Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up some early battery pliers the other day!

 

[four.cycle]

PLOMB 1/2" drive SAE socket set with box $50 bucks West Seattle CL posted 6 days ago

don't make me drive to Seattle and buy this.

 

[Mintgrun]

I recently found this wrench holder and didn't realize what it held until I noticed the variation in hanger spacing. There's a tab bent up at the back that's about an inch tall, with a few holes in it. Rather than drill holes in my box, I just tucked it in under the lid I rarely open. Since I chose to put the pebble combos on display, I figured I'd share the holder in this thread. 1/2" is the smallest size that will fit, the others are just hanging from magnets. The fact that it can be loaded four wrenches deep makes me wonder if it was originally part of a sales display.

 

[930dreamer]

Plvmb 5449 1/2" drive pawl spring source?

 

[Beerhippie]

Plvmb 5449 1/2" drive pawl spring source?

A click pen? A Bic lighter?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Plvmb 5449 1/2" drive pawl spring source?

Find a junky proto 5449 and swap the spring. Or contact proto for a rebuild kit

 

[Outlawmws]

Find a junky proto 5449 and swap the spring. Or contact proto for a rebuild kit

This^^^

 

[four.cycle]

A click pen? A Bic lighter?

no. it's a tiny conical-shaped spring only maybe 1/4" high fully extended.
somebody on here has parts and pieces for those things.
it would be the same spring as the current production 5449 Proto, so SBD should have them on hand.

 

[d42jeep]

Find a junky proto 5449 and swap the spring. Or contact proto for a rebuild kit

That’s what I’ve done in the past for all the drive sizes.
-Don

 

[Etchase]

Temu sells some small conical springs, as do suppliers like them. I’ve used them on 3/4 and 1 inch ratchets with success. Harder to find junk ratchets in those sizes. Conical springs fold into themselves when compressed allowing for a smaller mechanism.

 

[r_olson_06]

Plvmb 5449 1/2" drive pawl spring source?

I can help you out I think. Let me check and see what I have.

 

[four.cycle]

oh and be sure to put those little dogs back in correctly!

 

[930dreamer]

Not sure how this will work!

 

[four.cycle]

^ Let's see if they're as good as S-K was on that ratchet repair kit I installed yesterday!

 

[930dreamer]

Email response

 

[Outlawmws]

Email response

That's new - in the past I've always been sent a kit.

 

[four.cycle]

IOW: costs them less to send you a new ratchet than have some guy go out into the parts warehouse line and find a teeny-tiny spring.

 

[Outlawmws]

IOW: costs them less to send you a new ratchet than have some guy go out into the parts warehouse line and find a teeny-tiny spring.

Rebuild kits were always stocked and sent complete even if only one bit was MIA/Broken.

And a kit is far cheaper to ship than a whole ratchet. (man the 1" ratchet weighs 12 lb by itself)

 

[Etchase]

Quite a courtesy to send out a ratchet for a 75 year old find.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I wouldn't complain about it myself. S-K just sent me a repair kit for a 1/2" drive ratchet - no hassle. SBD has deep pockets. They can well afford to give away the occasional ratchet to maintain that "customer goodwill" thing.

 

[Catfishdan]

Decent plomb day at the flea market. A hand full of 3/4 drive sockets including a pair of Los Angeles sockets, one with the round O one without. Also a LA 3/8 extention and a 1214 combo.

 

[Outlawmws]

Added an ignition wrench yesterday:





EDIT: AND a long shank (3/16?) driver:

 

[d42jeep]

I like that extra long screwdriver!
Here is a 3/8“ drive Plonb WF-23 speeder that I would like to see go to a WF tool collector.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

Plvmb 5449 1/2" drive pawl spring source?

Go to a thrift store, pick up an old remote control, pull batteries out, and you will find the correct springs.

 

[r_olson_06]

Decent plomb day at the flea market. A hand full of 3/4 drive sockets including a pair of Los Angeles sockets, one with the round O one without. Also a LA 3/8 extention and a 1214 combo.

Nice early socket!

 

[930dreamer]

Replacement Proto ratchet came in today.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Left behind this grind-off at the flea this morning.

 

[genog]

I scored a 2 oz. Paschall hammer today for a buck! For those occasions when my 1 oz. just won’t get it done.

I found this little 2 ounce Paschall at the High School Flea Market today....
I paid three times the price!

 

[Catfishdan]

I found this little 2 ounce Paschall at the High School Flea Market today....
I paid three times the price!

A Dollar fifty an ounce is still pretty good with inflation and all. Nice hammer

 

[Smokeshow69]

I found this little 2 ounce Paschall at the High School Flea Market today....
I paid three times the price!

Oh nice find! You don't find that brand in the wild very often, let alone that particular size

 

[Outlawmws]

Both of my Paschalls are 4 oz.

 

[Mintgrun]

I recently brought home four No. 33 5/8" caulking irons, two round-o (1927, 1928) and two triangularized (1941).

They're pairs marked I and O.

Here's what a-i offered about i-o

"Inside irons are used to pack materials against the interior surface of the pipe, while outside irons are used to compress and smooth the edge against the outer hub wall"

 

[Mintgrun]

It sure would be fun if the small one was marked PLVMB as well. Oh, well. They're quite similar.

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[r_olson_06]

Both of my Paschalls are 4 oz.

Still don't have a Paschall hammer yet but have a few Paschall chisels

 

[d42jeep]

The Paschall hammers in my Plomb based GMTK.
-Don