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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Well I’m mostly done. Still need 6 slide stops. I found some on eBay. Unfortunately I hit the buy button without checking out where they are coming from (China of course but they’ll be here next week). Not the perfection I see in all of y’all’s posts but I am no longer embarrassed to put it my...
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    2x primer and 3x of rustoleum 2x. Still need one more coat and then going to put on a clear coat. Need to buy me a paint gun 😔
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Well ordered the Kennedy lock and received it today. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00018A3US/?tag=atomicindus08-20 Was 2x what I wanted to pay but is a perfect fit.
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Did a little more work last couple of days but life keeps interrupting. One thing I did realize and then got fixed is that the top must have been beat on a bit. The slides in the middle were about 5/16ths lower than the slides on the sides. The smaller drawers were actually rubbing on the...
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Two Door & Monza Harry Thanks for this suggestion. I found a couple that had a big enough cam that I think could bend and just add the 1/8" by 1/4" hole and then it occurred to me that the Cam locks I had in my cart just looks like it moves 90 degrees and the locking mechanism on the chest...
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    YES. That one looks perfect. Too bad no longer offered ☹️. That Reddit thread has a lot of good suggestions I’ll follow up on. THANKS so much for posting.
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Here are pictures of progress so far.
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately no. It never had a lock since we owned it. What it looks like is that the stud from the locking mechanism just fits in the back but I don’t see a place for the cam like on yours. Thinking of trying out these 2. The picture of the Kennedy lock seems like it...
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    thank you. I will try that. I was thinking also about some jewelers rouge I have somewhere leftover from a firearm project to try.
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    Fixing up an old Proto Rolling Chest

    Hello all! I’m a lurker that finally signed up for an account. I inherited an old 1981 vintage 26” Proto box about 15 years ago from my father. He got it (if memory serves) for $35 in the mid 90s at a surplus sale at the chemical company he worked for. Somebody there had rattle canned it -...
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