paul_c
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Meccano Chest at a good priceI bought this last week after I spotted it in an Autobahn catalogue.
It is meant for tools but I thought it would house my loose Meccano pieces. $200 Australian, I thought was a bargain. It has loads of room and is nicely made with dove tail joints, the draws are deep enough
and the top part is nice and deep.
I plan to screw a Meccano name plate like this over the large Kinchrome name on the front.
 
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tmuir
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Very nice. I love the wooden tool chests like that.
One is on my list of things to make before I retire (or after maybe). 
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paul_c
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It looks to nice to go in my shed so it is sitting next to my bed, my wife is tolerating me - barely I am hoping there will be a Meccano ferris wheel under the tree for me this year
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tmuir
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I remember reading somewhere that the original Meccano boxes were made of oak which emits a slight acidic gas or something which ruins all the nickel plating on the meccano which is why you very rarely find a nice nickel plated set 10. (Not that I could afford to buy one)
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johnreid
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I used to have an Oak machinists chest, they are wonderful tool chests. Lots of work has gone into the making of some.
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Wallace
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That looks great.
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scorpion2nz
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| tmuir wrote: | | I remember reading somewhere that the original Meccano boxes were made of oak which emits a slight acidic gas or something which ruins all the nickel plating on the meccano which is why you very rarely find a nice nickel plated set 10. (Not that I could afford to buy one) |
Meccano did not make a set 10 nickel plated largest set in Nickel is 7 which i have (nickel 1908 to 1926)
you are probally referring to Zinc plating 1967 onward with regard to oak problems
.the cabinet above looks nice but being an Aussie i see you have some Ezybilt in there to
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paul_c
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Well spotted, there are a few bits in there. I like the wheels with the three spokes, I am going to give them a tidy up when I can.
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scorpion2nz
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unsure of what the 3 spoke wheels are but they look interesting.
was not hard to see the ezybilt having had a bit of it through my hands before along with everything else
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tmuir
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| scorpion2nz wrote: | | tmuir wrote: | | I remember reading somewhere that the original Meccano boxes were made of oak which emits a slight acidic gas or something which ruins all the nickel plating on the meccano which is why you very rarely find a nice nickel plated set 10. (Not that I could afford to buy one) |
Meccano did not make a set 10 nickel plated largest set in Nickel is 7 which i have (nickel 1908 to 1926)
you are probally referring to Zinc plating 1967 onward with regard to oak problems
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You are probably right. I was only going by memory on what I read somewhere once.
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whistleman
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very nice! 
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xlchainsaw
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that is really good paul. bring it to petrie next time and i will pick out what i want and leave you the rest. lol lol. that was really a great idea.
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Minor1PJG
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That will make a very nice Set No. 10
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Rob
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very nice.
meccanoman sells second quality set 10's for £600. but they need repainting and cleaning up.
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