Recent content by TruckJunkie

I don't know if I can include a link to another site here, but got the information I shared from the Vintage Machinery site. It seemed to be the most coherent info I was able to find. They had a picture of a advertisement from a 1935 edition of Popular Science regarding the tool. They also...

Found this interesting little box while cleaning out an old house. Did not think too much about it at first, until I cleaned off the name plate on top of it. According to my research, Walker Turner began sometime between 1927 and 1929, then moved from Jersey City in 1931. The Driver Line was...

Farmer, we were thinking the same thing, will have to check paint numbers to see if it matches. That would be really cool if it does. The inside looks like it's painted in the light green used inside aircraft, 'cockpit green'.

I wish we knew more about where she worked, but other than her first name and her married name, we know very little. Her and her son are both long gone and her son's widow does not know where she worked exactly. She believes she worked in a small job shop making parts that were eventually used...

This may not look like much, and most people would probably pass it by, but it was just given to me. I plan to remove the loose paint and preserve as much of the original finish as possible. It belonged to my parent's neighbor's mother, from when she worked in a war production plant during...

I don't have a lot of MW stuff, but do have this nice machinist chest I use to store knives in.

I think the mystery has been solved, did a little bit of searching around the net and found some pics of very similar boxes made by Wedell and Boers in Detroit, MI. Some had different drawer pulls, while others looked the same, all had the same lock and way of attaching the front cover, as well...

It sure does, with the Eagle latches, similar corners, and the leatherette covering. I have a box similar to yours that I store game calls in, without the Eagle latches or corners and a bit smaller. It was picked up at a garage sale a few years ago.

Found a couple new little boxes at a garage sale today that I thought might be good to go with my old Proto mechanic's top box. The 3/8" Challenger set is missing the rachet and the extensions are Stanley, otherwise it is all original, did not think it was too bad for $10. The Proto tubing...

Yes, I sure did, the only markings I can find on it are on the locks, which are from Eagle Lock. Thought some may be interested in the construction of it so included some pics with all the drawers out.

That is what I believe also. Have not been able to find any markings in or on it anywhere yet though. It is still full of my Grandfather's tools, which I still use in my little home machine shop, which he would've loved. To me it is a treasure, no matter who made it.

Have not posted anything on here in a while but have been following along so figured it was time to post again. This is another of my Grandfather's boxes, he always said it was a Gerstner, but I'm not so sure it is. I do not know when he acquired it but know he went to the Henry Ford Trade...

Sounds like an awesomely huge YOU ****! is well deserved for that one.

Yes, there are just two idlers on the front, the remainder of the bogey wheels are pneumatic, though the sprockets on the rear also have cast urethane covers. From what I've gleaned so far, the tires need to be bonded to the rims, which are basically flat across the top, to keep them in place...

Here is the link to my earlier thread about the urethane idler wheels - http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203045&highlight=TruckJunkie