Let's see your toolbox.
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with the YALE lock on that Gerstner it's likely pre 50s.
so it should be in the vintage tool box thread
of course more pix would be helpful
AV tinker er
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You use a couple of tools?
One could say that. I'm pretty sure I had every tool in my box out at some point through the day
Heavy Metal Doctor
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I have thought of doing a "guess the repair" thread - take a pic of the pile of tools on the cart / top of the box during / at end of a job and see if anyone can figure out what was being worked on....but then I realized that my stuff is all way to strange and no one would even try to guess
Outlawmws
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I really like that Montezuma box, and I'm no longer a fan of top boxes generally. It places everything you commonly use right in your face.
I've been tempted to buy or build one.
I've been tempted to buy or build one.
Natebrod
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Blah blah blah toolbox. BAM! here is mine.
archirelic
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Like the patriotic theme...red/white/blue.
I have several tool work benches, but none will fit in the back of my suburban. The majority of the sizes I use are small, think 9/16 is the biggest bolt head with the exception of gear box and that is a 32mm and wheel lug nut 1". I have a 1" socket with a 1 inch drive to mount my camber caster gauge on the wheel nut. The biggest issue I had with the box the socket holders and wrench holders are designed for a std set. So I hang my wrenches on wrench holders.
Blah blah blah toolbox. BAM! here is mine.
nice box
JBradley500
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Resemblance?
wornoutoldman
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wyo george
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I love the RWB color scheme. Reminds me of my last bike: http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/11/81/01/07/vfr_an12.jpg
Jarhead0408
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Sweet looking box man! One of a kind.Blah blah blah toolbox. BAM! here is mine.
Laughing my **** off on that one!
Resemblance?
AWESOME!
Man, I love that color scheme on VFRs. That even beats out the all white from when they were 700s to get around Harley's tax on bikes 750cc and over that they got approved...
Natebrod
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Natebrod
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Isn't that box missing a row of sparklers and roman candles?
Have patience I just unloaded it!
Not sure I have the gravitas to pull that off, but that's a cool box, man!
I've had the Liberty Bell March by John Philips Sousa stuck in my head since you posted the picture of your toolbox.
Dennis Leigh Henry
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with the YALE lock on that Gerstner it's likely pre 50s.
so it should be in the vintage tool box thread
of course more pix would be helpful
Posting more pictures there as requested.
Cheers..
Matt Irvine
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"17, and finally got my first "real box to store all my goodies in! Apologies for any bad pictures in here, and that it's pic heavy, just pretty stoked, that's all! Most things are made in Australia, including all Sutton, P&N and Sidchrome gear.
Mostly Sutton slot drills, few cobalt and carbide Dormers in here. 2mm through to 16mm, flat and bullnose, few assorted larger ones, long carbide 20mm 2 flute.
Hand hacksaw blade, Lufkin Insite measuring thing, Lufkin tape, paint textas, 8mm Snap on socket, reamers 6-14mm, few imperial, Sutton pin punches.
Centre drills, from #1-#7 mostly Sutton, assorted specialty taps, including spiral, self drilling, Gun, left hand and forming, taper shank drills, 6mm, 8mm, 9-14mm by .5
Aussie Stanley screwdrivers, two Sidchrome cold chisels.
Allen keys, few odd inhex sockets, spare padlocks and keys
Measuring and layout stuff, not sure why this is such a mess, I don't like it.
Drill gauge, scribe, Moore and Wright thread gauge, Mitutoyo hole gauge, 6" divider, 4" divider, #2 Morse taper arbour, homaphradite caliper, V blocks, 200mm Mitutoyo vernier, Toledo 6" machinist square, Mitutoyo micrometers, 0-100mm, Starrett small hole gauge. Missing a 100mm Mitutoyo dial calliper.
All Huot indexes full of mostly Sutton/Dormer taps and drills. NC/NF indexes, Metric index, fractional drill index, metric drill index was out. #5 P&N tap wrench, 5-40 die
Pliers mostly, cheap needle nose locking, small Sidchrome needle nose, 100mm Eclipse locking, 200mm Eclipse locking, cheap electrical pliers, long 45 needle nose, long 90 needle nose, 250mm Sidchrome channelock, Sidchrome needle nose, ground to a bullnose. sidchrome side cutter, long needle nose and standard plier. Knipex circlip plier set, big Stanley screwdrivers and spare socket rail clips.
From back to front. Mostly Stahlwille and Gedore 1/2" drive inhex's, 5-17mm, Kincrome 1/4&3/8 bit sockets, 1.5-12mm, spark plug sockets and useless Uni Joints, bigger 1/2" Sidchrome sockets, 1-1/16-1-1/4 & 26-32, or something like that, 1/4" deep sockets 4-14mm,
1/2"drive Sidchrome, 3/8-1", 30mm & 32mm 3/4 deep impacts, 1/2" Sidchrome 8-24 mm,
Sidchrome 3/8 sockets, 1/4-7/8, 6-22, Repco 1/4 sockets, 4-14, 3/16-9/16
Sidchrome 30T 3/8 pear head, Sidchrome 1/2 'S' bar, Sidchrome 60T 3/8 QR, Sidchrome 60T 3/8 round head, Snap On SHF80 1/2", Snap On TF72 1/4, Snap on FLF80 3/8, Sidchrome 36t 1/2, there's a pair of them.
10" Sidchrome 1/2 extension, 5" Sidchrome 1/2 extension, x2, 2"Sidchrome 1/2 extension,x2, 5" Sidchrome 3/8 extension, 6" Repco 1/4 extension, Repco 1/4" ratchet, 3/8 Sidchrome ratchet
Sidchrome 9" breaker bar 3/8& 1/2, 15" sidchrome breaker bar
Metric, Snap On flank drive plus, 11-24, Snap On 27, Sidchrome long series, 6-24, Sidchrome 30, Stahlwille 5.5
Sidchrome double opens, 4-30, Stahlwille 18x19 flat, Sidchrome 12x14 flat, Stahlwille 24 flogging, Gedore 8x9 line wrench
Imperial , German Gedore combinations, 1/4-1-1/8", Sidchrome double opens 1/4- 1-1/16",
Sidchrome 3/8x7/16, 1/2x9/16 & 5/8x11/16 flat rings, Sidchrome 3/4x1 line
Sidchrome shifter 4"-18", Sidchrome double rings, 3/8- 1-1/4, 6-36mm
Thread files, files, magnetic tapping base, assorted hammers, Starrett pin punches
Tap and die drawer. 2.5-27 Metric Coarse, 1/8-1" Whitworth, all 3 taps and a die of each size. 3/16-1" UNC &UNF, 1/8-3/4 BSP and BSPT, assorted BSF, Metric fine 8-20mm, most have at least an intermediate tap, some more, most have dies.
All P&N wrenches and stocks,
Sidchrome 3/4 socket set, 19-55,
Big spanners, Gedore, 1-3/16 - 1-5/8, 1- 13/16, 1-7/8, 2"
36mm Dowidat, 41 Gedore,
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Mostly Sutton slot drills, few cobalt and carbide Dormers in here. 2mm through to 16mm, flat and bullnose, few assorted larger ones, long carbide 20mm 2 flute.
Hand hacksaw blade, Lufkin Insite measuring thing, Lufkin tape, paint textas, 8mm Snap on socket, reamers 6-14mm, few imperial, Sutton pin punches.
Centre drills, from #1-#7 mostly Sutton, assorted specialty taps, including spiral, self drilling, Gun, left hand and forming, taper shank drills, 6mm, 8mm, 9-14mm by .5
Aussie Stanley screwdrivers, two Sidchrome cold chisels.
Allen keys, few odd inhex sockets, spare padlocks and keys
Measuring and layout stuff, not sure why this is such a mess, I don't like it.
Drill gauge, scribe, Moore and Wright thread gauge, Mitutoyo hole gauge, 6" divider, 4" divider, #2 Morse taper arbour, homaphradite caliper, V blocks, 200mm Mitutoyo vernier, Toledo 6" machinist square, Mitutoyo micrometers, 0-100mm, Starrett small hole gauge. Missing a 100mm Mitutoyo dial calliper.
All Huot indexes full of mostly Sutton/Dormer taps and drills. NC/NF indexes, Metric index, fractional drill index, metric drill index was out. #5 P&N tap wrench, 5-40 die
Pliers mostly, cheap needle nose locking, small Sidchrome needle nose, 100mm Eclipse locking, 200mm Eclipse locking, cheap electrical pliers, long 45 needle nose, long 90 needle nose, 250mm Sidchrome channelock, Sidchrome needle nose, ground to a bullnose. sidchrome side cutter, long needle nose and standard plier. Knipex circlip plier set, big Stanley screwdrivers and spare socket rail clips.
From back to front. Mostly Stahlwille and Gedore 1/2" drive inhex's, 5-17mm, Kincrome 1/4&3/8 bit sockets, 1.5-12mm, spark plug sockets and useless Uni Joints, bigger 1/2" Sidchrome sockets, 1-1/16-1-1/4 & 26-32, or something like that, 1/4" deep sockets 4-14mm,
1/2"drive Sidchrome, 3/8-1", 30mm & 32mm 3/4 deep impacts, 1/2" Sidchrome 8-24 mm,
Sidchrome 3/8 sockets, 1/4-7/8, 6-22, Repco 1/4 sockets, 4-14, 3/16-9/16
Sidchrome 30T 3/8 pear head, Sidchrome 1/2 'S' bar, Sidchrome 60T 3/8 QR, Sidchrome 60T 3/8 round head, Snap On SHF80 1/2", Snap On TF72 1/4, Snap on FLF80 3/8, Sidchrome 36t 1/2, there's a pair of them.
10" Sidchrome 1/2 extension, 5" Sidchrome 1/2 extension, x2, 2"Sidchrome 1/2 extension,x2, 5" Sidchrome 3/8 extension, 6" Repco 1/4 extension, Repco 1/4" ratchet, 3/8 Sidchrome ratchet
Sidchrome 9" breaker bar 3/8& 1/2, 15" sidchrome breaker bar
Metric, Snap On flank drive plus, 11-24, Snap On 27, Sidchrome long series, 6-24, Sidchrome 30, Stahlwille 5.5
Sidchrome double opens, 4-30, Stahlwille 18x19 flat, Sidchrome 12x14 flat, Stahlwille 24 flogging, Gedore 8x9 line wrench
Imperial , German Gedore combinations, 1/4-1-1/8", Sidchrome double opens 1/4- 1-1/16",
Sidchrome 3/8x7/16, 1/2x9/16 & 5/8x11/16 flat rings, Sidchrome 3/4x1 line
Sidchrome shifter 4"-18", Sidchrome double rings, 3/8- 1-1/4, 6-36mm
Thread files, files, magnetic tapping base, assorted hammers, Starrett pin punches
Tap and die drawer. 2.5-27 Metric Coarse, 1/8-1" Whitworth, all 3 taps and a die of each size. 3/16-1" UNC &UNF, 1/8-3/4 BSP and BSPT, assorted BSF, Metric fine 8-20mm, most have at least an intermediate tap, some more, most have dies.
All P&N wrenches and stocks,
Sidchrome 3/4 socket set, 19-55,
Big spanners, Gedore, 1-3/16 - 1-5/8, 1- 13/16, 1-7/8, 2"
36mm Dowidat, 41 Gedore,
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jeffmoss26
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That is an exceptional setup!!
Dennis Leigh Henry
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I received the following from a guy over in Practical Machinist after some digging around.. Not sure who or how to zero in on the actual nature of the ratchet I have, U.S. or not... Thoughts? We can take this to private discussion if you think that's better than this thread..
Thanks..
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Dennis --
As I understand the story, National Hand Tool was founded here in the US by a Taiwanese businessman who bought the remains of New Britain Machine's tool-making division -- the maker of New Britain, Blackhawk, and Husky sockets and wrenches -- when that division closed down, in the early-to-mid 1980s. I suspect, but have never been able to determine positively, that at about the same time, he also bought the Thorsen Tool plant in Dallas when Thorsen's owners quit the tool-manufacturing business.
National Hand Tool manufactured Blackhawk and Husky sockets and wrenches -- using mostly New Britain designs -- and made a couple lines of Craftsman-branded ratchets for Sears in Dallas for only two or three years before Stanley bought National Hand Tool. The NHT-made, Craftsman-branded ratchets were made to two fundamentally-different designs, one a premium-grade model that used a variant of the New Britain (Kilness-patent) round-head ratchet mechanism that 1) included a push-button-socket-release at a partial depression of the button-pushing, and 2) released the mechanism subassembly from the ratchet body when the button was fully depressed, enabling very easy cleaning of the mechanism. The other design used a Wright-type round-head mechanism, and included a top-of-ratchet-body "speeder" ring, a polished body with a Snap-On-looking grip without knurling. Your Craftsman 94378 ratchet is of the latter type, and even though they were originally intended as economical alternatives to the standard Craftsman oval-head and fine-tooth round head ratchets, they have a reputation of being robust and seem to command a premium price in the second-hand marketplace.
I believe that Sears stopped buying the NHT-built ratchets at about the time Stanley bought NHT, which would have been well before Stanley moved production of the NHT-heritage tools to Taiwan and later-still, China so that they could use the Dallas manufacturing capacity to make higher-price (and therefore higher profit) tools to be sold under the Blackhawk label.
That's about all I can tell you on the matter, but I will comment that the NHT round-head ratchets like your Craftsman-branded one are usually pretty difficult to disassemble for cleaning because the mechanism-retaining ring has a square-cut end that makes it hard to pry out of the retaining groove. That's unfortunate, because just about any ratchet works better and lasts longer if the mechanism is kept clean and well oiled. My best recommendation is to try to remove and clean your ratchet's mechanism and the inside of the head, then oil it as you reassemble it, but if it really doesn't want to come apart, soak it in a mixture of 3/4 petroleum solvent and 1/4 light lube oil overnight, and then exercise ratchet and its reversing mechanism in both directions -- back and forth -- before dropping it back into the solvent. Do this for a couple of days, and from then on, soak the ratchet overnight, head-down in a coffee can of clean solvent-and-oil mixture, at least once a week. My forty-plus year old ratchets -- SK, Thorsen, Proto, and Wright -- that I've kept that way don't show any mechanism wear when examined with a magnifier, only slight burnishing. And whatever you do, NO GREASE in the ratchet. Grease in a ratchet will eventually harden enough to keep the pawls from engaging fully, and the partially-engaged pawls will carry only a fraction of the load fully-engaged pawls will, and the mechanism will eventually strip.
SASORacing
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Congrats Ness, a rolling toolbox you will find out is way nicer than carrying them in those tiny portables.
A real man can carry his loaded 3 bay roller up stairs
In the snow, with wind blowing in his face?
I started with a HF56 and a HF 5 drawer cart. Needed a little more space so I added the 7 drawer side cart to my big box. Plenty of space to hold everything.
Fast forward a few weeks and I see a HF44 top and bottom combo on CL for a good price. Not sure what I was thinking, but I got it. I will have to buy more tools just so I can "need" another box!
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Well, at least you kept the theme. Now all you need is the red 26" stack and your will have their entire lineup.
Jeez, you need a bigger TV! LOL
SASORacing
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chipper
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Why not throw the side cab on the 44 now since that's what it was made for...thats a nice setup!