rsieracki
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So I saw an ad for a "1970's Snapon toolbox" on the Chicago craigslist sunday afternoon... it 'looked like' a well used taco wagon and some type of smaller top box. Guy selling said it was pretty well used and somewhat abused. He got it from a guy he worked with who owed him some money and now he was out of work and needed to sell it so he was asking $250 for both... i couldnt ask for his address fast enough 
When i got there he was waiting out side for me. Box looked clearly used/abused and neglected since new, we both laughed that the prev owner (and orginal owner) most likely never lubed the slides or cleaned them and how it was beat and the drawers didnt open n close etc... I offered $100 and paid $120 for both the top box KR-533B and the KR-562A bottom
When i got it home and unloaded by my self, no easy task i think its 350LB or so empty. i wrestled to get the drawers out.... holy beat to **** friction slides batman... never seen something so used n abused... i dont have as many "before" pictures as id like but even after i cleaned it up its still rough. im debating weather i should try and sell it or keep it to use in my woodshop as an outfeed table foor my tablesaw (assuming i can get the height adjusted etc)
*IF* I keep and repaint im thinking either hammered rustoleum in black, red or dark grey (current color of some cabs in my woodshop) or possibly rollon bedliner and flat black.
im hoping the 'hammered' look will save me by covereing most of the blimishes in the surface (small dents etc) im not skilled enough to remove after i sandblast it. my concern is the drawer sides/slide area as id be going from Snapon red to one of the aforementioned colors as i doubt rustoleum will hold up to grease or sliding in the slide channels.... hmmmmm???
*IF* i sell it leave it as is and try my best to make a few bucks and buy a better box.
Ive named it the "Tijuana Taco Wagon".... why Tijuana??? this thing is more beat on and used n abused in current shape than a Tijuana Hookers Box after a long days night
rest of pics here: http://s103.photobucket.com/user/rsieracki/library/KR533B AND KR562A
I finished degreasing around half of the slides tonight.. only half as the other half are total trash (bent, splitting, twisted, worn etc) i will be ordering some from snappy this evening. i plan on usuing some of the better drawers from the top box for the side/shorter drawers on the Taco wagon... All drawers are WELL used n a abused (bent etc) and the top box has a 'top' that missing the struts, a busted piano hinged and cracked corners from rust/fatigue etc. i dont want the top box anyways and as long as the drawers interchange ill make a good set for the Wagon.
the more i look at and think about the abuse and neglect this box has seen i want to kick the original owner square in the ***.
When i got there he was waiting out side for me. Box looked clearly used/abused and neglected since new, we both laughed that the prev owner (and orginal owner) most likely never lubed the slides or cleaned them and how it was beat and the drawers didnt open n close etc... I offered $100 and paid $120 for both the top box KR-533B and the KR-562A bottom
When i got it home and unloaded by my self, no easy task i think its 350LB or so empty. i wrestled to get the drawers out.... holy beat to **** friction slides batman... never seen something so used n abused... i dont have as many "before" pictures as id like but even after i cleaned it up its still rough. im debating weather i should try and sell it or keep it to use in my woodshop as an outfeed table foor my tablesaw (assuming i can get the height adjusted etc)
*IF* I keep and repaint im thinking either hammered rustoleum in black, red or dark grey (current color of some cabs in my woodshop) or possibly rollon bedliner and flat black.
im hoping the 'hammered' look will save me by covereing most of the blimishes in the surface (small dents etc) im not skilled enough to remove after i sandblast it. my concern is the drawer sides/slide area as id be going from Snapon red to one of the aforementioned colors as i doubt rustoleum will hold up to grease or sliding in the slide channels.... hmmmmm???
*IF* i sell it leave it as is and try my best to make a few bucks and buy a better box.
Ive named it the "Tijuana Taco Wagon".... why Tijuana??? this thing is more beat on and used n abused in current shape than a Tijuana Hookers Box after a long days night
rest of pics here: http://s103.photobucket.com/user/rsieracki/library/KR533B AND KR562A
I finished degreasing around half of the slides tonight.. only half as the other half are total trash (bent, splitting, twisted, worn etc) i will be ordering some from snappy this evening. i plan on usuing some of the better drawers from the top box for the side/shorter drawers on the Taco wagon... All drawers are WELL used n a abused (bent etc) and the top box has a 'top' that missing the struts, a busted piano hinged and cracked corners from rust/fatigue etc. i dont want the top box anyways and as long as the drawers interchange ill make a good set for the Wagon.
the more i look at and think about the abuse and neglect this box has seen i want to kick the original owner square in the ***.
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