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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 171550, member: 59&quot;]With the cosmetics fixed, it will be a lovely heirloom, Ariel.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing you might want to think about is removing the lock mechanism. I gather you don&#039;t have children now, but one day you might and the lock can become a danger to a child playing hide and seek, trapping the hiding child inside. The piece of metal that holds the top up was definitely someone&#039;s add-on, probably post-WWII. I remember Lane offering these in the 70&#039;s or so, to help owners of older chests (made without them) to avoid the &quot;falling lid&quot; problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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