Can anyone identify this old tool box?

[Enigma]

bought this recently. no markings on it, no badges or holes where a badge was. It appears to have had a sliding bottom panel on it when new which is missing now.

I bought it anyway because it was the right size, i love the color. and it is not flimsy.

the drawers just slide on tracks, no wheels on the tracks. no obvious way the drawers come out.

it has a key lock.(no key). there is a code on the front of the lock cylinder. it looks like it only locks the top drawer but i could be wrong.

I do like it though. ideally id like to identify it and find a bottom panel for it (long shot i know but anything is possible on garage forum).

but what brand and model is it?

 

[gamescastspencer]

Huot would be my guess.
A small archive of their old catalogs

 

[Enigma]

nice! thank you. 201 porta cab. now i need to find a front hyde away panel. so it covers the whole entire front and slides into the middle track. so the whole thing locks. thats wild!

 

[Enigma]

pic

 

[Enigma]

so ..... no parts available from huot.

Huot Vintage Products - Huot Manufacturing

We know everyone loves their old Huot tool boxes, but since we haven’t built this type of product in many decades, there are NO locks, keys or other parts

www.huot.com

 

[lilredex]

Most toolbox locks are like these, many selections available.

 

[Enigma]

looks like the key is broke off in the lock. if i did manage to get it out, is that number useful for getting a new key made?

 

[Skyman]

If it isn't, the broken portion you'll have extracted should be, in the hands of a decent locksmith.

 

[RTM]

looks like the key is broke off in the lock. if i did manage to get it out, is that number useful for getting a new key made?

Look at some of the key images which pop up for a Google search. Yours looks symmetrical double sided. None that show up seem that way. I would plan on replacing the cylinder.

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[Enigma]

If it isn't, the broken portion you'll have extracted should be, in the hands of a decent locksmith.

great point i didnt even think of that. how would i even get that out?

 

[Enigma]

Look at some of the key images which pop up for a Google search. Yours looks symmetrical double sided. None that show up seem that way. I would plan on replacing the cylinder.

Google Search

matter of fact it looks like its been attempted to drill out the cylinder

 

[Enigma]

so the lock since it has a broken off key in it freely turns with help from the flat bladed screwdriver. course that doesnt matter since the lock needs to engage with the folding front panel which i dont have (yet. crossing fingers) and yes someone clearly started drilling it out. probably until they realized it turns freely as is (since broke key still in it).

 

[RTM]

I have a lock set with a key busted off inside. Nothing easy seemed to want to move it. It's been set aside for a day when I feel like a small fiddly project.

 

[Enigma]

so all i need is to get the broken off key out, have a new key made either by code or by copying the broken fragment (which works) and then locate a folding front panel for her and she will be complete. 1956 from what i can make out online. there must be some Huot extremists on here that have an extra folding panel laying around.

 

[Enigma]

I have a lock set with a key busted off inside. Nothing easy seemed to want to move it. It's been set aside for a day when I feel like a small fiddly project.

so whats your plan to get it out?

 

[The Cobbler]

how would i even get that out?

the backside of the lock will have a large nut or a c-clip holding the cylinder in pace .

 

[four.cycle]

I recently acquired the top box that goes on top of that thing.

HERE is where I ordered the new keys for it. You gotta have that "code" number to get the right key.

 

[Enigma]

the backside of the lock will have a large nut or a c-clip holding the cylinder in pace .

i mean how to get the broken key out

 

[Enigma]

success !! i got the broken part out.

 

[Enigma]

used a dental pick. broke off the tip of the pick and it lodged in the cylinder. thought i wss sunk but came out after about 10 min of fineggling with it and coaxing. lock no longer turns so it must have been working. i.dont know if its long enough to make a new key but whats there works. now about those numbers

 

[Enigma]

I recently acquired the top box that goes on top of that thing.

HERE is where I ordered the new keys for it. You gotta have that "code" number to get the right key.

nice one four cycle!

 

[four.cycle]

^ I had forgotten I never "checked out" on that site.. I still had the keys in my "cart". So they just got ordered - three keys = $30 bucks with tax.
I most likely won't even start on that box until spring - it's too wet out to work on stuff like that now, and I don't have an indoor work area to tackle stuff like that. It's in good shape but the bottom is rusted... like they had it sitting on a wet floor.

 

[RTM]

so whats your plan to get it out?

used a dental pick. broke off the tip of the pick and it lodged in the cylinder. thought i wss sunk but came out after about 10 min of fineggling with it and coaxing. lock no longer turns so it must have been working. i.dont know if its long enough to make a new key but whats there works. now about those numbers

Kinda like you did. Couple of dental picks to see if it moves, then hemostats, needle nose pliers, gravity, etc will have to see what it takes.

Of course, I looked harder at that picture, and my purchase history. It looks like there is no longer a key stub in there, and I already ordered keys. So maybe I did get it out, using the methods suggested. Too much chaos right now. Which could explain why I had two dental picks on one of the desks in the house.

 

[Enigma]

Kinda like you did. Couple of dental picks to see if it moves, then hemostats, needle nose pliers, gravity, etc will have to see what it takes.

Of course, I looked harder at that picture, and my purchase history. It looks like there is no longer a key stub in there, and I already ordered keys. So maybe I did get it out, using the methods suggested. Too much chaos right now. Which could explain why I had two dental picks on one of the desks in the house.

they are useful little tools for sure.

 

[RTM]

used a dental pick. broke off the tip of the pick and it lodged in the cylinder. thought i wss sunk but came out after about 10 min of fineggling with it and coaxing. lock no longer turns so it must have been working. i.dont know if its long enough to make a new key but whats there works. now about those numbers

Kinda like you did. Couple of dental picks to see if it moves, then hemostats, needle nose pliers, gravity, etc will have to see what it takes.

Hey all, while ordering keys for my Craftsman by Waterloo box, I was looking for things to get me to the free shipping mark, they carry broken key extractors.

Have not used them, hope I never need to, but I bought them. First two, EZ1 & 2.

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They are small and thin, so easy to lose. Gonna but them with all my other lock related stuff.