1977 Craftsman bottom box

[RegeSullivan]

I'm cleaning up a Red Sears Craftsman top and bottom box with dark grey drawers I bought when I was in High School 40 years ago. It was in my moms garage until she passed away about 6 months ago. Anyone one know how I remove the door on the bottom box to better clean an lube it. It's 1977 vintage tool box. This bottom has 3 friction slide drawers and door on the bottom. The door lifts up then slides back.



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[Kent_B]

You might try asking your question in the Vintage Tools section. There seems to be a lot of love for older craftsman boxes around here.

 

[1982fxr]

Is it a rod and spring set up in there?

 

[RegeSullivan]

It's 3/4" wide peice of spring steel bent into a bumper. The flat part slides into a slot in the box that the door bumps against when you pull the door closed. It looks like it should just slide out but I can't get it to move.

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[Stadger]

Just a guess but it looks like the little notch is holding the clip. Try prying the end a little and I think the clip will slide out.

 

[woody 73]

You might try asking your question in the Vintage Tools section. There seems to be a lot of love for older craftsman boxes around here.

Kent B wrong answer!

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389956

If you don't set a exact field then every Tom, ****, & Harry can pick any year they choose and open the flood gates and over-run the vintage tool section, which already runs very fast...

 

[RegeSullivan]

Kent B wrong answer!

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389956

If you don't set a exact field then every Tom, ****, & Harry can pick any year they choose and open the flood gates and over-run the vintage tool section, which already runs very fast...

What then is acceptable "vintage" on the forum? In the antiquities world 50 to 100 years old is generally accepted as vintage and over 100 years old, antique at least in the US. In parts of Europe a lot of 100 year old stuff is just junk in 300 year old houses that hasn't been repurpose... yet. So I assume vintage in Europe is probably different than here too. Also generally accepted (in the US) for vintage is 2 generations or about 40 years for items still useful but not in the current style while others describe vintage as items used by the previous generation and not at all or less so by the current generation (think a long the lines of a rotary phone).

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[Kent_B]

His is about the same vintage as my stack and nobody gave me any grief over that. Chill out.

 

[Stadger]

Well this thread hit bottom fast.

 

[RegeSullivan]

Just a guess but it looks like the little notch is holding the clip. Try prying the end a little and I think the clip will slide out.

Thanks Stadger. I tried prying the flat part while pulling but still no luck. I'll keep checking here but for now I'll work around it. Well... unless Woody 73 gets me kicked off because boxes haven't had enough birthdays.

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[woody 73]

Please by all means post up your 1970's, 1980's 1990's vintage items, I will no longer say anything on this matter.

The reason I started this crusade was just to slow down the vintage section a little bit; I no longer write stories because after all my hard work my post story would be gone in one day and that sucked in my book.

So please get the word out the vintage section is now open like the wild west, the vintage sheriff is now retired.