Business/Estate Sale Haul and Vintage Craftsman Toolbox Resto
Well I lucked across a business estate sale in Denton, Tx a few days ago and made a haul for $60. $60 bucks bought me 3 vintage gas push
edgers, 2 large boxes of dates vintage tools, 2 toolboxes and an ancient Homelite seedeater. One of the edgers is a whipper snapper made in Bonham, Tx which is not far from where I live! I plan on getting all the edgers going and sell two of them. The chainsaw is a keeper and the tools have already been sorted in the keep and scrap piles. The two toolboxes were thrown in the deal for free. I like the Craftsman box and have started resto work on it. I am taking it down to bare metal to get a clean surface for a repaint. This old box is rusty crusty! I am using a wire wheel on a drill to work the surface over and have managed to dolly out the large dents. I am not going to spend too much time on the dolly work as I am not working on an exotic car. :) The box would not even shut when I got it....I have the lines of the box meeting again and now she opens and shuts with no problem. I will be sure and post more pictures as I move along. I am only working in the mornings in the garage now as the Texas heat is just too much to bear. During winter I plan on insulating the attic above the garage and installing an AC unit through the wall...that should cool things off! In the meantime..Enjoy!
edgers, 2 large boxes of dates vintage tools, 2 toolboxes and an ancient Homelite seedeater. One of the edgers is a whipper snapper made in Bonham, Tx which is not far from where I live! I plan on getting all the edgers going and sell two of them. The chainsaw is a keeper and the tools have already been sorted in the keep and scrap piles. The two toolboxes were thrown in the deal for free. I like the Craftsman box and have started resto work on it. I am taking it down to bare metal to get a clean surface for a repaint. This old box is rusty crusty! I am using a wire wheel on a drill to work the surface over and have managed to dolly out the large dents. I am not going to spend too much time on the dolly work as I am not working on an exotic car. :) The box would not even shut when I got it....I have the lines of the box meeting again and now she opens and shuts with no problem. I will be sure and post more pictures as I move along. I am only working in the mornings in the garage now as the Texas heat is just too much to bear. During winter I plan on insulating the attic above the garage and installing an AC unit through the wall...that should cool things off! In the meantime..Enjoy!
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