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I got it! I paid twice what I wanted to but half of what I figured it would be priced at. I bought it strictly as a conversation/display piece. It will NEVER get used in my shop or house. Some pieces ae missing and yes, one piece s broken. Doesn't affect my purpose or desire one iota. Watch...

uh oh. 2/5/26 corrected...

Based on information I've gotten (from here, the Ford Barn, and FTE) there are some pieces missing. That said, though, what's there is extremely intriguing. On FTE (Ford Truck Enthusiasts) someone said that the Hanson shown above was made by Stowell. Or maybe visa-versa.

It looks like @wolfhawk73 nailed it... Thank you all for looking, considering, and responding. I'll let you know if I get it.

This "thing" is in an estate sale near me that starts tomorrow (Thursday; 2/5/26). I'm wondering if I should go try to buy it. I've never seen anything like it.

My system exactly. I don't have enough metric wrenches to take up an entire drawer though, so my metric sockets are in that drawer also. My SAE sockets, on the other hand, take up two drawers.

I doubt that these will be of use to you, but they are dirt cheap and readily available. The red one is mine at a secondary bench which saves me steps to the tool roll-arounds (which are near the main bench) and the second pic I probably lifted from the GJ.

@thunderskunk I've got a 12-ton bottle jack that I bought 50 years ago. That thing picked up a house, one floor joist at a time. Bottle jacks of that size are fairly common. I bet you've got a friend or neighbor who has one. This, of course, helps you to get this thing off of the ground but...

Yes; and also put a pic of Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith on it.

While you're at it go ahead and put a hinge (or hinges) in the handle and have pin(s) to put into predrilled holes to hold it in the "up" position. Pull the pin(s) and let it drop down out of the way.

My 360x60 unheated uninsulated shop used to occasionally smell musty. I hung a cheap box fan about 7-8 feet above the floor and let it run 24/7. The shop has never had that musty smell since. This may or may not help your case. Among other benefits this didn't require any penetrations in the...

Hey dsheidt, how 'bout filling us in on what that gizmo is that you attached to the DP post?

And while we're on the subject of drill presses and repurposing, note the holes in the DP table. Those are all tapped and I have cut the heads off of bolts (the repurposing part) that screw into these holes. I rounded off the non-threaded end of them. They stick up an inch or two above the table...

On another note; on some forum (perhaps this one but I just don't remember) I was roundly criticized for this. The poster claimed it was dangerous in that you could start the motor while the key was still in the chuck and cause catastrophe. I really can't see how this could happen. One of these...

Sounds like (if you were to actually do this) time to hit up garage sales, estate sales, and swap meets to obtain some extra keys. Which isn't a bad idea anyway. I've kept the keys for all the drills that I've ever scrapped and keep them in a drawer. They sometimes come in handy.

Your paper towel holder reminds me of a couple I made for my shop. First is some threaded pipe screwed together. Second is some 1/2 x 1/2 inch square tube welded together. I guess you could call these "repurposed" as they both are made out of scraps.

I don't know for sure how you would handle it with a lathe but on both my drill presses I have the key hanging on a chain. It NEVER gets lost 'cause it's always right there. Here's one of them:

Bingo. I think you've got the winner twice already.

I'm heading into town momentarily to pick up the rebalanced driveshaft and two axle seals. I looked through my stash of 8" Ford 3rd members and picked up a good one to just replace the pumpkin instead of rebuilding the one that was in it. Should be driving it tomorrow. I won't have time to...

I got the 8" Ford axles and third member out of Clarence, my 1948 Ford panel truck. Now it's time to evaluate and get parts ordered; or bought if I can find stuff locally. Third member rebuild kit and gaskets/copper washers/anything that's not included in the rebuild kit. Also axle seals and...