Big B
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2009
- Location
- Michigan, USA
Hello,
I have a couple of Gerstner tool boxes that have problems. One is walnut and I got it new when I started my apprenticeship in 78. It is a larger box with two machinery handbook drawers, one on either side. The other one I just inherited from my dads estate and it is from the mid 50's when he started his apprenticeship and is the wider box with one machinery handbook drawer in the middle. It looks like mahogany to me.
A few years ago I took a look at dads box and the cover that folds up over the drawers is too tall to easily fit closed. Now mine is doing the same thing.
At first I suspected moisture because my dads box had been in his basement for years but mine has been reasonably dry in my shop and now with the heat going in the shop it is pretty dry but still having the same problem. Both of these boxes were in the same climate controlled shop during our working year. Dad retired in 87 and I retired in 06. Never had any problems with either one while they were in the plant.
Is this something ghat is common and if so what is the best way to deal with it?
It seems unlikely that I would be the only one to have this problem.
I have a couple of Gerstner tool boxes that have problems. One is walnut and I got it new when I started my apprenticeship in 78. It is a larger box with two machinery handbook drawers, one on either side. The other one I just inherited from my dads estate and it is from the mid 50's when he started his apprenticeship and is the wider box with one machinery handbook drawer in the middle. It looks like mahogany to me.
A few years ago I took a look at dads box and the cover that folds up over the drawers is too tall to easily fit closed. Now mine is doing the same thing.
At first I suspected moisture because my dads box had been in his basement for years but mine has been reasonably dry in my shop and now with the heat going in the shop it is pretty dry but still having the same problem. Both of these boxes were in the same climate controlled shop during our working year. Dad retired in 87 and I retired in 06. Never had any problems with either one while they were in the plant.
Is this something ghat is common and if so what is the best way to deal with it?
It seems unlikely that I would be the only one to have this problem.