Lump
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This tool-sorting stuff is hard work! 
The more piles and boxes of tools that I tackle, the more often I keep having to redo work I did before. Storage containers get overloaded, and so the tools inside must be broken apart into more specific sorts, etc, etc, etc. Today I decided that the Snap On, Par-X, Blue Point bin was too full, and that I needed to separate out all the vintage tools, to make more room for the modern stuff. But where to put them?
Then I remembered that I had a very old Snap On carry-type tool box. It would be the ideal place to store those vintage tools. So I began cleaning out the tools and clutter which were still stored in it, and wiped it down thoroughly with solvent.
Finally I dried it carefully, and it was ready to receive my antique Snap On tools.
The box is in pretty good shape, really. Just missing the two moving latch lever/hook assemblies. The old original leather handle has been reinforced with glued string, but I decided to leave that as-is.
So, is it really genuine Snap On? Uhhh...yep! This shot shows the inside of the front cover.
I put the 5/8 drive tools in the top section, and the 1/2 drive stuff in the bottom drawer. Everything now in this box is marked Snap On except for one round-handled line-wrench, which is marked Blue Point (shown in the last photo, below).
Here is a better shot of the 1/2 drive stuff in the bottom drawer.
Here is a close-up of the left side of the top section, with the 5/8 drive tools.
Right side of the top section, again with 5/8 drive Snap On tools.
The top drawer is divided into four small sections, so that is where I placed the remaining vintage Snap On tools. That little ratchet is nickel plated, and a gift from my cousin, who retired from 30 years of wrenching for a living. It is the only tool shown that I am sure I will not sell.
So now I am rid of a few more boxes of unsorted tools on the shop floor, and my Snap On/Par-X/Blue Point tool bin has more room available for other Snap On tools. Progress is slow, but I'm getting there.
Eventually I'll have to decide whether I'm keeping these old Snap On tools, or if I will sell them to finance other tools that I want.
Any thoughts, gang?
The more piles and boxes of tools that I tackle, the more often I keep having to redo work I did before. Storage containers get overloaded, and so the tools inside must be broken apart into more specific sorts, etc, etc, etc. Today I decided that the Snap On, Par-X, Blue Point bin was too full, and that I needed to separate out all the vintage tools, to make more room for the modern stuff. But where to put them?
Then I remembered that I had a very old Snap On carry-type tool box. It would be the ideal place to store those vintage tools. So I began cleaning out the tools and clutter which were still stored in it, and wiped it down thoroughly with solvent.
Finally I dried it carefully, and it was ready to receive my antique Snap On tools.
The box is in pretty good shape, really. Just missing the two moving latch lever/hook assemblies. The old original leather handle has been reinforced with glued string, but I decided to leave that as-is.
So, is it really genuine Snap On? Uhhh...yep! This shot shows the inside of the front cover.
I put the 5/8 drive tools in the top section, and the 1/2 drive stuff in the bottom drawer. Everything now in this box is marked Snap On except for one round-handled line-wrench, which is marked Blue Point (shown in the last photo, below).
Here is a better shot of the 1/2 drive stuff in the bottom drawer.
Here is a close-up of the left side of the top section, with the 5/8 drive tools.
Right side of the top section, again with 5/8 drive Snap On tools.
The top drawer is divided into four small sections, so that is where I placed the remaining vintage Snap On tools. That little ratchet is nickel plated, and a gift from my cousin, who retired from 30 years of wrenching for a living. It is the only tool shown that I am sure I will not sell.
So now I am rid of a few more boxes of unsorted tools on the shop floor, and my Snap On/Par-X/Blue Point tool bin has more room available for other Snap On tools. Progress is slow, but I'm getting there.
Eventually I'll have to decide whether I'm keeping these old Snap On tools, or if I will sell them to finance other tools that I want.
Any thoughts, gang?
