The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!

[bmwrd0]

I always use zip ties. they work great for this, and you won't chew up your hands.

 

[genog]

I always use zip ties. they work great for this, and you won't chew up your hands.

I went into my zip tie box and found the perfect zip tie....
5/16" wide
Perfect fit
So, I removed each of the drawers (once again) on the ole Snappy cab using this method
I was able to get them out faster and is much easier than using a hacksaw blade
and indeed.....my hands didn't get chewed up

 

[Outlawmws]

I always use zip ties. they work great for this, and you won't chew up your hands.

I went into my zip tie box and found the perfect zip tie....
5/16" wide
Perfect fit

I'll have to remember this one. I had to grind the teeth off the hacksaw blade and give one end a slight "kick" to work.

 

[Patrickm82]

I tried zip ties on a box this weekend and it worked perfect! Way better than saw blades.

 

[bmwrd0]

I am pretty sure I learned the zip tie trick on this thread. But, that is a long thread to go through and find it.

 

[Etchase]

I really want one of these. I’ve never seen one before.

 

[jreb10]

Here is an interesting and apparently uncommon Kennedy chest. It is a Kennedy 515 based on the catalog entry below. It has unusual pulls that are brass beneath the paint, and a Corbin lock. It is described as a Machinist's Steel Tool Case. My limited research has it appearing in catalogs in the 1920s, sometimes with a bigger brother the 519. Perhaps these chests were the precursors to the 520.

At some point in time this chest was painted but fortunately the Kennedy sticker has been retained. The sticker is a "Patents Pending" version, although I don't know what that means in terms of dating this chest. Very little information comes up on this chest when I search. Here are some photos.

 

[RTM]

Here is an interesting and apparently uncommon Kennedy chest. It is a Kennedy 515 based on the catalog entry below. It has unusual pulls that are brass beneath the paint, and a Corbin lock. It is described as a Machinist's Steel Tool Case. My limited research has it appearing in catalogs in the 1920s, sometimes with a bigger brother the 519. Perhaps these chests were the precursors to the 520.

At some point in time this chest was painted but fortunately the Kennedy sticker has been retained. The sticker is a "Patents Pending" version, although I don't know what that means in terms of dating this chest. Very little information comes up on this chest when I search. Here are some photos.

My notes put the 515 in catalogs til 1924, also the last time the Oval pulls were listed as solid brass. Still Oval until 1930.

My smallest is a 516, dated at 1947 or so. The Oval and Hoop handles have both evaded me.

Nice get.

 

[Leviton]

From a distance, buried amongst other stuff at the thrift store, this box looked promising - metal handle, reinforced corners, appropriate size - was hoping for a WWII era box.

Unfortunately... not.
However, due to the sticker on the side, I had to at least take photos.







(It had writing embossed on the side that was mostly covered by the sticker. Attached is a reversed photo taken of the inside of the box - the embossing read:
"Don't Drill It... Drive It. )



You win some, you lose some.

edit: Originally typed "WWI", meant to type "WWII".

 

[RTM]

Attached is a reversed photo taken of the inside of the box - the embossing read:
"Don't Drill It... Drive It. )

First showing up in Google Books in 1949. Not awful, but not WWI.

 

[Leviton]

First showing up in Google Books in 1949. Not awful, but not WWI.

Oh. Thanks for catching that, I meant to type WWII, not WWI. And, thanks for the ... Drive It reasearch. Never thought that would have been as old as 1949.

 

[RTM]

Oh. Thanks for catching that, I meant to type WWII, not WWI. And, thanks for the ... Drive It reasearch. Never thought that would have been as old as 1949.

Surprised me too, the box looked older, like WWII, but didn't think the powder activated tools went back that far.