Anybody bring their plomb tools to work?

[Project 2501]

Been collecting plomb since 08 and today was the first time i brought any of my stuff to the jobsite. Had to clamp down some 6 inch copper mains and my 3/8 drive double square socket was perfect for the job.

P.s
To ease the anxiety of you plumbers and fitters...yes, the copper was lined with felt between the zinc strut and clamp. No electrolysis nightmares tonight so relax... take a breath..

 

[why worry]

Retired from my sheet metal job now but I used to carry and use my 3/8" through 1" pebble combo's.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I use more modern stuff at work, mostly metric.

 

[Provincial]

I got my first Plomb sockets and breaker bar in 1964 as part of a set of used tools assembled from second-hand stores and pawn shops. I still use them all the time.

 

[twertsy]

If I brought any of my tools to work there'd be smashed computers everywhere.........

 

[tym]

If I brought any of my tools to work there'd be smashed computers everywhere.........

Better than smashed people!

 

[Capt. Spaulding]

While not a plumber I struggle with the idea of bringing my “collection” tools to work. Even the tools I collect solely for the purpose of bringing them to work never make it there. We have had a lot of tools go missing and I just don’t want to take the chance. We have been talking about putting a large locking cabinet in the barn at work which myself and the boss would be the only ones with access to. If that happens I think I will change my mind.

 

[Plombob]

This is what got me interested in Plomb. The shop where I worked serviced a fleet of Ford Fairmonts. To get to the differential plug I had to use a 3/8 rat, connected to two universal joints and a couple of extensions.

I had a Plomb universal from a yard sale and a Craftsman universal. Every time I serviced a Fairmont diff, I broke the Craftsman universal. I never broke the Plomb. Learning that, I added Plomb to my tool box as often as I could, and I stopped buying Craftsman.

 

[senlow]

I have Plomb pebble ratchets in my work box.

 

[DD T/A]

Before I ever found this site and knew about the hobby of collecting tools--that people actually bought these tools without use intended--the main reason I ever got stuck on Plomb and Proto was simply that they were a main industrial brand with a lot of history(means they were tried-and-true), the tools looked solid, and unlike Craftsman, SnapOn, and MAC/MATCO, nobody at the swap knew they were any good and I could pick most of it up for penny's compared to the Big 4.

I only bought them because they were the secret brand of really good tools. I know this isn't much of a work story, but the point is that these tools were never meant to be collected, they were forged to be used in a professional setting even if they don't really keep up with modern similar tools in terms of finish and ridiculous tooth counts or comfy rubber handles.
These were workin' tools, that's where they feel at home.



EIDT: after reading my post back I kind feel I come of as an anti-collect pretentious jerk. What I'm actually trying to say is even though these tools are old and do not possess some of the qualities that modern tools have that your everyday mechanics desire, they will do just fine in a real world work setting. Hope nobody takes it the wrong way.