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I'll ask, but I'm almost certain he doesn't. Here are a couple pics of the slides. They have an outer clip that's easy to release without needing any special tool. Any ideas of the maker? Here's a pic of an "MBC" stamp I found on the back of that WWII era Blackhawk box I picked up a...

Also from this weekend, a nice little CL haul. Everything you see here for $45. Some nice old power tools here. I could have taken more off his hands as well for nothing, but I was happy. The bench grinder is interesting. It's a "Craft King" model 800, sold by E.J. Korvettes. Anyone...

I'm BONNEY-FIDE! Picked up these Bonney boxes and tools. It wasn't a steal at a couple bills, but still a good deal for the boxes, a combo and open wrench set plus partial box end sets and sockets. Seller had the original receipt when he purchased it in 1976. He has more Bonney stuff that he's...

The old Snap On is going to be harder than I thought. The kid put a couple thick coats on and painted the entire box. I found that it also had a thin original coat, so I decided to back off and start on the Blackhawk. Luckily for me, the kid only painted 3 sides of the Blackhawk, so I have less...

Were you ever successful finding a match?

WOW! This method really works well! Here's a picture of round 1 on the Snap-On box. A few spots didn't soften b/c I didn't get all the air bubbles out. I'm going to start "another tool box restoration" thread at some point for both the Blackhawk and Snap-On. Thanks so much!

BTW, from researching here at GJ, I found a thread with some old BLACKHAWK catalog pages showing the 100-W wrench set to be a 100-piece assortment of tools featuring: "...3/8" and 1/2" drive socket wrenches in place of 7/16" drive Nuggets. They also include 1/4" midget socket wrenches, 3/4"...

You are correct, the lower box is indeed an old snap on. I was able to make out the oval decals, right where you thought they'd be. I'm going to try the simple green method to remove the red paint. We'll see how it goes and I'll report back.

Cool, I'm going to give that a try. The seller was 15 miles away, so it was a no brainer. Not much like that turns up around here, so you gotta grab it when it does. I had thought for the Blackhawk box I might strip the outside and repaint - the inside is excellent. The top of the box has no...

Hey thanks so much for the information. Sorry I sniped it, but I had to have it. I would never have figured it was an old Snap-On box, but I think you're correct. It appears to be a RKP-5. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44873...

That's what I suspected, which would explain the absence of a logo/medallion on the front cover. Any thoughts on how I might remove the crappy red paint without further marring the underlying green? Worst case, I can refinish the outside of the box only as the inside is in extremely good...

Found this old Blackhawk box locally on CL. I gave a lengthy description on the vintage Blackhawk thread, but no info yet over there. It's for a No. 100-W wrench set. Anyone have any info. on this box? Did Blackhawk ever offer boxes in that olive green? The seller made an attempt to paint it red...

I just picked up a Blackhawk top box off CL that I'm hoping to get more information on from the experts here. It is the same top box as depicted in those posts over on the HAMB cited earlier. It's the box for a "Chief" wrench set with the lift out tray and 3 side drawers. It doesn't have a...

Well I figured it out. I was able to drill out the heads and remove the jaw (ended up having to pry it off with a small screwdriver) after great difficulty as the screws on this jaw were apparently made of gold pressed latinum. The screws turned out easily after that. Upon closer inspection I...

Only because I tend to have bad luck with these things and wouldn't want to mess up these jaws that would be very difficult and expensive to replace. But I will give it a go and I appreciate the encouragement!

So I have the dynamic jaw in the electrolysis tank in one last ditch effort to not have to drill the screws out. Failing that, what about extractors? I didn't see that mentioned here. Should I give that ago before just drilling them out?

^ Some very cool finds!! Found this Bonney hand box at a yard sale this weekend. I'm guessing '70s-'80s? Another restoration candidate:

This is the better of the two screws: The slot has become stripped from repeated attempts. Before I started the slots were barely distinguishable. I forgot to take pictures of the damaged threads of the 2 screws I managed to get out.

It's looking more like I'm going to have to drill them out. Now they won't turn at all. I think I must have jammed them with the impact driver. At least I have the originals from the static jaw. I hope the threads of the jaws will be ok. Just so everyone knows this is very common luck for me. :(...

Thanks everyone. I don't know, these screws are pretty stuck. I have to post a photo of the threads on the ones I got out. I don't think these are re-usable. Also, these are flatheads, and they were worn down and scarred so bad that I had to dremel the slot in order to even get a screwdriver on...