Moretti

 

Sunday, December 1, 2024 - Long Beach Swap Meet - Felt for machinist tool box drawer lining

 

Mercedes W196

 

Saturday, November 23, 2024 - MG Swap Meet -- small thumb clamp

 

Ferrari Factory

2024 LA Auto Show - 18

This door lock lever, when in the unlock position, pokes your hand whenever you use the door release lever to open the door.
Incredibly bad design...

 

Veteran Cars

 

Saturday, November 16, 2024 -- Anderson Plywood Tool Swap Meet - Old Machinist's Tool Chest

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.

This style of handle appears to be from around WWII.

when it was reskinned, it looks like several extra reinforcing straps were added for stability of the sheetmetal skin.

This IAM sticker appears to be very old.

Drawer bottoms are tin.

These pins push down on a sprung tin in the box that locks the front lid.

Lid pin (not fully closed)

With lid fully closed, the pin in the box goes down to lock into the front lid.

The metal cover over the box is lead soldered together on the front lid.

International Association of Machinists.
IAM was established in 1890.

The handle has deteriorated.