Hi,
Short Story:
Anyone interested in selling a smaller 1960s era box?
Longer Story:
I guess I am feeling nostalgic after the obstacle course of 2020. Maybe I'm just tired of looking at my father's old tools in my box.
He might have got them as some kind of wonderful set back in the day. He might have only bought the sets he needed and not the rest. I don't know.
Now I want to clean them up, give them a proper home and use them more.
So my plan is to find a vintage Craftsman tool box (not too big, not too small) to be dedicated to what's left of his tools. I've been buying a few more to fill in the set from what has been lost or stolen over the decades. I'll probably just stick with the ratchets. I don't need any more Fractional wrenches (or sockets for that matter) and I don't need more screw drivers.
What he left was a set of 1/2" =v= sockets, a breaker bar for same and a few odds and ends like a 3/8 ratchet and some tiny wrenches like for carb work. I'm not sure all this was bought at the same time. The tiny carburetor wrenches are -v- instead of =v= and not raised panel, but I'm no expert. I think the breaker bar and socket set probably came together. Probably with a nice 1/2" ratchet but that is missing. The 3/8" ratchet he left behind has a "V" shaped selector switch so those are the ratchets I'll be looking for to complete the 1/2" set and then maybe the 3/8" set. I haven't decided if I want to go for a 1/4" drive set since I haven't found any and he might not have bought them originally. Plus I don't need more fractional sockets. I actually hunted down a few =v= metric 1/2" sockets for the set, just to make it more useful to me at the moment. Nothing is written in stone though. Who knows what the future will call for?
In the end I want to put this collection of sockets and ratchets together with a few of my other modern tools like pliers, a ratcheting screwdriver, etc. and make some kind of basic tool box for the road that I'll keep in the back of the truck. In cleaning them up I was amazed at how thin they are! I'll probably use them at home but I'll keep them in the truck. That's the fantasy at this point, we'll see.
So back to the Craftsman Toolbox Thread:
I've been looking around a bit and I've settled on something called a 6520 (unless you more experienced folk can steer me in a better direction). I like that it's a little deeper and wider than the smaller version and I like the removable tray idea. However it's hard to visualize it. I'm pretty sure one of those rectangular boxes would be too big.
I've seen a few online and one thing I noticed was the handles switch from (I presume) first being anchored on the outside of the handle to later being shackled inside the handle space (which is probably a better design if only to clear up the top of the box for stacking, but I'm just guessing).
I think I prefer the older outside configuration because I like the way it looks and I don't like the cheaper and cheaper looking plastic handles that followed.
So my question is does this sound like the correct box and does anyone have an extra one they might consider letting go?
I could (and might) post this in the Classifieds but I figured my target is quite specialized and this thread is speaking just to those who both know the answers to dating these and may have some extras. I have looked on eBay and CraigsList but there are not a lot that meet these older criteria.
Something like this but taller with a tray:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7970107&postcount=354
Thanks for any help and information.
P.S. - Does anyone here have any tote trays that are orphans? Do you hoar... I mean collect just the trays. I ask in case I find a box that is missing a tray.
