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maxpower_hd Toolbox
November 29th, 2004 10:50 AM
Wanted: Old lower roll away box to match my top one. I have a ten drawer top box that was purchased new by my father back in the sixties. The box is grey with red drawers rather than red with grey. I would like to find a match to it in the New England area.
Joe Toolbox
November 29th, 2004 12:51 PM
I know exactly which one you want since I own it :). Paid $50 for it at an estate sale (top and bottom), restored it, sent in the photos to Sears, was published in 2002!!! :).

I then found a 1968 top version out for trash three blocks away. Hauled it into my '84 Oldsmobile Delta 88 (read: BIG TRUNK), and restored that too. I plan to send photos to the Craftsman club on it.

These show up on Ebay from time to time....
maxpower_hd Box
December 10th, 2004 10:51 AM
I just saw a pretty nice top box identical to mine on ebay. If it was the bottom box it would have been sold! I couldn't figure out how to paste the link so just cut and paste.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42363&item=4343205037&rd=1
Joe Box
December 11th, 2004 11:21 AM
Max:

I have that EXACT box from 1960. It's WELL made. I accidentally painted it all red when I "restified" it after getting it it from a yard sale. It was in dirty, terrible shape, but nothing some paint and sanding didn't take care of.

I paid $50 for the top and bottom unit (like what you want). That same setup is probably $250 from Sears today. I found a six drawer 1968 version of that box about a year later thrown out for trash.

I JUST missed another top and bottom set for free...lady gave it away before I got to her! :(.

I might be picking up a vintage scroll and table saw (both Sears) from a lady soon. Cross your fingers!
Joe Date stamp
January 20th, 2005 12:15 PM
On most Craftsman boxes, on the top chests, stamped in the left corner in the box is a month and year of manufacture (1-60, as an example) and usually Made in USA.

On the rollaways, it's stamped into the front frame.
Dave Thanks Joe
January 31st, 2005 09:33 AM
I found the date this weekend while I was working in the garage. It's from 1966.

Thanks
Joe Oldie Goldie!
January 31st, 2005 12:23 PM
Just like mine...another oldie goldie!

Aren't they well built?
Dave Toolbox
February 2nd, 2005 09:02 AM
They were definatley built much better in those days. They were obviously meant to last instead of replace. This one was used professionally until about 1976 when my Dad took a traveling job and needed portable cases. It was then used for home use until around 1991 when I bought my house. Now I use it almost daily in my garage where I work semi-professionally, part time.

I still can't find the matching bottom for sale anywhere. In fact I've only seen two and they were not for sale.

My bottom bax is a newer Craftsman (about 10 years old) and isn't buillt nearly as well. I have to keep fixing the drawers.
Joe They're out there
February 2nd, 2005 12:20 PM
They are out there, I have seen them on Ebay from time to time. It appears they made them up till the early 80's that way, and then swapped colors and they got a different logo.

The older ones were better. Even the logos were a nice chrome/pot metal like a car emblem was. They can be polished up nicely.

The '68 6 drawer I found was missing that logo and the drawers were jammed/would lock. Someone must have slammed the drawer into the lock rod, bending it. I just tweaked it with a screwdriver and walah, it now locks!

Whenever I find these tossed out (I have at times), I grab 'em!!!!
Adam Tossed out stuff
February 11th, 2005 04:36 PM
Tossed out stuff is great. Even destroyed stuff still yields spare parts.

I have a 14" Craftsman emerald green Jack Plane. With a King's-Crown (mid 60's to early 70's) logo sunken into the cap iron. I'd be using it now, but its blade is gone. I could put any old plane blade in. But, the Craftsman logo is also on the blade.

I'm patient. All I need to find is a cracked sole plane with a good iron and I'm set.
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