It's way beyond me but the boxes are going for what to me are ridiculous prices, combos north of 1k. I have an old oak Gerstner with two bottoms and I prefer the metal Kennedy box.I might go $250. for the box........They can keep the tools.
I use one a bit smaller in my gun room that was my Grandfathers when he was a machinist for Esso/Exxon Oil. It's a very cool piece......
There's a few on ebay. I've been retired for twelve years, have been unloading tools instead of buying them. Old Kennedy metal machinist chests are less than a hundred bucks.
Maybe $3,800.00 is in a drawer under the parts !I don't know about the rest of the country but here in the mid-atlantic, east coast region, people can't GIVE machinist tools or even machine tools away. The old guy dies, the stuff sits and either goes to the scrap yard or in the dumpster when the house gets cleaned out. Yeah, I'm talking old South Bends, Gerstner boxes, Kennedy boxes, micrometers, and the whole gamut of machinist & tool and die tools.
CNC, AI, global trade and outsourcing have reduced the need for T&D and machinists. In my circle of
ex co-workers, we call ourselves dinosaurs.
End of editorial.
A side note, I messaged the ebay seller. Told him he might get 1k for the boxes but the rest of the stuff wasn't in demand (junk). He replied he thought he'd get more than his opening bid of $3950. Just SMH.
That's an insult. Those rusty antique screwdrivers are worth that.
The Savage accutriggers and bolt handles are icing on the cake.That's an insult. Those rusty antique screwdrivers are worth that.
