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IIRC, M heads came in 2 different collet tapers, #7 B&S or #2 MT. Max capacity of either is 1/2".

IIRC, Gerstner may be the only maker that has a horizontal structural piece between the 1/2 length drawers and the full length length drawers. I'm not aware of any other brand that did that.

I'll shoot from the hip and say it's a Union box.

I have a similar top box, it's a KR-537. The bottom is probably a KR-557. As others have said, the model number should be on the back of each.

They were supplied as a test / setting standard for 1"-2" mics.

CGarage, I don't think it's a formal definition, but quick and dirty one. He referred to the "wet trades" as the "systems", sprinkler, plumbing, HVAC, electrical. He's a site super on that side, dealing primarily with the HVAC and plumbing trades. The dry trades are the carpenters, structural...

My younger son is a superintendent for a large construction management company in NYC. I asked him this question yesterday when he came for a visit. He says the carpenters and what he calls "dry trades" use mostly Dewalt, while the "wet trades", plumbers, HVAC, steamfitters, and electricians...

Outofbounds, you might find some info on the machinist's chest here: https://sites.google.com/site/theguideforwoodmachinistchests/

I use those indices for straight shank reamers too, 1 for fractional, another for #1-60.

I was able to find one of those handles for my taco cart on ebay for reasonable price. It was missing 1 of the aluminum spacers, but that was easy to make especially having 1 as a sample.

I have Parker, Reed, and Columbian vises. None of them had anything that prevents you from completely backing the dynamic jaw out. I've never seen any vise the had such a feature as standard.

These days, I use them mostly to drive taps that are too big for my largest tap wrench. I use an 8 or 4 point socket with a sliding t-handle.

Williams made both 4 point and 8 point back in the really old days. I picked them up dirt cheap over the years at swap meets.

I see I'm not the only 1 looking for an 11/16" .........

If that is a galvanized pipe going into cast iron, it may well be an oakum/lead joint. I was able to take a punch and tap the lead further down into the oakum, sealing up a small leak. I did it 32 years ago when I moved into this house and it never leaked again. I just worked my way around the...

The collet is probably metric, 6mm is .236".

IMO, it looks hacked from a conventional, but perforated tray they sold in the '60's. It looks like the ends were cut down and the folding handles added so it could be put into the top of a chest. I doubt the ends would have been left sharp and not hemmed over like the long sides. I have 1 of...

That's great news! Enjoy that chest.

I use 2 of these for fractional and number drills. Always on the hunt for 1 for letter drills. I also have indexes for work away from my shop.

+1 on it being an older Union, before they switched to rectangular drawer pulls. Union used to put their label in the center of the long thin drawer. I can make out the shadow of were the mirror was in the closeup picture of the lid.