Machinist's tool chest

[pstemari]

Hide glue isn't "special" so much as it is traditional, but it's very friendly to reworking. However, you have to melt it and it's rather fragrant.

I've used pressure-sensitive felt from McMaster for a protractor case, seemed to work fine. Wally-world stuff probably had some sort of nasty adhesive on it. I think the McMaster felt was wool, but the stuff Gerstner sells is 100% acrylic.

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[P. Waller]

Your tool box has to be either brown or wood,
Otherwise you are just a mechanic, not a "machinist"

 

[Nogoingback]

Your tool box has to be either brown or wood,
Otherwise you are just a mechanic, not a "machinist"

Or, you would rather spend your money on tools, not on tool boxes.

 

[pstemari]

Actually, Gerstner made black leatherette-covered chests for years. You can still get the material from them for restoring old chests, every though they haven't sold new ones in leatherette in decades.

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[derf]

I remember my first Kennedy machinist box, a graduation gift from my aunt. She was a line worker at Kennedy Manufacturing. At the time (1979) she got an employee discount, and her cost on the box was $27.00. She also got me other tool boxes and roller cabinets that were "seconds" at very discounted prices.

 

[bhigdog]

Hide glue is readily available as a liquid. I thin it a bit to glue the felt in the boxes I make from time to time. Gerstner sells felt ($$$$$$$), but I use quality pool table felt. Never a corrosion problem................Bob

 

[P. Waller]

Or, you would rather spend your money on tools, not on tool boxes.

It is a joke my friend, many here start threads about "machinists tool boxes" especially the wooden ones.
I have worked full time in the business for 30 years, I use whatever works for me, I have no preferences other then that.
Currently use this Husky box that has a good deal of small shallow drawers, a good bit more expensive then a home shop would like I suspect +$500.00 yet does what I need.

 

[Cadillac STS]

Gerstner boxes have felt in them. The bottoms of the drawers are made of galvanized steel right?

 

[mmcmdl]

Yep . Steel bottoms . I have a leather covered box dated 1937 .

 

[bhigdog]

Yes........ I use aluminum in mine. Easier to cut and a bit less weight..................Bob