Recent content by Hack

Jeep won. I think... Happen at 0705 on the way to a hospital for a medical procedure. Wife was driving (it's her vehicle). I was purposely looking for deer along that stretch of road, but the one that got us, pretty much appeared out of nowhere. We were doing about 55mph at impact. I...

Finally got around to cosmetically restoring the 3 drawer + bay tool box I had picked up on MarketPlace a while back: I tried selling it, but no interest, so I was 'forced' to complete the resto. I had already done the drawers, and they were in pretty good condition, so I didn't need...

Started to 'thin the herd' and gifted my 12yr old grandson a tool box 'stack'. I had bought a 7 drawer + bay lower back in March, but it needed a bit of cosmetic work. Then I found one in much better condition. I ended up sandblasting all the rusty areas, spraying on rust converter, self-etch...

Also re-did/organized my office: I had a flooring company do the 3/4" oak floor. It's stained in 'gunstock' with multiple coats of polyurethane. They also did the stair treads and risers. I did all the baseboard/shoe moulding (over 600'), along with some detail trim around the staircase...

So.... I've been recovering from a nightmare flooring and staircase project:

Three days. That's what it took me to get all the petrified masking tape off the drawers and bay door. Before: After (drawers only): They came out remarkably well, considering the layers of tape that were on them. I found...

Well, it belongs to the guy's son, but he's helping to resto/mod it. Didn't ask permission to take pics. From what I got him to talk about, it's a 360/auto. The engine has 'a few mods'... The body, from what I could see was primo, paint is all new. The engine bay is way nicer than it was...

Oh boy. I really have a problem: Drove over an hour (each way), battling rush hour traffic for this beauty. Like a few of the other boxes I've acquired, this has a few previous owner mods. I'm sure there must have been a good reason to put all that masking tape on the front of the...

Your right about that, I used to haunt all the local Sears stores (including their Sears Hardware stores). Never saw a huge line up of all the different models. Still hunting for the last two in the series.

Done. 7 drawer + Bay lower, 3 drawer upper I got at the estate sale. Took me a couple of weeks to get it all cleaned up, liners cut, plywood 'floor' in the bay, and re-asssembled. Looks good sitting next to the other ultra clean one I got a while back. Also finished the 2 drawer: It's...

Name that Goo: Sort of looks like tomato skins, mixed in human skin. Yummy....

No. That's how clean this box is (once the red fuzzy stuff and glue is removed). Sort of remined me of skinning a small red haired rodent when scrapping off the goo... I'll be cutting some Olsa drawer liner, which is what I've used in all the other boxes: Tool Box Liner

I'm sure these seemed like a good idea at the time: Previous owner put red felt in all the drawers of the 7 + bay lower (and the 3 drawer upper). Great idea, I'll give him props for that. Unfortunately, he decided to take it a bit further, and glue the felt down. Oh, and not just a couple...

Hmmm.... I see seven or eight gray trash cans (on wheels no less). Are you going to therapy for that addiction too?