Picked up an old toolbox from the dump

[catfish]

Cost me a couple of bucks , works fine although it needs a new paint job and a bit of oil on the moving parts.

My camera is too cheap to pick it up but on the clasp is written
Cheney
England

I could not find anything about that company on google , only came up with pictures of the neocon Cheney

Anyone know anything about Cheney toolboxes?

 

[american lockpicker]

Nice toolbox!

 

[sscustom]

good find there ,coat of paint and she will come up a beaut ,, its sucked how they charge ya to take em when there just goin to crush em

 

[catfish]

good find there ,coat of paint and she will come up a beaut ,, its sucked how they charge ya to take em when there just goin to crush em

Yeah , the workers there actually keep the best stuff for themselves.
It's kept in an enclosed compound waiting for the staff to take it home

 

[Krokodil]

Nice find. A restoration will have her looking good again!

 

[Gregg33]

Nice find, not overly valuable, probably could have a bought another brand in mint condition for $15, but at least it's saved from the scrapper.

 

[catfish]

Sanded it back , sprayed the primer then the metallic blue.I did originally want to paint the latch chrome as the original chrome was too rusted and pitted to restore but the chrome spray paint at the store was a little over 20 bucks so skipped that.Then just a clear lacquer over the spray paint and some oil on the hinges.

The latch was awkward to paint since it was hard to get the painters tape to cover it properly due to the shape of the latch so i just covered the latch with blu-tak.

Did i mention the toolbox was locked at the dump and when i brought it home and cut the lock off all this was inside? ok nah not really

 

[jk unlimited]

Hey catfish, love the avatar, I once saw a shipment of soccer balls stamped
"mad in Pakistan" Ive always wondered if they couldn't spell or maybe they were trying to tell us something?

 

[catfish]

They probably just don't give a **** at the factory.
If i was getting paid 30 cents an hour i wouldn't.
Still , that shows you the level of quality control in those places.

 

[american lockpicker]

Sanded it back , sprayed the primer then the metallic blue.I did originally want to paint the latch chrome as the original chrome was too rusted and pitted to restore but the chrome spray paint at the store was a little over 20 bucks so skipped that.Then just a clear lacquer over the spray paint and some oil on the hinges.

The latch was awkward to paint since it was hard to get the painters tape to cover it properly due to the shape of the latch so i just covered the latch with blu-tak.

Did i mention the toolbox was locked at the dump and when i brought it home and cut the lock off all this was inside? ok nah not really

Very nice. I used to have a 50 cal ammo can full of silver and gold.

 

[toolfanatic]

Nice toolbox! I found this link to the maker:

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/locks/gazetteer/gazc.htm

Scroll down to find out a little about this now defunct maker. I've seen old locks and keys made by this firm.