Vintage Two-Drawer Craftsman Toolbox Restoration
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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I found this 33 year old Craftsman toolbox at a yard sale, and felt like it would be a good first project so I can store my future restored tools. It turned out to be a much bigger project than I had anticipated, but I am still happy with the outcome. I learned a lot of things, and plan to expand my capabilities soon with things like a sandblaster and a belt sander to make projects easier and faster. Yes, it ended up blue instead of red. Some of my restorations will be an attempt at restoring to original condition, and others will be more like this where I restore it to good working condition with my own customization.
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I’ve got that same toolbox. I’ve had it it for 30 years and it needs a light restoration. Thanks for inspiring me!
I love this video so much because it's the only video that showed how to remove the drawers from this type of friction slides. I've been looking everywhere and only your video was helpful so thank you so much!
Thanks for saving a classic American Made Craftsman Toolbox . This will encourage others to clean and restore theirs as well. Job well done.
Currently restoring one my dad got years and years ago in a barn fire! They’re still amazing.
Im going to do two of them soon
Just did a few of these myself and they turned out great, it was very satisfying.
Just a tip for removing the drawers + slides without having to push the tabs in and potentially loosen/damage the slides. I started doing the same thing but now realize it was longer and harder
- To remove any of these style drawers just take a hacksaw blade, heat it up about an inch from the end and create a bend at about a 45° angle
- Open the drawer you wish to remove all the way, and push it back in about a half inch so you have enough room to slide the hacksaw between the hitting drawer tab + slide tab
- push your new drawer slide tool in with the bend facing the wall (away from the drawer) until you see it pass the tab for the hole
- pull the slide - it'll force the tab right up and over the blade freeing the slide (keep the slide in the drawer a little bit for support)
- repeat other side
- do the same thing but in between the slides and box itself to remove the slides
To make the tool takes about 25 seconds, and once you have it made you can remove a drawer or slide in 2-3 seconds and leave the tabs factory positioning not bending them over and over
Repeat to
Oh and I use a paintbrush and apply Johnsons paste wax to the slides for lubrication - it helps a lot. Be careful of what lube you use, avoid using grease especially as it will gunk up with all the dirt and grime quickly
Just what I was looking for. No BS,straight to the job.
Sick Vid as I just bought one of these at the Good Will for $15 bucks and no dings or dents and drawers work awesome. No missing parts and the sticker threw me off, as I thought it may be a fake Craftsman box. Watched your vid and as soon as I saw the manufacturer date, I checked mine and mines real, stamped 10-91, Thank You 😎👊
Same here $15
The girl's got SKILLS!!
Was that a girl?
Haha! Initially I was thinking hmm looks OK. Good enough for rock and roll. Then you tired to open that drawer! And I was like... Yep restoration time!
I love the fact you use tinner rivets instead of pop. Looks so much better.
I got a hold of a 1950s 16 drawer craftsman box found your vid looking for restoration vids for it. Thank you great video.
My Daddy just passed down his Sears Craftsman Tool Box he used when he was Maintenance at Frito Lay,yes on the tag it says Sears Craftsman!! It has wear+tear on it on the outside+inside the draws. Also has a pull up lid on the bottom. He said I should repaint it but I'm not. Those scratches are from my Daddy's hard work+it's a badge of honor!! Wouldn't trade it for a Million Dollars!!!❤
That was fun to watch but once you started spraying blue I was like, why are you turning this into a $50 Kobalt box? Oh well, still enjoyed it.
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Sears did offer a number of boxes in blue. However, since this one started life in red, I’d prefer to go back to the original color, but that’s just me.
She bought it, she did all of the work; her call. As has been said: “When you start paying my bills, you can start telling me how to live”.
This is one of my favorite tool box restorations
Just got the 3 drawer model of this from my Mother in law, Im not going for a full restoration since I dont own alot of the gear to do so, but thanks for posting because now there are a few things I can do to make sure it gets a bit of restoration.
Nice job, I use the rust remover as well saves soo much time. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job. I'm going to have to try that rust remover, I've always used vinegar cause it's cheap.
Vinegar does work!
Nice job! I actually have a 3 drawer craftsman top chest a little bigger than your box from the early 2000's that came in blue from the factory - a restoration is whatever you want it to be, great color choice if you ask me.
Excellent Job! HTR should be proud of inspiring you!
Im doing a grey model like yours now .you did a terrific job.
Good job on the old toolbox. I would like to encourage you to look into an actual pneumatic spray gun. A decent one won't cost too much and with a little practice you would be very pleased with the finish. Your choices of colors and textures would be endless. You could also investigate powder coating. That can be done at home with an oven for things that would fit inside one. Either one will give you more of a factory finish that you might like better than a spray can. Just a thought. Also I liked the fact that you didn't add some obnoxious music to your video. So many people do it and it ruins the whole thing in my opinion. Great job!
Nice. I have a 3-drawer and 4-drawer that I'm considering work on. I was wondering about how to best removed the rivets for the latches and handles. Good idea on those. =)
Drill them out. Easily done.
Hope to see more in the future!
I have this same toolbox..Mine looks like this one before the restore. Nice video.
Very skillful - both the process and the video production.
Keep these videos coming. It's much more enjoyable to watch your videos
Nice job. And the blue is good looking as well. Look into a rubber, plastic or wooden mallet for certain assembly work.
Yeah, thought the same. Cringed me out with the hammer but he got it for 5 bucks. Not much to lose.
Nice job. I have a Lumidor tool box to restore. You' ve given me inspiration to video the process!
That was fun to watch, well done!
Forgot your guide coat when you were blocking the primer. Cross hatch partern. Lmao. Good job on this one. Looks great.
Wonderful! I hope you're planning to restore your vise, too. It looks great as is, but it's a little bit rusty
Thanks! Yes I plan on restoring the vise, but I'll probably do a few quicker restorations of some hand tools first since the vise may take me a month or two with my schedule.
@@alexvstools oh, and I have this same Craftsman toolbox in blue. I like your color choice.
@@firebird8600 does yours have black drawers or blue drawers? As far as I can tell, the ones that came blue from the factory had blue drawers, so mine isn't even technically accurate to those. I like the black ones with the blue though.
That's definitely one way to do it.
I don’t understand why the grinding wheel when drilling the handle rivets would have been quicker and not potentially damaging the box and lid.
Thanks for restoring it
I'll give ya 5 bucks for it
Amazing work
Exelent. SALUDOS DESDE PUERTO RICO. 👍👍👍👍
Came out nice
Very nice restoration.
What is the metal bar in the back called. It keeps the other drawers from opening without the top opening first. I have a Craftsman tool chest that has one that is broken and need the part
Awesome restoration of a Craftsman tool box, I had one of 3 drawers somebody stole the toolbox right from the house it even had tools in it🙄🙄🙄🤯🤯🤯😤😤😤😤
Hi 👋 👋👋 very good restoration toolbox 👍👍👍
Amazing job!
Nice in working on one too
It looked better in red!
Very cool! Awesome job
Very nice!👍👍
Nice. I applaud the fact you used real rivets instead of the those stinkin' pop rivets. However you should have used round head hollow rivets and the tool to do the job. It would have been easier than pounding those brass rivets. But overall a nice job.
Looks good lovely job
Ive always used white vinegar for rust. And it works really good. But not near as good as that stuff did. Damn that came out clean.
Perfect
What kind of rivets did you use to place back the handles and latch locks? Looking forward to restore some old tool boxes but don't like the look of pop rivets.
Cool!! From Jack
I dont think young folks understand, before this boxstore interweb era, there were only a few ways to aquire decent tools. Sears, auto parts, hardware store or off a tooltruck.
Oh god, shut up boomer. “Young people don’t understand” fuck at least we know how to download an email attachment you dinosaur.
Montgomery Wards and Western Auto had decent tools.
Looks better in blue
Saw your post on FB, HTR. Subscribed! We'll done!
Sweet 👍🏼👍🏼
Great first restore. Looking forward to more.
Very nice!
I have a 3 drawer just like this. Each drawer is loose on it's track and trying to decide if I need to source new drawer slides if they even exist.
Awesome turn out! Think of doing something similar. What did you use to eat away the rust on the latches?
WD40 makes a rust soak that works really well. It's very similar to Evaporust.
Nice job mame
you dont want to use just filler primer for bare metal. use a thin coat of etch primer first
What rust remover did you use??
Any more restoration videos?
Great job buddy i like 👍
mine didn't turn out like this. i have an old abused waterloo 2 drawer. it had a seized hinge, tore metal where the hinge was seized up and not a straight line on it. had to free up the hinge with oil, determination and a hammer. weld up the tears by the hinge, not easy on that thin stuff. then beat it out straight with a piece of 2x2 and a hammer. didn't prep it like that but painted it up. truned out ok considering where it started. last one i brought back had the bottom rotted out and a frozen hinge and a bent lid. turned out ugly but i only wanted something to throw chains in. i got a piece on tin from an old stereo and welded it in lol. then went around on the what was left on the sides and riveted it down to keep the from bend up, was too thin to weld. it'll not hold moisture anymore, that's for sure lol. it might help ya, nothing wrong with what ya done but a drill will make quick work of those rivets if you can get it in there. the slides, i would have brushed off and greased. it made a big difference on mine. i do like how you peened the hardware on. i've always just used pop rivets. if i ever get a hold of one i care about, i'll prolly do that.
Where do you dispose the dirty rust remover?
nice work
I’m going to do one patina steam punk with Penetrol
What size was the brass rivets?
where did you get the Craftsmen logo
Looks like someone custom made it on a vinyl cutter like a cricut.
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Well done. Where did you get the new Craftsman label?
More than likely made on a Cricut machine or similar
Unfortunately I don't have the tools to make these. I found it on Amazon, but I think it was taken down a few weeks later for copyright issues.
There are videos on how to make decals. That's all this one was.
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Two questions: Why did you wait to do dent removal until after you’d painted the whole thing? You removed the drawer locking mechanism at the back of the box, cleaned it up and then reinstalled it but didn’t attach the lifting mechanism to the top lid; why? The way that was done didn’t provide a way to secure those bottom two drawers.
That wasn't dent removal. I was hammering the new brass rivets to hold on the hardware. Also, I did attach the mechanism to the lid, but must not have included footage of it. Apologies for that.
I have the exact same tool box. I got it using facebook marketplace for $15 but it was full of old tools. Restored the tools but the toolbox itself seems it will take awhile. How long did it take you to restore the box? roughly two days or more?
If I could've streamlined my efforts, I probably could have done it over a weekend. Instead, it took me an hour or two a day for like 2 weeks.
Everything is a hammer. Unless it’s a screwdriver, then it’s a chisel or a punch
Seems like it's time to invest in a sand blaster.
How many hours was that? 4?
How much u get it for ?
Subed bro
Very nice presentation- but Dude- blue? Red on that box was a natural or gray. Like the show!!
good job, but the time you put in prep and prime , you should have put that much into the paint, maybe a light sanding and and one more coat would have had better result, but who am I? probably the guy that sold it and mistreated it.
Need to wet sand paint then clear coat
have you tried electrolysis yet?
What's with the fingernail paint?
Should have used the stripper on your nails. JK
Yeah, it's a little embarrassing how chipped they are, but between working at the shipyards and restoring tools in my shop, it's difficult to keep a nice looking manicure. I'll try to have better looking nails in future videos.
I was just kidding I understand. Please don't take affence. The box turned out great the blue is way nicer than the red.
Great video! But do not forget to cut you nails!!
Your nails... 😱
Yeah, they get all chipped and nasty when I'm working. The struggle of wanting to look pretty while also wanting to do awesome hobbies! 😄
Nice job…..but I would have wanted it red…….just because, well, just because……….
13:36 what size rivets did you use?