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Private Lugnutz said:
If the tall slot was just a little wider, it would've made a great little portable wine and cocktail bar, with bottles to the right, glasses above, and swizzle sticks, olive picks, coasters, doilies and whatnot in the drawers.
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That's where my brain went first, except a tall skinny container of chemical for field work

I wonder if that's home made tho. If it was a vintage machinists chest from 1910-30s, I would expect better wood grain, matched on the drawers etc., full paneled door instead of breadboard ends, and the handle looks like a retrofit screwed on, not a riveted on as seen on early chests.

I've seen those pulls, which I love, on newer home made stuff (1950s), and again on new stuff (2010s), with made in India pulls. :confused:
 
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This beautiful chest was at the flea market this morning. Very heavy. Brass corner supports top and bottom. That looped rod in the back pulls up and out to release the drawers. Stanley with sweetheart logo on the center clasp. Looks antique. I have a Jennings of this style. No markings of any kind anywhere else, though. And I am not convinced it's not homemade. Priced too steep and firm for me.
 

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I think it was home/shop made that was later modified.
Observations based on the photos:

1. No "heart" is visible on the hasp to indicate a "Sweetheart."
2. Hasp and Staple appear to have been added later. Lid has two alignment or locking protrusions while their receptacles on the box front appear to be missing. The staple most likely covers a keyhole.
3. The angled wood grain on the top meets well to the right of center.
4. Joinery of the top "appears" asymmetrical--mortised end-grain of right stile is visible from front but front stile appears to travel all the way to the left edge. Second photo shows a mitered frame supporting the top with no need of for mortise and tenon. Optical illusion on the first photo??
5. Slots on each side, just inside and aft of the rear plane of the box front, with no visible purpose. Possibly re-use of wood from another project.
 
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I came across this picture of a case I made for a depth mic I acquired many years ago.
All of the rods were mixed in with a large pile of “stuff” a lady was selling at a flea market.
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The fitted insert is basswood (very soft) so I was able to use the ShopSmith as an over arm router
Slow going but it did the job.
 
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I got a chuckle out of the sellers description here:
This is a very rare tiger oak 11 drawer very unusual to find one in all tiger oak, which is three-quarter saw oak pattern and rare red felt lined drawers. I would say this boxes in very good condition for its age asking 475.00 or best offer will trade for hunting or fishing equipment this will be pick up only in Akron, Ohio.
 

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Well, my impulse purchase panned out. Now, to figure out what I am going to do with it! It will be fun to reattach the front of drawer number three and glue up drawer number eight. I'm glad he kept track of the missing handle. I'm impressed by the fact that this box survived, seeing how delicate it is. The drawer wood is quite thin and held together with tiny brad nails. No glue.

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I cannot imagine what I would store inside such divided up drawers. It feels more like antique furniture than a tool box.

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Using Google lens on the first image above brought up another example. Mine may be missing its base... in which case, I might have more work to do. It looks sort of like an add-on though and it is kind of ugly.

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This one appears to have been made by the same company; maybe a little newer.

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Busted stuff.

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Thank you. I jumped when it popped up.

I like that lamp too. The 'end table' is my Simonsen Tool Caddy, which now lives in my kitchen.

I suspect the box was sitting on the floor/carpet and someone stepped on a handle, or two and that's how the bottom drawer got broken. I'm glad nobody tried to fix it. It'll be fun to whitt'll out some patches for the missing pieces. The handles are bent pieces of wire with slightly flattened center sections. They have copper split rivets holding them on.

I think it'll sit as-is for-now.

"You might have a toolbox problem if you ... buy a box not knowing where you'll put it, or what'll go inside."

Apparently, I need to collect a lot of something small. A spring collection would be fun. I've got a pretty good start!
 
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Mintgrun said:
It feels more like antique furniture than a tool box.
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What's wrong with that?! Don't ************ out there and whap talk the utilitarian out of you. If you just can't resist the urge to put something in it just because it has drawers and cubbies, I am sure that you're like the rest of us and leave all kinds of small knick knacks and bric-a-brac laying about. Throw it in there instead.

By the way, do the drawers slide on wooden rails on the sides? Or on top of each other?
 
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Something light, rather than just small. Springs would be on task.
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Agreed. Aside from the outside box, it's made of wood that is slightly less than a quarter inch thick. The partitions are notched to interlock, which provides some structure, but it's definitely designed for lightweight contents. It would have been amazing to find it full of the original contents, or even to see it that way.

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What's wrong with that?! Don't ************ out there and whap talk the utilitarian out of you. If you just can't resist the urge to put something in it just because it has drawers and cubbies, I am sure that you're like the rest of us and leave all kinds of small knick knacks and bric-a-brac laying about. Throw it in there instead.

By the way, do the drawers slide on wooden rails on the sides? Or on top of each other?
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Oh, yeah, I have all kinds of **** bric-a-brac laying about. I have an assortment of muffin tins in the shop that I've used to organize stuff that came out of old tool boxes I've bought and sometimes there'll be themes associated with certain boxes. One old Kennedy box was full of radio parts and electrical stuff. All ancient and beautiful to look at. I'm not smart enough to understand what a lot of it is for, but now it's organized based on categories like bulbs, resistors, capacitors, tubes, knobs, switches, sockets, etc. That stuff would work well in a drawer or two. But, I don't really neeeed that stuff.

Some day some one will be dumping it all in a scrap bin or trash can, so I'm not sure it's worth spending more time sorting it. I do like knowing I have places to keep stuff though because I intend to keep dragging sh!t home!
 
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I found this "KIT, METAL WORKER" box at the flea market this morning.

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The "T.O." stands for Technical Order, the way the Air Corps and later the Air Force classified and issued specs for everything.

It's my third box of this type. Wooden panels with steel frame and corners. The other two I have are a WWII era box stenciled "KIT, CREW CHIEF T.O.-00-30-45" in reference to the ground crew chief's toolkit, and a WWII-era box stenciled "472ND SUB-DEPOT ENG. MECH." in reference to the maintenance unit and shop designated 472nd Sub-Depot for the 466th Bomb Group at Attlebridge, near Norwich, in 1944 and 1945. Link to see both of them on prior GJ therad, HERE.

I have never seen any of these with the 5800 prefix, a postwar stock class. Guessing late 40's or 50's.

Really happy with it.

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I will probably make a leather handle for it, the kind that have "arrows" on either end of that bracket.

They are usually stripped of the inner compartment separators, as is this one. But lots of space for all kinds of tools, sheet metal or other.

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I also found this Signal Corps box. This is bona fide WWII.

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The "CH" in "CH-263" stands for "chest" in the Signal Corps' phonetic stock system. Originally intended for spare parts and accessories for the SCR-506 command radio set. At some point in time it was re-purposed for "TOOLS", as you can see stenciled all over it, and that's what I plan to use it for.

Harry A. Prock Cabinet Co. was located in Glenside, PA. The Signal Corps, HQ in Philly, had a habit of sourcing everything it could as locally as feasible. Interestingly, the Harry A. Prock plant was so close to the Standard Pressed Steel plant (think "UNBRAKO" and Hallowell tools) in Jenkintown, PA, (the two towns abut each other), that when it closed, in 1955, SPS bought it to expand their facilities.

The rubber gasket is intact, and it closes up as tight as a drum with those spring-fed latches. A little beat up, missing a corner support, with some rusty hardware, but it's a beaut, with an unbreakable handle.

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The bumper strip on the back is fiber.

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