Even if we could convince the company to make slot boxes of equal quality and perhaps a little lighter weight, almost none of us would be able to afford one!
Dreaming of a Gerstner & Sons slot box
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, May 09 2016 02:32 PM
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 02:32 PM
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Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 03:00 PM
Awwww... they wouldn't be all that expensive. Heck, I bought a tool chest like that from Harbor Freight for $69 and it was made just like that... egggzackly.
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 03:04 PM
Well, Jim, I admit that there are knock-offs, some of them quite close.
But I've seen many Gerstner chests over the years and their quality is off the charts. Set a real one beside a knock-off and compare. Take a close look at the quality of the wood the guy's selecting in the early seconds of the video.
These are considered the Rolls-Royce of tool chests.
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Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 03:08 PM
Great video for the Rolls-Royce of tool boxes.
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 03:12 PM
Chinese oak is never the same as good old AMERICAN oak.
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 03:45 PM
These boxes are prized possessions to tool and die makers. I wish I still had my Grandfather's box from the '30s.
I still use a small cherry box from 1977. Proud to say they are made here in my home town of Dayton, OH.
I still use a small cherry box from 1977. Proud to say they are made here in my home town of Dayton, OH.
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 04:50 PM
I have a Mike Shepard box and it's every bit as beautiful as these 
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 05:00 PM
Proud to say they are made here in my home town of Dayton, OH.
Mine were made right here in my home town of Oxford, OH. 
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 07:35 PM
That Gerstner box in the video is probably over $2,000.!! Beautiful work, but you certainly have to pay for it, too! Love to have one, just not going to! 
She's real fine, my 409!!!
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Posted 09 May 2016 - 07:42 PM
Gerstner has moved much of its production to Asia....
I have a real 'mercian chest sitting around. Has some pretty cool slot stuff in it...
Have you checked out the cabinets they offer? I knew a shop owner that had one. Many of the members of this board would have loved to have that cabinet and what was in it.
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Posted 10 May 2016 - 10:19 AM
Mine was nearly $400 back in 1982.
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 01:11 PM
Gerstner has moved much of its production to Asia....
I spotted a Gerstner tool chest at Chuck Gambo's house, last night.
He was quick to point out it was a knock-off (more accurately, made outside the USA).
Note the plate identifying it as Gerstner International.
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 02:07 PM
OK so mine is filled and dug deep in my workspace so I won't be tipping it over or anything, but how do you tell:
1) If it's MIC
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2) it's a knock-off.
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 02:14 PM
Maybe I answered my own question after a quick visual review on eBay.
Mine does not have the riveted tag on the front and the hardware is not marked.
So I guess the manufacturer isn't even bothering to pass it off as a counterfeit.
I'm gonna guess that it's MIC.
And I'm not a big China-phobe, but I really like my tools made in the USA (then Germany, then Japan, in that order).
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 02:18 PM
Chinese oak is never the same as good old AMERICAN oak.
Yeah, mine is that crappy yellow oak color instead of that nice dark red color.
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 02:20 PM
I used Chuck's term, knock-off, which wasn't the most accurate way to describe what he had.
I edited my original post.
From the frequently asked questions section of the website:
What are Gerstner International Chests?
The mission of Gerstner International is to seek out manufacturing partners the world over to enable Gerstner & Sons to offer its customers economically priced imported wood products built to a benchmark of quality that will proudly uphold the Gerstner name.
For more information on the Gerstner International Line of Products, please visit...
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 04:26 PM
OK, no question is stupid, remember?
What are the little mirrors for, to pick errant aluminum chips out of your teeth?
I removed mine.
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Posted 11 May 2016 - 04:58 PM
No, to pick those chips out of your eyeball...
A machinist's chest is his office...
I do everything there...
I lay out parts.
Do my math.
Store my keys, wallet, watch, and cellphone
Eat lunch.
And comb my hair before I leave and lock my box...
Like I say my office!!!
By the way I don't have the deluxe office... my dad gave me a Kennedy for graduation from trade school... still a fine box!!!
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Posted 22 May 2016 - 11:26 PM
And here it is a Gerstner slot car box:
This is the box of Jeff Sarkisian of Skidmarks raceway as seen at the 2016 Worlds at Port Jeff. He says a number of racers at Skidmarks
have them.
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PS: Congrats to Retro East racer Joe 'Chubbie' Salzman for winning the Group 7 Pro Worlds Championship!
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 06:56 AM
Love the riser. I want one!
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Posted 29 May 2016 - 09:33 AM
Definitetly to be used in a clean environment. Slot car box would be ideal, more so than a machinist box IMO.
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