I've enjoyed learning much about my new tool chest here, thank you! It has greatly enhanced my enjoyment of my new tool chest!
I was very fortunate to find a 14-Drawer O82 Style only 40 minutes from my house, at a very attractive price. I would put it at 95% condition. It has mild scratches and stains, but looks very clean and fresh. The felt is in 99% condition, truly amazing. IT has the sewn pockets in the headliner as I've seen in a similar model here. Both locks work fine and I was able to get keys here. I removed the tacks on the bottom and replaced with the plastic feet, somewhat out of necessity to avoid damaging other furniture, etc. I also picked up nickel backplates for all the knobs, but now having learned the age, relative rarity and condition I am going to forgo those to keep it absolutely stock.
The one area that needed some attention were the front lid pins. They were bent on both sides. Something I imagine isn't a rare occurrence given how attractive it is to use the lid fully extended as a table. I imagine I'll craft some sort of 'blocks' to provide level support when doing the same.
Here's my concern, I appreciate y'alls insight. The new pins in the kit I got from the spare parts store here are quite a bit shorter than the pins I withdrew from the lid on my chest. The new pins are actually shorter than the hole is deep, the difference is that much.
When putting the lid back in place, it is inevitable that the pins get pushed in further. So, they don't maintain the depth into the cabinet grooves they should for full support -and- they can get pushed in so far that it takes needle nose pliers to retrieve them, and they could even go fully inside the hole.
I wonder if the size changed at some time? I suspect it would be simple enough to cut a small dowel to size and put it in the hole, but would that be prudent? Or perhaps Scott has some longer pins around for just this purpose?
Thanks for your advice and the wealth of your knowledge and experience!
And here's the O82 as it was when I brought it home. I consider myself quite fortunate.
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