Recent content by lawrenceinflorida

I have 2 locks for vintage Craftsman tool boxes. The one on the left is from a 10-drawer chest and the other one is from a 7-drawer roller cabinet. Both locks are original and each lock comes with 2 original Craftsman keys. The chest lock is number is LL124. The cabinet lock number is LL125...

The lock mechanism is in the back of the cabinet right in the middle. When you push the door back, it lifts the lock mechanism and that disengages the locks on the drawers. To defeat that, I simply cut a piece of 1/2" X 2" board long enough to hold the lock mechanism in the up position as if...

Hello, I'm restoring a Craftsman tool chest and need the nameplate. The Sears Parts Direct wet site does not have it and I even spent an hour with the Chat person who could not find it, either. I checked eBay, Amazon and Etzy. No dice. The chest is silver hammered with red drawers, similar...

That Keter looks amazing. Would probably need 2, or an additional saw horse if I wanted to cut a large panel. -L

I took a look at that link. These look very versitile. It looks like they are made with 2 sheets of 3/4 ply probably glued/screwed together. Might be a bit heavy for an old guy like me, but I can see how they can do quite a bit. Also, I don't have large hole saws to make the openings for the...

What a forum! I posted this question less than 20 minutes ago and already have 3 excellent suggestions. Glad I found it. -L

Thanks again! -L

WOW. Thanks for the quick reply. Those look pretty nice. I see how the legs fold up into the "2 X 4" C-channel top cross piece. Have you used or seen them? -L

New member here. Thanks for letting me join. I'm looking for some light weight saw harnesses that fold up to be very narrow. I've looked into Workmates, but not only are they very expensive, but they don't fold narrow enough. Harbor Freight has some plasic fold-up saw horses, but they aren't...