What Did You Buy Today?

[woodchucker]

this little brown tab:
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was blocking this spring. I heated and hammered an small irrigation screwdrivver to be long and thin enough to press the springs down as I pulled ea side of ea drawer out a little. took a freaking hour.View attachment 493120

yours are easier to remove than you think. You either use an old feeler gauge , or strip of metal, stick it in before the little tab, and get one end on the spring steel.. or a thin screw driver. I have gotten those out , not too bad at all.

 

[yota]

I know the pics above are after I took them out.

 

[woodchucker]

A friend told me Wednesday to keep an eye out for baseball cards which he collects. I know nothing about them. Was cleaning off a shelf and found a Bugs Bunny lunchbox. I remember buying it, but not the 250 baseball cards inside.

perfect timing.

 

[ChazzC]

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Looks like you should be able to tip the front of the drawer up so the back clears the tab; there should be a slot in the top of the slide mechanism that will allow the drawer to tilt when things are lined up. Alternatively, bend the tab up and then bend back down when the drawer is back in.

Having to bend something isn't unusual: Craftsman drawers have a tab behind the side rail that you have to bend in to get the drawer out; then you bend it back in so it will stop after you re-install the drawer:

 

[Larry$]

Having to bend something isn't unusual: Craftsman drawers have a tab behind the side rail that you have to bend in to get the drawer out; then you bend it back in so it will stop after you re-install the drawer:

Cheap dumb a$$ solution!

 

[ChazzC]

I hate white lithium grease. got to be something better.

I use Super Lube Grease:


Not as messy as White Lithium.

EDIT: Knowing this Group, perhaps I should clarify “for my shop & machine needs.”

 

[ChazzC]

Cheap dumb a$$ solution!

What makes less sense is that they use a style similar to Kennedy on their Mechanics Toolboxes:

 

[woodchucker]

Looks like you should be able to tip the front of the drawer up so the back clears the tab; there should be a slot in the top of the slide mechanism that will allow the drawer to tilt when things are lined up. Alternatively, bend the tab up and then bend back down when the drawer is back in.

Having to bend something isn't unusual: Craftsman drawers have a tab behind the side rail that you have to bend in to get the drawer out; then you bend it back in so it will stop after you re-install the drawer:

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Yea no. I tried that already.tipping bending just not a lot of room or leverage

 

[Larry$]

I use Super Lube Grease:

That's good stuff... But, I think it contains silicone, so be careful not to get it any place you may want to paint as it is almost impossible to get rid of the silicone and it will cause fisheyes or release the paint.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

I use Super Lube Grease:

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Not as messy as White Lithium.

I love that stuff...