On some boxes the glides were matched to drawer height.

The drawer glides and casters were different for professional boxes. Great tools, but confusing identification of products. But some of them got sold out of trucks as quick special items. They would have a catalog number if they made the catalog. Or 7 drawer mechanic's base professional. One thing I would do is search-out a Mac Tools user forum.īack in those days, the boxes were often just identified by base or top, number of drawers, and sometimes by industry, and sometimes by quality level. If I'm remembering something wrong I hope someone sets the record straight!īoth sides of the replacement drawer glides need to clear, plus the drawer suspension height has to be exact. Sort out the casters before loading the box. I think the automotive shop boxes had bigger (transport) casters. I think I remember seeing those style boxes in factory maintenance shops where they did not get moved very far. One of the younger guys might remember better. I think it might have been in that era when Mac also made a couple other brands or maybe got bought, and some parts were shared between brands (different color paint). Unless you don't intend to stock very much weight in the drawers. Those style boxes were not known for having great drawer glides. With the tumbler out you should see the locking rod and might follow it to be sure if you need any of those parts in order to make it lock. If it were me, I would remove the tumbler (retainer clip underneath behind the box face) and take it to a locksmith. These days who knows if they will take the time. You can contact Mac Tools and send those pictures and suggest it's likely a 1970-1980 era box and you want to find parts.

I mention it because some bottom roll-away boxes were stamped on the bottom. Some had sheet metal in the frame so it's a solid dolly and not an open frame dolly. That box might have a dolly-frame under it, a square frame with the four casters bolted into it, and the box sat on and was bolted to that frame. My bet is the back of the box was black-ink-stamped with the model info. Maybe by the 1990's the drawer handles were integrated into the sheet metal (no longer a separate thing). Later in 1970's the drawer handles were still blind but were cast with Mac in them, which is what your box has. Early 1970's they went with blind holes meaning just screws from the inside of the drawer. Into the 1960's they were fastened with nuts and bolts. Those mechanic's roll-away boxes can be roughly dated by the drawer handles.

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