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wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by frenchman » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:41 pm

hello
well i found another CH77 tool box and is missing the top tray wich i beleve is the one with out the hole for the oil can
if anyone has one for sale please let me know
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by frenchman » Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:49 am

hello
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Post by Wingnutt » Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:50 pm

I'm not sure we know what the removable tray in a Waterloo box looks like, i.e., shape of handle. Also, be careful, because as strange as it sounds for boxes that were all supposed to have the same dimensions, the trays are not all interchangeable.
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by frenchman » Fri Feb 16, 2018 7:09 pm

hello
thank's greg for the info so the tray i need measure8''x20''1/2 almost flat handle with no oil can hole but hole in tray would be ok also
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Post by mudbox » Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:23 pm

The tray you've posted above is identical to the tray in my Waterloo made CH-77 box.
Unique in that it has a triangular shaped handle. Mine has 1 oiler hole.

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Post by frenchman » Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:56 pm

hi jeason
thank you for your reply same tray when i say flat handle i should of say triangular handle thank you for correcting
i guess some were made with oil can hole and some without the hole
still looking for a tray
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by Wingnutt » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:08 am

I forgot you had a Waterloo CH77, Mud. Thanks for posting the tray. Now I know what to look for!
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by frenchman » Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:45 am

hello
still looking for that tray or one with the same dimention for now
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by Hartofoak » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:36 am

According to my photo files, I have this CH-77 chest as one of yours Greg. It's a Union with a single hole in the tray as you can just see.
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Post by Wingnutt » Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:58 pm

Yes. I remember that Union box well and fondly, Cliff. First ever 41-B-1840, for my first ever (of four, currently working on my fifth) GMTK. Technically incorrect with that Signal Corps CH-77 data plate, but great provenance that I hope the new owner learned to spin into a great pilferage story. :)

The frenchman's CH-77 is a Waterloo, though. Not a Union.

My CH-77 probably has an oiler hole because Union also made boxes for the Ordnance Dept. There's no evidence or indications that Waterloo did.

So the way I figure it, the trays in the boxes the Signal Corps got from Waterloo didn't have an oiler hole, and the trays in the boxes the Signal Corps got from Union did. Someone could double check the list for the TE- set that went in the CH-77, but I doubt it had an oiler. So the hole was not needed whether it was there or not.
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by Hartofoak » Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:57 am

Again from my photos files, this Signal Corps "TE-113" chest belonged to "Craig", with no oiler hole and no socket compartment to the tray. The corner re-enforcements, "triangular" handle and number of hinge knuckles show similarities to the "Waterloo" examples posted above.
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by frenchman » Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:08 pm

hello
still looking for that tray
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Re: wanted top tray for CH77 tool box

Post by frenchman » Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:13 pm

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still looking for that tray
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