four.cycle
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Please do.
Value $$ of this Waterloo Box
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Cruzan80
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Reminds me of a really bad joke: "How do you drop an egg on a concrete floor without cracking it?"
"Any way you want to, concrete is very hard to crack!"
"Any way you want to, concrete is very hard to crack!"
four.cycle
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No bites on the Craftsman box yet.
Dragged this "Kobalt" box out yesterday and gave it a bath and removed the wonky drawer and drawer slide:
Kobalt TRX412C 4-drawer top chest
Manufactured by J.B. Poindexter & Co. Inc., Houston, Texas
patent 6238031 May 29 2001 Kuo-Chan Weng of Taiwan for "Sliding Track Assembly for Drawers"
Apparently this design uses a ball bearing in the drawer slide mechanism.
I got it cleaned up as well as I was able to - a previous owner spilled paint all over it. Put a coat of Rustoleum on the bottom. Will probably get to re-installing the lower drawer this afternoon.
Dragged this "Kobalt" box out yesterday and gave it a bath and removed the wonky drawer and drawer slide:
Kobalt TRX412C 4-drawer top chest
Manufactured by J.B. Poindexter & Co. Inc., Houston, Texas
patent 6238031 May 29 2001 Kuo-Chan Weng of Taiwan for "Sliding Track Assembly for Drawers"
Apparently this design uses a ball bearing in the drawer slide mechanism.
I got it cleaned up as well as I was able to - a previous owner spilled paint all over it. Put a coat of Rustoleum on the bottom. Will probably get to re-installing the lower drawer this afternoon.
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four.cycle
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should have grabbed a screenshot of this one:
Craftsman top and bottom cabinet, "ball bearing drawers", late production, red and black, multiple drawers on each cabinet, seller said one drawer "needed a new rail".
Listed this morning approx. 07:30 PDT for $125. gone @ 09:55 PDT
(sold within the last 30 minutes)
BK
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Miss the Pontiacs
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No wonder you are having a difficult time of selling yours.
four.cycle
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Oh no... I've sold both the 3-piece stack ($300) and the red one that I dropped on the patio and crunched ($50).
The Kobalt unit is getting no bites @ $99, but it's only been up for a few days now - no reason to panic quite yet.
Still have to dig out the Huot.
I'm thinking maybe of keeping the old Craftsman "Crowntop" unit because it's in pretty good shape, and flipping that "Waterloo" I picked up yesterday - or maybe the other way around - they're very similar - and the Craftsman will be an easier sell.
Or maybe just flip both of them - I need a new stove - I'm tired of fixing this one.
Still trying to inventory this mess of stuff I picked up yesterday.
The Kobalt unit is getting no bites @ $99, but it's only been up for a few days now - no reason to panic quite yet.
Still have to dig out the Huot.
I'm thinking maybe of keeping the old Craftsman "Crowntop" unit because it's in pretty good shape, and flipping that "Waterloo" I picked up yesterday - or maybe the other way around - they're very similar - and the Craftsman will be an easier sell.
Or maybe just flip both of them - I need a new stove - I'm tired of fixing this one.
Still trying to inventory this mess of stuff I picked up yesterday.
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Miss the Pontiacs
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Push away 
four.cycle
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Hey, worst thing that can happen is I may have to drop the price a few bucks.
Hopefully I can get to that Snap-on roller tomorrow without any further interruptions.
Hopefully I can get to that Snap-on roller tomorrow without any further interruptions.
rust in the eye
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If you don't ask you won't get.Finally got this one finished earlier:
Craftsman 65262 "Crowntop" 6-drawer Tool Top Box Chest Cabinet 05/07/26
Production date Nov. 1969
I set the price ridiculously high on both ebay and Craigslist quite deliberately - how far can we push this?
Let's find out.
That said it's a $100 box in these parts
four.cycle
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Mike showed up and got the garage door fixed, but not before I already had most of the tool boxes pulled out of the pile out there.
There are still two or three more out there I need to get to.
There are still two or three more out there I need to get to.
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Miss the Pontiacs
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How did you accumulate so many boxes?
four.cycle
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Like that story that Steve McQueen (as Vin) tells Eli Wallach (as Calvera) in The Magnificent Seven when he relates an anecdote about a companion suddenly stripping off all of his clothing and jumping into a mess of cactus:
"It seemed to be a good idea at the time."
four.cycle
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Waterloo-manufactured Craftsman 3-drawer top box.
Picked up today at a church fund raiser sale for $30 bucks. Bottom drawer is wonky- overloaded by a previous owner. Easy fix.
I'll gussy it up and shoot for $75 or $80
The one I smashed when I dropped it on the patio a few weeks ago went in one day for $50.
The guy out in Graham is still trying to get $150 for a similar top and bottom box - a month later.
And there's an abused later CM top & bottom just listed in Bremerton for $100
I'm still not seeing any sort of "pattern" - what really makes me wonder was watching a woman carry a crappy old beat-up little carry box out of Earthwise yesterday - that she paid over $30 for. Go figure.
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four.cycle
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Yeah... I went to five different sales today. May hit another in the morning.
Hopefully I won't drop that one on the patio.
Hopefully I won't drop that one on the patio.
four.cycle
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@Miss the Pontiacs -
I just got the JL600 Waterloo listed yesterday on CL and ebay.
I got that Craftsman 4-drawer unit listed day before.
So.... that makes
Lots of lookie-loos and tire kickers, but nobody has shown me any dollars yet.
Will advise.
BK
* After completely disassembling all of these, cleaning them, and then putting them back to right, I've decided to keep the 1969 Craftsman 65262 - overall it's the best of the lot. The Waterloo is a heavier gauge steel and has more robust drawer rails, but it's got a lot of miles on it. I thought it was going to be the keeper, but all things considered, I'm going with that old Craftsman unit.)
*Haven't had time to get to the Huot top chest or the Snap-on roller yet. Finishing up the Snap-on side box right now.... hopefully before sundown. - BK
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Clearly I need to load up a truck with total **** $40 boxes and sell them down south for $500-600.
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The tales our friend is spinning are complete ********.
four.cycle
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I had to drive all the way back home last Wednesday (the 19th) for my painting equipment (which I will describe in a different thread.)
When I came in the house, I realized I'd forgotten to turn off the computer, so I sat down and checked emails. Nothing important.
Since the computer was still online, I figured I'd check to see if there were any phone messages.
Two calls from the same guy asking about a Waterloo 600 top chest. The calls had come in on Sunday.
I'm thinking "I missed the guy - he's already found something else, but I'll call back anyway."
The guy answers the phone on the first ring.
"I have a couple messages here from you saying you're interested in a Waterloo tool box," I said. Meanwhile, the wheels are spinning around in my head - it's almost half past four now, and I still have to load up all my gear and then do the three-hour drive back out to the coast.
"Where are you located?" I asked.
"I'm up in Federal Way near the Commons," he replied.
"I don't know where that is - I get lost every time I go up there."
"It's the big mall there."
"OH! Right off 320th?"
"Yeah, that's it. Where are you at?"
"I'm out at Point Defiance. Is there somewhere we could meet up?"
"I can be at Poodle Dog in about 20 minutes."
I look at the clock. "I can be at Poodle Dog in about 20-25 minutes."
I got there before he did.
He looked it over - nodded approval and then says "You take 80 for it?"
I held out my right hand, palm up.
"Load 'er up!"
So... listed on ebay for $124.99, listed on Craigslist for $99, actual selling price $80 cash.
Still have five left - no bites.
When I came in the house, I realized I'd forgotten to turn off the computer, so I sat down and checked emails. Nothing important.
Since the computer was still online, I figured I'd check to see if there were any phone messages.
Two calls from the same guy asking about a Waterloo 600 top chest. The calls had come in on Sunday.
I'm thinking "I missed the guy - he's already found something else, but I'll call back anyway."
The guy answers the phone on the first ring.
"I have a couple messages here from you saying you're interested in a Waterloo tool box," I said. Meanwhile, the wheels are spinning around in my head - it's almost half past four now, and I still have to load up all my gear and then do the three-hour drive back out to the coast.
"Where are you located?" I asked.
"I'm up in Federal Way near the Commons," he replied.
"I don't know where that is - I get lost every time I go up there."
"It's the big mall there."
"OH! Right off 320th?"
"Yeah, that's it. Where are you at?"
"I'm out at Point Defiance. Is there somewhere we could meet up?"
"I can be at Poodle Dog in about 20 minutes."
I look at the clock. "I can be at Poodle Dog in about 20-25 minutes."
I got there before he did.
He looked it over - nodded approval and then says "You take 80 for it?"
I held out my right hand, palm up.
"Load 'er up!"
So... listed on ebay for $124.99, listed on Craigslist for $99, actual selling price $80 cash.
Still have five left - no bites.
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Miss the Pontiacs
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This one just sold lately by online auction in my area. Auction price $110 not including 31% for auction and tax fees, so about $144 CDN. But did include some contents.
How did you happen to have so many boxes in your possession?
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four.cycle
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I am asking myself the same question every time I walk into the living room, where they are stacked up *** deep to a giraffe.
I guess it just seemed like a good idea at the time.
Most of them were "package deals" where I got the box full of contents. Only a couple were empty when I bought them.