Kennedy box

[Mainiac Mat]

The company I work for has done very well this year (despite many obstacles) and the big cheese surprised us with an unexpected bonus. So with my lovely wife’s blessing (after allocating the lion’s share for more mundane purposes) I indulged myself with something I’ve always wanted…. a Kennedy box…

All of the old-timey real-deal machinists I’ve had the pleasure of working with have had one of these on their bench and I’ve come to appreciate keeping one’s precision measuring tools and gage blocks well organized. But these things cost a king’s ransom new. After stalking for some time, I scored this one on eBay and it’s in great shape.

Now for the fun part… filling it up :^)

 

[Shiftless]

Congrats!
Those 520’s are classic boxes indeed!

 

[240sxguy]

I have a couple I inherited from my gramps (still alive FWIW) and they're very well made boxes. I love mine.

 

[FMB4]

Great score!

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

Nice! I came across these a few years ago. I responded to the ad because I was interested in the Kennedy roller he had, but when he offered me these two boxes for $100, how could I say no?

 

[Packard V8]

You'll enjoy it; the best storage ever for machinist's tools and/or small hand tools.

I have five of them, all bought used for $25 - $35. One stores all the taps, dies and stocks. Others store reamers, drills, chisels, punches, small files, hole saws, diamond dressers, Forstner bits, countersinks, et al.

jack vines

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

Machinist chests just seem to accumulate here at my place.

Your 520 looks to be in great shape - enjoy it!

Cheers

JIm

 

[jeffmoss26]

wow!