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| An old wooden machinist's chest. Not a Gerstner. Might be a Union or other brand. There's no markings on the chest. It looks like someone skinned the chest in thin sheetmetal. |
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| This style of handle appears to be from around WWII. |
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| when it was reskinned, it looks like several extra reinforcing straps were added for stability of the sheetmetal skin. |
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| This IAM sticker appears to be very old. |
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| Drawer bottoms are tin. |
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| These pins push down on a sprung tin in the box that locks the front lid. |
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| Lid pin (not fully closed) |
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| With lid fully closed, the pin in the box goes down to lock into the front lid. |
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| The metal cover over the box is lead soldered together on the front lid. |
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| International Association of Machinists. IAM was established in 1890. |
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| The handle has deteriorated. |
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