The Pressteel company tool box thread

[JoeTools]

Hi guys,
I picked up this small Pressteel box a while back. I have not been able to find any information on it. If anyone can help me and tell me more about the box I would appreciate it.

Thanks

 

[Catfishdan]

Hi guys,
I picked up this small Pressteel box a while back. I have not been able to find any information on it. If anyone can help me and tell me more about the box I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Damn that’s cool. I’ve never seen that model. I wonder if it would work as a mid chest between a toolmobile and a plomb top box...

 

[Outlawmws]

You would have to put spacers to keep the top box off the handle at minimum.

I've used 1xs for that for stacking carry boxes.

 

[motorick]

Found the other day at 2nd hand store. PO tried to make it look "old school" by applying stickers and covering with laquer.

Removed stickers, should I try and remove lacquer? Cleaned w/ WD40 & steel wool. Looks nice on top of the toolmobile : )

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sweeet!

 

[yatg]

Picked up this Plomb ToolMobile this week. Pretty nice shape. Cleaned and waxed it. No serial number and painted emblem, so guessing mid 40's (?). Thought the clip on socket rail was cool. Paid $125 in Southern Oregon.

Rick

You ****. I almost bought that and had regrets, now even more so. She also had a bunch of other Plomb sockets and wrenches, but passed on those too. Now I know better. I did get an OK Craftsman 3 drawer from her.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Hi guys,

I picked up this small Pressteel box a while back. I have not been able to find any information on it. If anyone can help me and tell me more about the box I would appreciate it.



Thanks

That small table box is so cool! I know they have existed but have never seen one for sale in the wild! Very nice find


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[JoeTools]

Thanks Smokeshow69 and Catfishdan for your response.

 

[propmaker]

I picked up this Pressteel today off of CL, it came with a small Snap-On top box. Both were 65.00

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sweet deal. Looks pretty clean.

 

[JoCoSawdust]

Found the other day at 2nd hand store. PO tried to make it look "old school" by applying stickers and covering with laquer.

Removed stickers, should I try and remove lacquer? Cleaned w/ WD40 & steel wool. Looks nice on top of the toolmobile : )

Man the things you guys out west find in second hand stores. It looks great as is to me! Nice find.

 

[senlow]

I picked up this Pressteel today off of CL, it came with a small Snap-On top box. Both were 65.00

Sweet tool box.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Yet another pressteel box appears. This one has an interesting midsection.....

 

[JoCoSawdust]

That's a nice and unique one

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I thought the mid section was interesting. I have a few of the rollers but never come across a mid or an upper, other than plomb branded chests.

 

[Shelbylex]

Looks very interesting and unique. Congratulations, Oldtuleguy!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Yet another pressteel box appears. This one has an interesting midsection.....

Please tell me you bought this! Those mid sections look to be quite useful!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Yes I bought it thinking I may insert mid section into my plomb stack

 

[bmwrd0]

I think I would go better in the middle of this stack:

 

[Outlawmws]

First Mid I've seen from Pressteel! Great Score!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I'm trying to find the paint I used on the top chest. I might have to get another quart.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I'm trying to find the paint I used on the top chest. I might have to get another quart.

Good call! your others look good. I would love to find a mid chest like that....actually I think everyone on here would love to find a mid chest like that. You ****!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Found some goodies behind the drawers

 

[propmaker]

This is on FB market place in ventura ca, probably a Pressweld bench

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sweet. Looks heavy

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

Yes I bought it thinking I may insert mid section into my plomb stack

Nice to see some of the more obscure Pressteel boxes show up like your mid OTG. Nice find. Also your Plomb top box looks to be in great shape and I really like that color on it. With the bonus of a few tools stashed behind the drawers that's a great find! Ed.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

This is on FB market place in ventura ca, probably a Pressweld bench

That is a pretty interesting bench propmaker. Love that full stack of drawers down the left side and isn't that an upper cabinet on top....very cool. Ed.

 

[Provincial]

I'll bet propmaker's cabinet started out as a workstation in an aircraft plant during WWII. It has all the makings of a production workstation.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Banged out some dents and stripped the mid box. Primed one drawer.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Banged out some dents and stripped the mid box. Primed one drawer.

That is looking real nice!


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[frontierhistorian]

Inherited a rollaway that looks like a Pressteel, but does not have the manufacturer's name embossed on the front of the drawer. Also, the unit has been customized.

Here's the story: my grandfather was hired by a machinist at Lockheed in 1940. First worked in Burbank and then in the 50s in Palmdale. This was his tool chest (with a Kennedy 520 on top). You can see that locks have been added and the bottom cover is converted to a hinged door.

Did Pressteel make some models without their name embossed? Did the make a special run just for Lockheed? Did my grandfather build the thing from scratch and modeled after a Pressteel? Did he just customize a factory model? Did the manufacturer make the customizations?

Unfortunately, he and I never talked much about this history, and if my uncle knew much about it, he never told me before I inherited his father's things from him.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some of them came with a decal. Yours is pressteel. Decal Is just gone

 

[Outlawmws]

Mods were almost certainly by your grandfather. The bottom door was definitely added

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Any events on the sides?

 

[frontierhistorian]

Any events on the sides?

Uh, no. Tell me more.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Inherited a rollaway that looks like a Pressteel, but does not have the manufacturer's name embossed on the front of the drawer. Also, the unit has been customized.



Here's the story: my grandfather was hired by a machinist at Lockheed in 1940. First worked in Burbank and then in the 50s in Palmdale. This was his tool chest (with a Kennedy 520 on top). You can see that locks have been added and the bottom cover is converted to a hinged door.



Did Pressteel make some models without their name embossed? Did the make a special run just for Lockheed? Did my grandfather build the thing from scratch and modeled after a Pressteel? Did he just customize a factory model? Did the manufacturer make the customizations?



Unfortunately, he and I never talked much about this history, and if my uncle knew much about it, he never told me before I inherited his father's things from him.

This is most certainly a pressteel. My corporate model on the first page is not stamped. Also my tool mobile is not stamped. There is a sticker on the right hand side of the upper portion on the corporate model. Maybe check there ?


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[Smokeshow69]

Uh, no. Tell me more.

I think he either meant stickers or vents on the side... are there any?


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[Oldtuleguy]

Sorry, that was my spell check. Vents not events.
.

 

[bmwrd0]

I think the lower door is factory, but not hinged. I bet it was converted to a swinging door from a normal slide panel.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That is for sure what happened