The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!
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Private Lugnutz
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slothfryk
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Right on! That's a great little box that sure beats the recent blow-molded versions.
If you get an eye-roll, you're still safe. Didn't get yelled at, didn't get chided. A project that is intrinsically you. Not to say that you couldn't have had a couple drinks while making it...
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Rileysan
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Shout out to Mr. X who called me Friday about this uncommon Pressteel 5d middle chest, who then bought it and transported it for me in his new talking car (which I find creepy - I think she complained about having a dirty tool box placed in her back seat). I'm having to look for new ways to display my tool box collection - does anyone have a TARDIS for sale?
Brian
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Smokeshow69
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Very nice 5 drawer mid chest! I am super jealous! I am willing to help you with one of those tool boards- the screw driver one[emoji23] I need that
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Farmer J.
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Thanks for posting that up Gunfighter, it looks great. I have 2 of those Torqometers I love having them but they came in horrible plastic boxes and one of them is so long it doesn't fit in anywhere! I was recently thinking that maybe I could make up some boxes out of scraps of 1/2" ply wood. ( i had some 'dowm time' as it's been a late ,wet, grain harvest) .
Rileysan
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I'll trade it for a TARDIS.
Catfishdan
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Very nice mid chest. One question though? How do you open the lid on the top chest?! Time to raise the roof.
Smokeshow69
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[emoji849][emoji849][emoji849] let me drive 88mph to get that
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bmwrd0
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Nice pickup Brian! You need to bake Mr. X some cookies for that find.
Smokeshow69
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I got the trolling text the other day- hey what do you think this is worth?? After I provided a low number, he answers- I just bought it [emoji849][emoji849][emoji23]. Yes he *****!
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JoCoSawdust
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That mid chest is a great addition Brian. Congrats!
bmwrd0
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A few weeks ago, I picked up this 20" wide Kennedy roller, along with a bunch of misc. sockets and a few ratchets. As you can see, it has had a hard life, being rode hard and put away wet, as they say. It was from a horse ranch and showed every bit of that, along with a strong order of mouse piss.
Here is a better shot of the drawers, so you can see the damage.
Well, I wire-wheeled the paint, got rid of the rust, replaced one of the handles due to rancid aluminum and used a bit of this
The stuff wasn't cheap at $45 shipped, but it worked wonders. I also used Rustoleum Hammered Bronze for the drawer fronts, as they as supposed to be a lighter color.
Well, with a little bit of body work to fix where someone bent up the top drawer, it came out pretty good
And I shall call it Mini Me!
Here is a better shot of the drawers, so you can see the damage.
Well, I wire-wheeled the paint, got rid of the rust, replaced one of the handles due to rancid aluminum and used a bit of this
The stuff wasn't cheap at $45 shipped, but it worked wonders. I also used Rustoleum Hammered Bronze for the drawer fronts, as they as supposed to be a lighter color.
Well, with a little bit of body work to fix where someone bent up the top drawer, it came out pretty good
And I shall call it Mini Me!
Outlawmws
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Was the paint from Kennedy?
JoCoSawdust
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Nice save!!
bmwrd0
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I don't think so, I ordered it from Grainger.
Smokeshow69
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Gunfighter556
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Nice Job bringing it back.
Oregon rock crusher
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Nice job bringing that Kennedy back from the dead Beemer. That brown wrinkle paint was a good find as well. It would also be nice if it was available in other colors like Plomb green! Ed.
Smokeshow69
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Ed- Someone made a post in the p&c thread about wrinkle finish paint within the past few days. He restored a socket box using wrinkle paint as a base and then using the correct color on top. The results look pretty good! Check the p&c thread
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Oregon rock crusher
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Thanks for the tip Smoke. I have had a few accidental wrinkle jobs on past projects. Putting a clear over fresh rattle can paint will often wrinkle it up pretty bad. When mixing paint using a faster reducer on the second or third coat seems to work pretty well. I think I can get close to the right finish with a little trial and error. Ed.
bmwrd0
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I have done the same thing, Ed, putting too quick a second coat on with spray paint. I would bet that if you did a little experimenting you could find the right timing to get a second or third coat to react the way you want.
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Smokeshow69
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Yes I was, but I couldn’t remember who posted it. Great work!
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Smokeshow69
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Yes, I have a craftsman one and I know plomb made a carry tote as well! Bigger question is, what else can you tell me about that Ford in the background!
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Outlawmws
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On the wrinkle paint there are articles on how to force it if you google for it. Since the Paint providers have all mostly quit making it easy for us...
Something to think about - the new low emissions paints are likely to behave differently. Not sure if its a plus or a minus but I've actually had issues with unplanned wrinkles being created, but nothing consistent..it just looks bad and splotchy (and I wanted it smooth)
Something to think about - the new low emissions paints are likely to behave differently. Not sure if its a plus or a minus but I've actually had issues with unplanned wrinkles being created, but nothing consistent..it just looks bad and splotchy (and I wanted it smooth)
davethorik
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I picked up this little Kennedy Bighorn line box yesterday.
It measures 14"×6"×6.25" tall.
Is this a tackle box? It's all metal.
The lid is a little tweaked but the green krinkle paint is pretty nice.
It measures 14"×6"×6.25" tall.
Is this a tackle box? It's all metal.
The lid is a little tweaked but the green krinkle paint is pretty nice.
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mritchie77
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Found this on OfferUp today (only time I've been interested). Anyone know what this is? From my research it looks like a MBC 236 which seems to be a concurrent with era SO boxes? Pic is sellers and I'm debating on getting it for $40.
Oldtuleguy
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60s mbcentury version of a kr56 I would say. They sold their own version of kr300 as well.
Outlawmws
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here's my go to tool bag, I got it a couple years ago at a fleamarket for 10 bucks and have loved it ever since.
The guy I got it from said it was a ship wrights in the navy or something along those lines, but its made from heavy canvas and is built to last. The tool loops on the inside are very handy when I wanna try and organize things.
It's currently filled up with almost everything I'll need for my underwater welding program this year
The guy I got it from said it was a ship wrights in the navy or something along those lines, but its made from heavy canvas and is built to last. The tool loops on the inside are very handy when I wanna try and organize things.
It's currently filled up with almost everything I'll need for my underwater welding program this year
jeffmoss26
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love it!
Outlawmws
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here's my go to tool bag, I got it a couple years ago at a fleamarket for 10 bucks and have loved it ever since.
The guy I got it from said it was a ship wrights in the navy or something along those lines, but its made from heavy canvas and is built to last. The tool loops on the inside are very handy when I wanna try and organize things.
It's currently filled up with almost everything I'll need for my underwater welding program this year
I've got several of those bags in use for different things. Great bags! US Army issue however.
Lugz can probably recite the exact intended use.
Private Lugnutz
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One of my brothers was an underwater welder for Electric Boat in New London for several years in the 1980's. He switched to carpentry after an accident (not his) and ran a crew for most of his career up there, before moving back to Pennsylvania where we were born and raised.
What has the coil handle?
Hate to disappoint, but no, I can't. It's postwar. I do have a similar wartime bag (BG-125), no zipper, flop-over cover like that with snaps, without a shoulder strap, that's Signal Corps. They loved bags. They had over 200 different heavy duck bags in their inventory, about a dozen of which were for tool-kits.
LNKMK8
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Nice job. I am going to tray and do something similar to an old Kennedy 26" roller. Mine has a bent drawer and a bent top part of the box.
It's going to be interesting if I can bang out the top part of the box and straighten out that one drawer. I am probably going to use the same paint you did.
It's going to be interesting if I can bang out the top part of the box and straighten out that one drawer. I am probably going to use the same paint you did.
Its an old atlas chipping hammer, were gonna learn how to weld top side first before we get into the water. I'm only into my second week of the program, so I still got a little ways till i get to the hands on welding stuff
larrycbaker
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About what age is a Bluepoints toolbox dimensions 13 1/4" long X 6 1/2" deep X 4 5/8" high with a brass nameplate on the lid that says " Genuine BLUEPOINTS " with an arrow above the word BLUE and an arrow below POINT and then in smaller print " BOXOCKET and OPEN END WRENCHES CHISELS, PUNCHES, & Other Hand Tools MFG. by BLUE POINT TOOL CO. Chicago