The Turn Your Toolbox Upside Down Thread

[CanUK]

So I picked up a new used (old) tool cart recently and got around to giving it a good clean today. What's pictured below is what fell out of the nooks and crannies when I turned it upside down.

Now hopefully this hasn't been done already, but I ask you, what unexpected interesting, cool, or bizarre things have you found hiding in the corners of your new/used or old handed-down toolbox?

My haul. Keep in mind none of this was visible while thoroughly cleaning it upside-right: 16 hex keys (Parker-Kalon, Allen, Unbrako and some unmarked), a drill bit marked England (make obscured), couple of old zip ties, some weird little plastic clip(?), a broken saw blade, chunk of wood, 2 little ferrules, a tiny battery (hearing aid?), a German 2-Euro coin and an American "Idaho" quarter.

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The cart didn't half rattle before, but that's more or less entirely gone now.

 

[DanCo]

I found an 18k gold bracelet under a drawer in a CMan intermediate box I got last summer for $25. Took the bracelet to a pawn shop and got $140 for it.

Dan

 

[CanUK]

I found an 18k gold bracelet under a drawer in a CMan intermediate box I got last summer for $25. Took the bracelet to a pawn shop and got $140 for it.

Dan

Wow that definitely beats my rusty hex keys

 

[softailgarage]

Found these in a box I bought from an old man 6 months ago. mexican peso and the rest are Canadian

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

I was cleaning my old box, found tools I thought I lost,
A 1/4 thin 60th craftsman
1/4 armstrong 88

 

[nine4gmc]

its easier to take out the bottom drawer but yeah, nice finds! I found a bunch of ID badges, almost complete Klein socket set, check stubs from 1973, work permission form from 1949, always allens and drill bits, a snap on extension, probably way more that I can't think of atm.

 

[CanUK]

its easier to take out the bottom drawer

Haha yeah no doubt, but the aim was actually to get the pressure washer at the underside (it was filthy). I knew there were a couple of hex keys in there (the ends of a couple of smaller ones were poking out some holes), but the ****** things just kept falling out. It's a Gedore-type cart, so they weren't just under the drawers but inside the corner box-sections.

 

[rusty65]

I found a can opener in the bottom of a old Kennedy.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I found a piece of paper that must have come with the box behind the panel on the underside of the lid of a '60s craftsman box.

 

[goodspeed]

Don't have any photos, but in a waterloo top box I took apart to paint i found a few bluepoint little tiny ignition type wrenches, and a pile of other random worthless junk. Not bad for the 20 bucks I had in the box, that was full of tools to begin with.

In a kobalt floor box (I'm calling it a floor box, because it's something like 4.5 feet tall) something was keeping the bottom drawer from closing. Pulled the drawer out and found a full can of wd40, some duct tape, and some other junk. Haven't had my mac or cm boxes apart, yet, so that'll be interesting to see what's in them.

 

[PCO6]

A little different but I found a couple of British candy wrappers inside an original MGA seat I restored years ago. I decided to put them back in while I was redoing the seat.

 

[RedFordTruck]

Last week I took the bottom drawer out of my top chest and found 3 craftsman drill bits i knew had fallen into the void sometime before!

 

[ianguilly]

In my old blue point bottom box i had a snap on universal impact swivel that I still use to this day.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I lost a screwdriver in the back of my server rack...years later when I had everything torn apart, there it was on the floor!

 

[Jbullfrog]

I bought a parts cabinet on a sale for $50, and found a bank satchel of coin rolls in the bottom. 2 rolls of quarters, dimes, and nickels. Paid for everything at the auction that day.

 

[mdbeck1]

I bought a small top box that had stuff rattling around in it at a flea market. When I got home I pulled the bottom drawer and found most of a set of Craftsman ratchetting wrenches (SAE).

One of them quit working a couple years later and I took it to Sears where they replaced it without any questions.

 

[Hank McMauser]

If I had to guess, that broken piece of hacksaw blade is what the previous owner had used to remove the drawers from the slides

 

[ElectroLight]

I lost a screwdriver in the back of my server rack...years later when I had everything torn apart, there it was on the floor!

I had the same thing happen with a MS Win 3.1 promo mini maglight, still got it.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

I bought an old wooden machinists chest at an auction (a National - not a Kennedy). Under the bottom drawer was a paper Tool Loan Order form dated 1955.

I cleaned it up and use for my "measury" things and older pliers.

Pic #1 is the form and Pic #2 is the cleaned up box next to my workbench.

Jim

 

[lbgradwell]

mexican peso and the rest are Canadian

Canadian?!

Challenge...

 

[beemerguy]

While cleaning out my SO "Taco Cart" I just refurbished I found a pair of snap ring pliers, lots of crud and two used hypodermic needles. Thank god I did not stick myself!

 

[tribbles]

Never found anything in a tool box but one year when I was moving out of the dorms I found a Barlow knife wedged in the desk. It's still my go-to shop knife.

 

[CanUK]

A little different but I found a couple of British candy wrappers inside an original MGA seat I restored years ago. I decided to put them back in while I was redoing the seat.

You know, I had a similar thought last night - that I should stash these back in the toolbox. I'd wrap them in foam or something though so that they didn't rattle.

 

[CanUK]

While cleaning out my SO "Taco Cart" I just refurbished I found a pair of snap ring pliers, lots of crud and two used hypodermic needles. Thank god I did not stick myself!

Yikes! Now that's what you call a true Snap-On junkie...

 

[CanUK]

I bought an old wooden machinists chest at an auction (a National - not a Kennedy). Under the bottom drawer was a paper Tool Loan Order form dated 1955.

I cleaned it up and use for my "measury" things and older pliers.

Pic #1 is the form and Pic #2 is the cleaned up box next to my workbench.

Jim

Very cool. Really nice chest too! Would be something to trace the old boy down.