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[b]We got some rain today. It's a blessing, and I'd like to see more of it. Knowing that it was coming (or so we hoped), I hauled one of those "Rainy Day Projects" into the shop at O dark thirty this AM.....with assorted parts and pieces that might be instrumental in getting a good running start at the project. A lady friend of mine, (who's damned near as old as I) gave me this old derelict from an era long passed. Told me it belonged to her Grandfather, who served in WW1, as a Mechanic, and than came home and went to Machining, and following that muse. She tells me that he purchased this piece of enviably FINE cabinetry in the early 1920s, and that it travelled with him all over the West, through Fat, and Lean times.
.......certainly looks to have "been around", and has the distinctive REEK of West Texas and Oklahoma crude, after God only knows how many years in Az.,....still oozing out of it's Oaken pores, and beat up green felt corners.
Back before the days of Federal "Hold my bag, and I'll hold yours" nonsense,
......I'm talking about the days when a working man was RESPONSIBLE for his own safety and that of his team members,.....
The Lufkin Co thoughtfully provided a mirror for one to use when and if one was stupid enough to get a chip or particle in his eye. Rather than being rushed off to an opthomologist's office, and taking a month or 6 off, one was EXPECTED to fish the damned thing out of his own eye, and get back on the job.
I can only wonder and speculate, how many miles , down how many dusty and muddy trails, to how many boom towns this old box got hauled,.....to wear an almost PERFECT 2" Micrometer sized pattern into that old funky, dusty felt. Check out the stains in the upper corner,....."Prussian Blue" was part of the vernacular once,.....
I'm throwing a quick rebuild / patch up job at this artifact, and eliminating the gray plastic tackle box that appears off to the right. Lotsa' clamping, gluing, and wood butchering entailed. Trip to wally world in la Ma�ana,...to get some green (maybe RED) felt. I'm not "Restoring" this thing,....just putting it back to work.
..... I like, "The warmth of wood",.....like the smell of crude even BETTER.[b/] GTC
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Is that an old wood tool box? You said he dragged it around the oil fields. What was the old gentleman,s occupation? I really like those old things. I was blessed to be tasked with restoring an old desk. I found some cleverly hidden drawers that contained WWII correspondence and and some old stamps. The stamp drawer had a hidden latch that I found while cleaning the underside of the desk top. I'll give Homer Formby's Lemon Oil Treatment a big thumbs up, by the way.
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T'aint rubble
Thought: Treat the box like you would want to be treated under similar conditions.
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Is that an old wood tool box? You said he dragged it around the oil fields. What was the old gentleman,s occupation? I really like those old things. I was blessed to be tasked with restoring an old desk. I found some cleverly hidden drawers that contained WWII correspondence and and some old stamps. The stamp drawer had a hidden latch that I found while cleaning the underside of the desk top. I'll give Homer Formby's Lemon Oil Treatment a big thumbs up, by the way. I guess the old boy ran lathes, mills, shapers and presses, Bart. He probably had a handle on welding and joining metals, too. Than and again, this may just be something that Bristoe hocked, along the way. GTC
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T'aint rubble
Thought: Treat the box like you would want to be treated under similar conditions. No way,...I'm gonna' trash it. ....maybe play some punk rock whole so doing. GTC
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Very cool, indeed...if that box could talk, all the things it has seen. I was thinking about getting a Gerstner box for my reloading room, which desperately needs more organizing. I priced the new USA made models. I haven't bought one, yet
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Yup, it definitely has been to "the Front".
The drawers are really a bit shallow for hand loading gear.
They're mellow, easy on the eyes, and soothing, though.
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I got one of them. My dad bought it back in the '30s and I bought it from my mom.
Green felt-lined drawers which contain as many memories as tools.
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I'm thinking that when you replace the felt,red would be a damned fine upgrade.
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I tried to find Leopard skin patterned felt,....
no bloody luck.
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I tried to find Leopard skin patterned felt,....
no bloody luck.
GTC Ingwe has cornered the market.
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I've been planning on buying a Gerstner box for about 35 years, now,...but I can't make myself pay for one.
Those old oak(?) machinist chests are works of art.
Back in the day, it was a tradition to present the graduates of an apprenticeship with a Gerstner chest.
I work with some guys in their 70's who still have theirs and they're still in excellent condition.
They're something to be appreciated.
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I realize that your chest is a Lufkin,..but it's very close in style and construction to the Gerstner chests that are still being made. Gerstner sells the hardware for them at decent prices. The felt is a bit pricey, however. http://gerstnerusa.com/opencart/index.php?route=product/category&path=61
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I'm gonna' jazz Bart's Red Felt startle center tomorrow, and take a picture of my milling cutter box.
Something about wood and felt that agrees with polished steel and iron.
My little shop is getting the first "upgrade" it's EVER had, and that only on days where it's to chitty to work outside. Pretty amazing what one finds squirreled away in ones corners.
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I have one my dad made many moons ago, tomorrow when I get time I will have to take a pic and post it.
It looks similar to your design, thanks for posting it.
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I've been planning on buying a Gerstner box for about 35 years, now,...but I can't make myself pay for one.
Those old oak(?) machinist chests are works of art.
Back in the day, it was a tradition to present the graduates of an apprenticeship with a Gerstner chest.
I work with some guys in their 70's who still have theirs and they're still in excellent condition.
They're something to be appreciated. I've always wondered what the correct name is. Now I know. I always referred to it as a "machinist's tool chest", or "oak tool chest."
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Last I checked (and drooled a bit) Gerstner makes em' in Walnut, Red Oak, and Cherry Wood.
They have a "second line" that they sell through , and to other suppliers.
I think Grizzly carries that line, amongst others.
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Last I checked (and drooled a bit) Gerstner makes em' in Walnut, Red Oak, and Cherry Wood.
They have a "second line" that they sell through , and to other suppliers.
I think Grizzly carries that line, amongst others.
GTC Shoot, now I want one of each.
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