Kennedy 8 Drawer Tool Chest

Williams Blithad · Saturday, November 20, 2021

Kennedy tool chest drawer pulls

OK you guys, I KNOW somebody out there has done this and found the answer so here goes. I Just scavenged a kennedy 520 machinist chest FULL of goodies for FREE.... But there are several of the plastic draw pulls broken. The little brown plastic handles are about 1/4 or 5/16 wide and I can,t find anywhere that has them. they seem to be the same as on the Craftsman machinist chests and they match my Starrett chest wich I believe was made by kennedy. Any hints as to where to find the pulls?
I would ask Kennedy. I have been to their factory outlet store many times, just 30 miles from me. They sell parts and have good deals on closeouts and seconds. Give them a call and you will find friendly small town people who care about their customers, even if you got the box for nothing.
http://www.kennedymfg.com/Kennedy/

Larry
From the Kennedy site, look in the downloadable "Accessories" catalog .pdf Once you have the part number, anyone who sells Kennedy chests can order them direct / drop ship. I've done this through J&L / MSC many times.
I've ordered them from Kennedy before, but they aren't the same anymore.
The older ones had a steel rivet to secure them and the newer ones have two plastic "bosses" that get "swaged" (heated?).
I found those small drawer pulls to be a PIA. I broke them off and bought several long U shaped drawer pulls from my local hardware store and installed them. Now I have something to grasp and not have to pinch those tiny plastic pulls.
CYa,
Pat
Pat, that sounds like what my buddy Robert P did. He used some of these:

JAckal
Those are the ones!
CYa,
Pat