inphx
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Old steelcase office furniture plus yellow tractor paint.
Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do
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Outlawmws
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Yes he does!
Old Man Roger
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You gotta love days like that.I'm happy to report that I did manage to snag the Hallowell cabinet that I had posted about above. As promised here are some more pictures. This was acquired from one of those online estate sale outfits - the bidding was fast and furious, but when it all ended, my $23 bid ended up on top, and I picked up the cabinet today.
The listing pictures only showed the cabinet with the drawers fully closed and did not mention anything about contents being included, so I assumed it was being sold empty. Imagine my surprise when I found all of the drawers fully loaded.
Once home, I dumped them all and spent some time sorting. A pretty decent miscellaneous collection of vintage tools, including a few Snap-On items (small 3/8" socket set, couple of screwdrivers & allen key sets, and a Bluepoint hacksaw), some calipers, dividers, protractors, etc. (L.S. Starrett, Moore & Wright), a Gray Canada wrench roll, Proto 12" adjustable, assorted Vice-Grips, Groben USA rotary burr set, some Walter & Metabo jig saw blades, Sandvik and Disston files, assorted small Chicago & Cincinnati C-clamps, a nice drill index case full of hardly used Butterfield drill bits, assorted threading taps and of course plenty of the usual junk that accumulates in a tool chest.
And of course, the cabinet itself. Definitely plenty of that vintage "patina", but in pretty decent shape overall.
And as a bonus, the staff at the estate sale threw in this mystery box - it looks something like a oversize vintage metal lunchbox, except with a couple of small drawers. Anyone know what this type of container was used for?
I'm guessing maybe a sample case, or carry case for some sort of instrument? The T.W. initials on the front are actually those of the original owner - almost every item in this tool collection was stamped accordingly.
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