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well,
i can't say i'm in the class with Old Machinist, or Charley Davidson, or Bill, or Old Iron or others that have lots of tools but i'm gaining.....:rofl:
I'm not sure how long ago, but a machinist had met the Grand Machine Maker in the Sky...
a nice lady placed an add on CL for a tool box with a mystery drawer.:thinking:
no other description was given.
I called the number listed and received an answering machine, i left a brief but interested message.
She called right back and we set a time for me to come take a look., i was on time and she was waiting.
she pointed out the box and said the bottom sliding drawer was stuck closed as has been for some time.
i opened the top drawer and found nothing but endmills, these are sample pics much of the tooling is still in boxes...
2nd drawer had nothing but taps, reamers, drill bits.
i was amazed by how much carbide and cobalt tooling was visible.
she asked if $75 was acceptable, i nearly dislocated my thumb trying to get into my pocket for the money!!!!"jawdrop:
i hadn't yet seen the mystery drawer...
i unloaded the box drawers and slid the box on it's back into my pick up.
i got it home and it's been sitting for a month or so.
i just got around to sorting out some of the stuff
hew:
there is all kinds of quality tooling in here!!
the broken drawer wasn't really broken, the handle was just missing. she didn't know you just have to have the bottom cover up in order to open the drawers. the mystery drawer just had a few end mills and drill bits and a hand planer for wood and a carpenters level .
Thanks for reading!
mike)
i can't say i'm in the class with Old Machinist, or Charley Davidson, or Bill, or Old Iron or others that have lots of tools but i'm gaining.....:rofl:
I'm not sure how long ago, but a machinist had met the Grand Machine Maker in the Sky...
a nice lady placed an add on CL for a tool box with a mystery drawer.:thinking:
no other description was given.
I called the number listed and received an answering machine, i left a brief but interested message.
She called right back and we set a time for me to come take a look., i was on time and she was waiting.
she pointed out the box and said the bottom sliding drawer was stuck closed as has been for some time.
i opened the top drawer and found nothing but endmills, these are sample pics much of the tooling is still in boxes...
2nd drawer had nothing but taps, reamers, drill bits.
i was amazed by how much carbide and cobalt tooling was visible.
she asked if $75 was acceptable, i nearly dislocated my thumb trying to get into my pocket for the money!!!!"jawdrop:
i hadn't yet seen the mystery drawer...
i unloaded the box drawers and slid the box on it's back into my pick up.
i got it home and it's been sitting for a month or so.
i just got around to sorting out some of the stuff
hew:there is all kinds of quality tooling in here!!
the broken drawer wasn't really broken, the handle was just missing. she didn't know you just have to have the bottom cover up in order to open the drawers. the mystery drawer just had a few end mills and drill bits and a hand planer for wood and a carpenters level .
Thanks for reading!
mike
) 
