A guide to 20th century tool chests

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

I came across this website which gives great details of different makes of engineers tool chests and thought maybe it might be of interest to some of you

Machinists tool chests

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Some nice old boxes there. I never knew Starrett made their own. Finest Honduran mahogany too. Those were the days.

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

I thought you only needed a box to keep your computer in and an interface cable to a 3-D printer! Can't think what all those drawers would be needed for.

Bob

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

An interesting site but I think US focused, Neslein, M&W and Emir from the UK made some good chests. Gerstner seem to be the only survivor but some asian models are around, although the price is not unreasonable they rather lack the beautiful wood and workmanship of Gerstner.

Mike

[Tony Pratt 1Participant @tonypratt1]

Posted by Speedy Builder5 on 09/01/2023 14:23:14:

I thought you only needed a box to keep your computer in and an interface cable to a 3-D printer! Can't think what all those drawers would be needed for.

Bob

Where did that thought come from? 😉

Tony

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

A retired MD of a small engineering firm servicing the motor manufacturing industry (Yes that's three no-nos in a row today!) asked me if I wanted a tool chest he had.

When I went round there was a discussion as to whether it had been his father's or his father in law's and he and his wife went through all of the classic hand tools saying what they had been used for and even discovering some small parts – 'Oh – thats a so and so dipstick' etc/

They both enjoyed themselves and I was fascinated. By agreement I put those tools that I needed back into use and gave the remainder to a guy at the club who is setting up his first workshop.

A very generous action that has benefited both of us and a lovely experience for me and the donors!

Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 09/01/2023 17:24:33

[Bill Davies 2Participant @billdavies2]

My Moore and Wright gets a verbal mention, but no picture. The Americans certainly had some choice in manufacturer!

Bill

[colin branniganParticipant @colinbrannigan54160]

Bought my Moore & Wright box in 1966 for the sum of £13, that would have been around a months wages then but was allowed to pay it off at a few bob a week.

I still have it up in the attic but it had been sadly abused over the years along with my other two wooden boxes I gathered over the years.

Colin

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