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   UncleDunc | Jan 03, 2005 07:30am | #1

   I don't know for sure that Union is defunct, but if they were still in business I would have expected to see new chests, or ads for new chests, or catalog listings or eBay auctions of new chests, sometime in the last 25 years, and I haven't.

   
   

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   Edited 1/3/2005 1:31 am ET by Uncle Dunc

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   dank | Jan 03, 2005 09:36pm | #2

   Unless my brain is malfunctioning, I have a similar chest from Union that belonged to my grandfather.  He would have bought it in Chicago between 1912 and 1964.

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   UncleDunc | Jan 03, 2005 09:56pm | #3

   I neglected to answer your first question. I have indeed heard of Union. You can see their tool chests pretty regularly on eBay. As I implied in my first post, I strongly doubt that they are still in business under the same name, or still making tool chests under any name.

   But all is not lost. If you can get a good picture of the label, or download a good picture from eBay (doubtful), it is possible to make custom decals. Another alternative would be to leave the label and a patch of unsanded original finish around it and make a smooth transition between that patch and the new finish on the rest of the board.

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   NARDO | Jan 04, 2005 04:11am | #4

   The union tool company was bought out by stanley a long time ago,they made planes,measuring tools ,chisels,tool chests etc. and were a very strong competitor against Stanley in the early 1900"s.I still have some Union tools and they are every bit 1st rate,probably why Stanley bought them out.

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   vjk | Jan 04, 2005 04:53am | #5

   Thank you for this information. It is the most specific I have heard yet. This evening I wrote to the Rochester Historical Society in the hopes that they may have an example chest in their possession of which I can take a photograph of the label and have it reproduced.

    

   Appreciate your assistance.

    

   Val