Originally Posted by
jacie
my Father was a builder and would use a tool to get the "grade" correct on a lot before he would build a house. He had a box very similar to this one that he made to carry that tool in. wish I could remember the name of it, but the box looks very much like his.
surveyor? transit level? Here are antiques on ebay but the boxes are shaped different and are padded or the piece has a way of being secured. Years ago we built a house. We borrowed a friend and his equipment - he wouldn't let anybody touch his stuff... LOL He was retired from working on the express ways. He was a supervisor in Ohio - he had one to double and triple check the work. Back in the day you couldn't touch one for what they go on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tele...item35df74381c similar for sure but some how I'm thinking that is not this box. I haven't seen one with the tray around the top or a drawer in the bottom. It may have had some piece of equipment originally. Even more fascinating isn't it?