Show your “Crowntop” Craftsman

[NYBODYMAN]

https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/tls/d/vails-gate-empty-tool-box/6997017468.html

This has to be worth every bit of $5, don't ya think? It's in the town I live in but I really don't need it.

 

[d42jeep]

It's interesting to compare your 8d Crown machinist chest with my 8d Crown machinist chest Don. Mine obviously has all the Kennedy traits. Lid supports, locking pins and lack of dimples. It would be interesting to know if Sears was sourcing these boxes from two different OEMs at the same time or if there was a change at one point and if so, when that was.

I think Sears was buying the boxes from both Kennedy and Waterloo at around the same time. They probably insisted that the resemblance be very close so their catalog listings would be accurate for both. 406Rich’s box above has both the dimples by the lock and the two pins retaining the front cover so who knows on that one?
-Don

 

[JoCoSawdust]

I think that's why I find Craftsman so interesting to collect. Lots of major OEMs and every time I think I have something definitively figured out, something crops up to slap me down.

 

[Zrxrunner]

Almost forgot this one. Found in an antique shop sitting on the shelf. Like new, doesnt look even dirty or greasy!

 

[bmwrd0]

I don't really think of the crown top era as collectible so much as usable, but I have been half-way working on this set for a while.


There are a bunch of wrenches, mostly dbe in the bottom. Crown top, even though it is older than me is working tools, so there is CT stuff all around the shop.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I don't really think of the crown top era as collectible so much as usable, but I have been half-way working on this set for a while. ...
There are a bunch of wrenches, mostly dbe in the bottom. Crown top, even though it is older than me is working tools, so there is CT stuff all around the shop.

Definitely usuable bmw! Is that 1/2" or 3/4" drive you're carrying in there? I had an old tombstone CM box like that but gave it to my son. I think he uses it for paint brushes. I need to find one just like yours for my 1/2" drive Craftsman tools. Very nice!

 

[bmwrd0]

It is a 1/2 drive. I have a 3/4 crown top box, but with an SK ratchet and misc. sockets.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

It is a 1/2 drive. I have a 3/4 crown top box, but with an SK ratchet and misc. sockets.

What box are you using for the 3/4"? Wondering if the CT box I'm using is what would have been original.

 

[lafester]

Thought this was kind of interesting.
Not as heavy as Jacobs...

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[d42jeep]

My 2-1/2 year old Granddaughter helped me clean up this Crown box before I brought it home from her house. I dropped off a less rusty, more modern Craftsman box to replace it. Here it is with two other Crown boxes being used to store the Champion deArment/Channellock collection.
-Don

 

[406Rich]

My crown top 109 lathe.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

My crown top 109 lathe.

Now that's cool! Little metal working vise. I've never seen that one. Who made it for Sears? Atlas?

Edit: Of course, I meant to say lathe. Got vises on the brain!

 

[GalaxyRat]

My new addition

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[INSP380]

Big & Clunky... But still working!

Steve

 

[d42jeep]

Here are some more random Crown items.
-Don

 

[406Rich]

Now that's cool! Little metal working vise. I've never seen that one. Who made it for Sears? Atlas?

Edit: Of course, I meant to say lathe. Got vises on the brain!

I believe it to be a Dunlap...but don't quote me on that....

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I believe it to be a Dunlap...but don't quote me on that....

So I thought Dunlap was a lesser Sears brand. If so then even if it's a Dunlap it must have been made by someone else. Or I have that completely wrong.

 

[JoCoSawdust]

Dunlap was a Sears brand name just like Craftsman was.

 

[bmwrd0]

Those little lathes were made by the AA company (Ann Arbor company) They are referred to as the Craftsman 109 or the AA109. I have a Heritage badged one.

 

[406Rich]

Those little lathes were made by the AA company (Ann Arbor company) They are referred to as the Craftsman 109 or the AA109. I have a Heritage badged one.

See, I've learned something else now....LOL

 

[406Rich]

Here's my router I bought in `75 and my 7 inch grinder along with it.

 

[jpickar]

Another thread I have to follow

 

[JoCoSawdust]

Here's my router I bought in `75 and my 7 inch grinder along with it.

Got one of those routers from my Dad. That thing is a brute.

 

[tombell572]

Here's a nice auger bit set that my Dad had bought probably early '70's. Most of my woodworking tools were his and a few from my Grandfather.

Tom B.
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[d42jeep]

Here are my small Crown carry boxes, some nice and others not so nice.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

A few more pictures.
-Don

 

[Zrxrunner]

Just acquired this near mint condition dowel jig. I think the habitat restore is on to me tho. Seems like any boxed craftsman tools have been going up in price when they get em! Lol. That's what happens when you stop in enough for them to know you! Even had original tag and receipt with it.

 

[Jim C.]

Hey Don, nice collection of old Craftsman “crown” era boxes. Here’s a few of mine.

 

[d42jeep]

Wow, Jim. Two of those in the first picture look brand new. Nice! Here is a drill holding Crown box.
-Don

 

[Catfishdan]

Here’s a few crown top sets. A 3/8” and 1/4” set in the plastic case with rhft ratchets and an earlier 1/4” set in the metal case.

 

[wtn1271]

Here's a Crowntop "cashbox" I picked up recently. Neat green color and sturdy. Numbered lock but no key. Hopefully it cleans up a bit more.

 

[d42jeep]

I found several Crown items at a local estate sale this morning. I’m not sure when the Vise Grips were made. Of course the 10mm combo was missing. I think I have a spare to complete the set.
-Don

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Found this box at an estate sale on Thu.

 

[Zrxrunner]

Found these 2 today. Not sure if the blade is quite old enough to be crown top, but it's in the pic anyways, and is brand new in package. Miter saw might not be quite old enough either, but again, including cause it's too close

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Picked up this ginormous set of craftsman stuff today from a retired gentleman.

 

[JoCoSawdust]

Picked up this ginormous set of craftsman stuff today from a retired gentleman.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Unfortunately he would not part with the roller it came in.

 

[JoCoSawdust]

Even so, that's a great score. I even see a T-bar for a hinge handle!!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

He had the whole set, punches, chisels, tap and die set, Allen wrenches, alot of it unused in the package. Wife got it as a gift, he just never was much of a do it yourselfer.

 

[Provincial]

So he didn't take the hint?