From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-08-12 21:45, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
   > On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:33:44 -0400, Frank <"frank "@frank.net> wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/12/2025 6:21 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   >>> On 08/11/2025 23:03, Carol wrote:   
   >>>> When this group was usable for it's intended purpose.  Sadly, I believe   
   >>>> that time has passed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Recently something came up where 20 years ago I would have posted for   
   >>>> advice but this time, having deleted 6 months of traffic as it was all   
   >>>> political spam of no use to anyone here, well didn't bother.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Our daughter just moved into her first apartment.  I would have asked   
   >>>> for a recommended tool box and ingredients matching today's common   
   >>>> needs.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I think we did well and Daddy got a little bit too tool happy and   
   >>>> passed on more than she needs (grin).   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> That was a good opportunity for me to buy new tools for myself and pass   
   >>> on my used ones to my kids.   
   >>   
   >> Reminds me I still have several old tools from Dad.   
   >> This is still usable and may be an antique   
   >> https://imgur.com/a/nvWVuO7   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >    As kids,   we ruined many of my Dad's  tools  -  sadly  -   
   > - some of which were certainly   _his_  Dad's  ..  :-(   
   >    ..  a large carpenters chest / trunk  that would have   
   > taken 2 strong men to move,  if it had much  in it.   
   >    I've seen similar ones over-the-years  -  for some reason   
   > they're black  on the outside ;  natural wood colour inside   
   > with custom holders inside the lid for saws and framing square ;   
   >   a  half-tray  or  2  half-trays  for organizing smaller tools like   
   > chisels and planes and plumb bobs and chalk lines ;   
   > bigger open space in the bottom for clamps and whatever else  ..   
   >    The wooden screw clamps would be nice to have kept  -   
   > not for any special value  -  but as a keep-sake.   
   >   I also remember the nail-puller  -  a tool un-changed to this day !   
   >   ...   I'll remember more,  once the whiskey  kicks in  ..   
      
   Exactly, I have a chest like that, not that heavy or big. One tray   
   inside. My granddad worked in the ship building industry, but metal, not   
   wood. He was British. He must have purchased that chest for "pleasure",   
   not for the job. The tools are beautiful. It has a paper booklet or   
   something with some photos. I don't have it here to post a photo.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
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