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Offline slip knot

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2023, 07:50:07 PM »
Really nice work Bman.  :bravo_2:
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #31 on: February 12, 2023, 09:00:43 PM »
Thanks to John K for gifting the boxes to me.

The smaller one will be holding my S-K metric deep sockets as I find them, and the larger box will hold my overflow ratchets
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Offline john k

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #32 on: February 12, 2023, 11:48:03 PM »
I think they look great, you put more time into them than I would have invested.  Now,  I have a Snap-On carry box, big and rusty,  naw , the shipping would be too dear.  Too many tools not enough time.
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Offline fatfillup

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #33 on: February 17, 2023, 10:56:17 AM »
Turned out real nice

Now put them to work :))
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Offline Uncle Buck

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #34 on: February 18, 2023, 10:23:22 PM »
Those boxes turned out beautiful!
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #35 on: February 19, 2023, 08:52:42 AM »
Thanks, guys. And UB, the new larger box will probably go right next to the blue SK you gifted me some years ago that I saved. That one is still pulling guard duty!  :)
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Offline jeffmoss26

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #36 on: February 19, 2023, 05:57:27 PM »
wow, looks great!
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Offline john k

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #37 on: February 20, 2023, 11:40:11 PM »
Real nice,
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Offline Uncle Buck

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #38 on: February 21, 2023, 07:07:50 AM »
Fantastic restoration!  :bravo_2:
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Offline john k

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #39 on: February 21, 2023, 10:05:25 PM »
The dark red box might be a candidate for a bead blaster.  The blue on that shiny one looks spot on.  Good work there. 
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #40 on: February 22, 2023, 07:53:49 AM »
Quote from: john k on February 21, 2023, 10:05:25 PM
The dark red box might be a candidate for a bead blaster.  The blue on that shiny one looks spot on.  Good work there.

The rusty box was done by hand - no sand blaster was used. And it took some structural repair before the paint, and is functional, though no beauty queen. Probably the second toughest box restoration I've done.
And it has served me well, being my only 1/2" socket box until I received your box, John.

I do like the speed handle holder built into the lid.
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Offline hickory n Steel

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #41 on: February 22, 2023, 03:01:46 PM »
I admire your patience and commitment to rehabbing these old boxes, most people would have just tossed that rusted through box.
I just don't have it in me, the one time I did a decent job was because I forgot about it and the paint had enty of time to cure.
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: S-K socket box restoration
« Reply #42 on: February 22, 2023, 04:50:24 PM »
Quote from: hickory n Steel on February 22, 2023, 03:01:46 PM
I admire your patience and commitment to rehabbing these old boxes, most people would have just tossed that rusted through box.
I just don't have it in me, the one time I did a decent job was because I forgot about it and the paint had enty of time to cure.

Normally I wouldn't have taken that project on, but I saw the old S-K label, and knew it was an oldie. Worth saving.
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