this toolbox, my shaper and my lathe!



Masimec's home shop

 

[drivesitfar]

MASI: thanks for the huge picture of your locking system. it also gave us the first clue on your box. CORBIN on the clasp with MADE IN THE USA stamped on it. maybe we can see if anybody knows which company used Corbin hardware?

keep posting pictures as you can and if you might want to just use the PAPERCLIP just above where we post to maybe get them a little smaller so we don't have to scroll side to side might work better. i'm not sure how DD resized your first picture, but it really showed the entire box.

in any case keep the pictures coming in any fashion you can cause that box your Gramp's gave you is built like a tank.

 

[bubinga]

Irfinview is a good photo viewer, it's free, resizes, crops, rotates, you can add text,
It's all I use, don't like windows viewer any longer.
That box must have been made like that with the corner and side brackets?

 

[Outlawmws]

With the Corbin lock its not Gerstner; maybe Union, but with all the SS reinforcement, someone really wanted it to be seriously shock proof. Maybe they were moving it around a lot?

 

[Outlawmws]

That box must have been made like that with the corner and side brackets?

I'm certain that was all added...

 

[masimec]

MASI: thanks for the huge picture of your locking system. it also gave us the first clue on your box. CORBIN on the clasp with MADE IN THE USA stamped on it. maybe we can see if anybody knows which company used Corbin hardware?

keep posting pictures as you can and if you might want to just use the PAPERCLIP just above where we post to maybe get them a little smaller so we don't have to scroll side to side might work better. i'm not sure how DD resized your first picture, but it really showed the entire box.

in any case keep the pictures coming in any fashion you can cause that box your Gramp's gave you is built like a tank.

It's written Corbin, made in Canada. All the drawers have the bottom made from sheet metal. I don't know if it was standard in wooden tools box...

Masimec's home shop

 

[drivesitfar]

Masi: thanks for looking at the clasp closer and seeing that it said Corbin MADE IN CANADA. here's the Wikipidea about CORBIN that might get you started on your search to maybe find out more information about your Gramp's old wood toolbox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Corbin_(manufacturer)

Gertsners put galvanized metal in the bottom of their old wood toolbox drawers. i'm not saying your box is a Gertsner and just stating a fact. the screws on the metal are very similar if not the exact match to the ones on the clasp so maybe the metal was original to the box. your Gramp's box is built a lot more stout (thicker wood) than most wood toolboxes i've seen or owned.

maybe you can use your CANADIAN GOOGLE FU and find out more information. or maybe another member can tell us something.

great box and thanks for posting pictures of it and tell us what you know about it.

 

[MRKerr]

Just picked these up last night and I think I scored a bit on them. From searching it seems that they are vintage, but they are so clean I wouldn't have expected them to be older than 10 years tops. All metal, no rust, every drawer has the plastic dividers. The ones online are going for about $40-$60 for just 1.

Short story: Found on Craigslist, guys was asking $25 for 1 box. When I got there he had 2 and I got them both for $38.

Long story: I never have cash so I took $40 out at the bank. Since I needed to break one of the 20's I stopped at a gas station to buy something random and cheap. Haribo sour gummy bears (not sour at all btw). So when I showed up I only had $38.09. I didn't know he had the 2 boxes and he said he was selling both and would take $40. I told him the bank to gas station story and he took the $38. I kept the bears.

They're cool and really tiny. If you search "TRW Electronic Products box" you'll see the ones on ebay. These are way cleaner than any on there too. I like them.

 

[drivesitfar]

Kerr: nice find and if you can also post a few pictures of the insides of the drawers that would be great if you have the time to. funny story too and sounds like a great seller.

ALL: i'm still working out trying to find a spot for my recent 133 drawer units and since one was missing a drawer i arranged to buy this one too. can you believe i bought this big cabinet cause i needed one drawer? well you can't have too many cabinets like this can you. at least i'll have 3 full ready to go units once i clean them up so 400 more drawers to fill. DRIVESITFAR'S HARDWARE STORE might be ORGANIZED in the near future.

as far as filling the empty holes on the new cabinet i could always stick it in storage and put small wood pieces in the slots and have open drawer holes while i'm waiting to find more drawers or find a need for a different option.

any ideas what i could re purpose this as??

 

[bubinga]

Just picked these up last night and I think I scored a bit on them. From searching it seems that they are vintage, but they are so clean I wouldn't have expected them to be older than 10 years tops. All metal, no rust, every drawer has the plastic dividers. The ones online are going for about $40-$60 for just 1.

Short story: Found on Craigslist, guys was asking $25 for 1 box. When I got there he had 2 and I got them both for $38.

Long story: I never have cash so I took $40 out at the bank. Since I needed to break one of the 20's I stopped at a gas station to buy something random and cheap. Haribo sour gummy bears (not sour at all btw). So when I showed up I only had $38.09. I didn't know he had the 2 boxes and he said he was selling both and would take $40. I told him the bank to gas station story and he took the $38. I kept the bears.

They're cool and really tiny. If you search "TRW Electronic Products box" you'll see the ones on ebay. These are way cleaner than any on there too. I like them.

Maybe you should have at least offered the gunny bears?
LOL

 

[MRKerr]

Lol

Here's one with the drawers open. As you can see all the dividers are there and none are cracked or anything. It's surprising how good the condition is.

3" pocket knife to show how tiny it is.

 

[bubinga]

Yeah, those are nice.

 

[Waggoner72]

I figured this picture was worthy of this thread. I finally got my boxes moved to my shop and where I want them. Not sure how I want to arrange the dead corner space. But here's what I've got.
My snap on epiq(s) against my back wall. Then my vidmar and lista boxes on my side wall parallel with my lift. And my roll around cart. I love green if you can't tell.
Later on I will snap some better pictures of everything along with my other cabinets.

 

[dngrmse]

Kerr: nice find and if you can also post a few pictures of the insides of the drawers that would be great if you have the time to. funny story too and sounds like a great seller.

ALL: i'm still working out trying to find a spot for my recent 133 drawer units and since one was missing a drawer i arranged to buy this one too. can you believe i bought this big cabinet cause i needed one drawer? well you can't have too many cabinets like this can you. at least i'll have 3 full ready to go units once i clean them up so 400 more drawers to fill. DRIVESITFAR'S HARDWARE STORE might be ORGANIZED in the near future.

as far as filling the empty holes on the new cabinet i could always stick it in storage and put small wood pieces in the slots and have open drawer holes while i'm waiting to find more drawers or find a need for a different option.

any ideas what i could re purpose this as??

Those are nice Drives. If I were you, I would start collecting those vintage post cards.

 

[Outlawmws]

MRK, those are "decade" boxes for resistors. The numbers are the resistor values. Nice find! Usually the ones I see (and mine for that matter) are all plastic..

 

[Outlawmws]

Wag, do you have a vertical compressor? That would fill the dead corner nicely.

 

[drivesitfar]

KERR: yep those are great little boxes. now to figure out what you want to put in them. are those your resistors or did they come with the box?

Wag: nice looking stuff and i know you probably have more than a few cool and expensive tools in those too. so do you race or just like to ride bikes?

thanks for sharing and if I recall correctly didn't you just buy a blue Snappy at a pawn shop that isn't in the picture?

Dngr: POST CARDS? is that was these were made for? do you have a couple examples to show me? not that i collect them, but i might have a few empty drawers where i could start collecting some old black and white ones. i think the cabinets were made by ADDRESS O GRAPH or maybe that was the style of cabinet. these are not any little things that is for certain, but i think i've about got the spots figured out for them so i don't have to put them in storage except for the one that is missing all the drawers.

 

[Waggoner72]

Wag: nice looking stuff and i know you probably have more than a few cool and expensive tools in those too. so do you race or just like to ride bikes?



thanks for sharing and if I recall correctly didn't you just buy a blue Snappy at a pawn shop that isn't in the picture.

Wag, do you have a vertical compressor? That would fill the dead corner nicely.

I do race. I haven't had as much time lately due to work and other things but I love to ride any chance I get. Here's some pics.




Yes I did buy another snappy, it is at my house with 4 other boxes...... maybe I should snap a pic of all those...


Outlaw, I do have a vertical compressor but it is outside on its own pad to keep the noise out of the shop.

 

[dngrmse]

Drives, go on ebay and search for "library card cabinets" You'll see a bunch of examples, many in oak that are similar.

 

[MRKerr]

MRK, those are "decade" boxes for resistors. The numbers are the resistor values. Nice find! Usually the ones I see (and mine for that matter) are all plastic..

I figured as much with the numbering. I probably won't reuse it for that since I'm not an electronics person. I can solder and use heat shrink but nothing to the extent of adding resistors.

KERR: yep those are great little boxes. now to figure out what you want to put in them. are those your resistors or did they come with the box?

Those were in the boxes. Most were actually behind/stuck behind the drawers.

I had a for real score on a bunch of stainless machined screws from a Habitat Restore that I'd like to put in it. (It was like $75 worth for $3.50) But the partitions aren't good for something like that. Maybe make some new inserts? IDK.

 

[drivesitfar]

DNGR: if you want to drive out to SEATTLE with your cool Army green cabinet you bought a couple weeks ago i'd trade you for one of these AdressOGraph 133 drawer cabinets. i have plenty of STUFF to put in these and i've got a spot for 2 of the 4 already figured out.

Kerr: for your nuts and bolts use something a little more stout and use that for the small stuff that you never knew where to put them.

ALL: i had a couple of these old ROTOBINS and i just couldn't find a good spot for them so got talked into trades and let the old ones find new homes. then i see one the other day and thought i'd owned the biggest ones made. boy was i wrong. i went to pick these up today and i can barely lift a bin much less move a rack of 5 of them by myself even empty.

i think these are 4.5 feet wide and the 3 inch steel pipe as 2x3 inch channel steel for a base and it's STOUT. i know i have a spot for it and just need to move some more stuff around to set it up. i have plenty of stuff to put in it and i think the top bins might just be casters since i now own about every size made working on the WEDDING CHAIR. i forgot to look to see who made this one, but thinking Lyon or Stronghold cause as i said it's a tank. it's about 6.5 feet tall and bins rotate with one finger. in the picture it's sitting on a dolly.

take care everybody and have a great weekend

 

[GaryVance]

IThere isn't a makers mark anywhere on this chest.Any ideas?

 

[drivesitfar]

GARY: it looks a lot like a GERTSNER box. is there any writing on the clasps or lock?

are the bottom of the drawers galvanized steel or wood?

also welcome to GJ

 

[elidas]

Still trying to figure out what the bottom and side box are. They did NOT come from the same place. The top is a Yorktown.