Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[mritchie77]

There is a nice 9990 up on eBay right now with an owner's nametag. I'd really love to have that box, but I think the shipping being $100 will throw me out of it considering I bet it goes for some money.

Anyway, I stole the pictures of the brass nametag on it. Anyone have any contacts or ideas if these could be reproduced?

 

[d42jeep]

I saw that box. Very tempting.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Somebody grabbed it!

 

[Smokeshow69]

For whatever reason eBay isn’t working for me right now. Was is a Proto 9990?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Dual marked. I was watching it but I have a nice proto la version.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Dual marked. I was watching it but I have a nice proto la version.

I have a line on a nice Proto la 9990 as well. I just have to meet up with the seller

 

[d42jeep]

I finished the cleaning project on the large pebble DBE today. It still shows quite a bit of use plus ID markings but the flash pictures make it look pretty good.
-Don

The wrench is too big to wedge into the toolbox.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have a few of those, barely fit in roller

 

[Smokeshow69]

The wrench is too big to wedge into the toolbox.
-Don

Yup, that happens from time to time. Mine cover all the small “normal “ size dbe’s

 

[Outlawmws]

but I think the shipping being $100 will throw me out of it

ping the seller for shipping verification - I've gone from "out of the game" to Auction winner" with that...

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice

 

[genog]

I remember what a pain in the neck it was not having hose clamp pliers
Now, I seem to grab all that I run into

Oooops.....


Edit:
Big Ooops for posting in the Plomb thread rather than the Proto
Heres some Plomb stuff that I found this weekend

While at the Flea Market, a very nice older gentleman peeked over my shoulder while I was pulling this stuff out of a box of tools.
He asked if there was a 4" Adjustable in there since he collected 4"ers
He has over 400 in his collection.
Cool I thought, I wanted to chat with him further.
I paid, and when I looked back for him....****....he was gone
Darn it.

 

[Outlawmws]

I remember what a pain in the neck it was not having hose clamp pliers
Now, I seem to grab all that I run into

 

[esben57]

 

[JohnDeere]

I like my pair a lot.

 

[d42jeep]

Back in the dark ages when I was fixing cars for a living, I learned to detest that style of hose clamp and would always replace them with stainless screw clamps. I still have a couple pairs of the pliers though.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

This Utica made 8” plain steel adjustable wrench arrived yesterday. I have been looking for one for quite a while for my Plomb based GMTK. Almost all of the ones I’ve found online have been the Danielson style and those are all postwar.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That's a nice one

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks! Another addition to the Plomb based GMTK are these Utica sourced #256 pliers that Alloy Artifacts dates from ‘42 to ‘45. They arrived yesterday.
-Don

 

[mritchie77]

Today, a magazine ad that I'd been looking for for a while came in. This is Dec of '46 in Automotive Digest. The ad is for the Plomb veterans set that I have been working on for a couple years now. I've seen a scan online, but this was the first one I've seen in the magazine.

 

[Outlawmws]

the Plomb veterans set

Great find Mr. R!

But I think the true "veterans set' were the tools lifted from the military and smuggle home in the duffels!

 

[mritchie77]

Great find Mr. R!

But I think the true "veterans set' were the tools lifted from the military and smuggle home in the duffels!

Several of my sets were started by some of those tools smuggled by my great-grandpa and grandpa

 

[Smokeshow69]

Several of my sets were started by some of those tools smuggled by my great-grandpa and grandpa

Did they smuggle home any automatic hole punchers? Those are the best bring backs

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a picture of the elusive 4796 box. I can’t remember where I got the picture.
-Don



The box that holds my wartime 3/8” drive tools looks just like your new box.




Interior view.

Here is my smaller 4700R set looking a bit like yours. Still missing a unicorn 4742.

The 4700R set actually came in a 5295 box.

Here is a picture of my missing unicorn, just in case.

While we are on the topic of elusive Plomb tools, I’m still having no luck finding one of these to complete my set.
-Don

I now have the 4742 to complete my 4700R set. It wasn’t inexpensive but I’ve been trying to find one for a long time. It came along with some other fairly obscure 1/4” drive tools. I’ll pick the most appropriate of the extras to go in the set.
-Don
Here is the rest of the set.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Wow!

 

[Catfishdan]

Glad you finally found one Don!

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks, Dan. Is your set now complete? I have these.
-Don

 

[Catfishdan]

Thanks, Dan. Is your set now complete? I have these.

got them. Thanks. The only 47xx part number I’m missing, aside from oddball contract pieces, is the flex spinner.

 

[d42jeep]

That’s great. I’m glad my set didn’t call for a flex spinner since I’ve never even seen one. I’ll keep an eye out for one, though.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

This really abused probably wartime box arrived today from an eBay seller. It’ll get stripped, straightened and repainted. Should be a challenge. I took a chance and removed the attractive carpet lining that a previous owner had installed.
-Don

 

[Etchase]

This really abused probably wartime box arrived today from an eBay seller. It’ll get stripped, straightened and repainted. Should be a challenge. I took a chance and removed the attractive carpet lining that a previous owner had installed.
-Don

I really liked the carpet. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If that rug had the same pattern with just a little red or, conversely, just a little OD green in it, I may have been inclined to reinstall it after refinishing, just for kicks - and to break up the monotony of plain steel, cork, or black rubber lining one sees in so many 3/8-drive boxes. But the clash of colors would bother me with that remnant.

 

[Ricky Joe]

I, also, liked the carpet.

 

[RTM]

I. But the clash of colors would bother me with that remnant.

Can you imagine the house it came out of?

 

[bmwrd0]

I would have loved to see the drapes that came with the box.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I picked up this 3/8 drive spark plug socket at a swap recently and got it all cleaned up. Not super exciting but it’s the first I have found in the wild- 5020sp. Ab date code
5/8 size

 

[Outlawmws]

This well abused WF came home yesterday; If only to try to figure out how many times it had been bent/straightened

 

[d42jeep]

This really abused probably wartime box arrived today from an eBay seller. It’ll get stripped, straightened and repainted. Should be a challenge. I took a chance and removed the attractive carpet lining that a previous owner had installed.
-Don

I’m afraid that I went ahead and threw out the carpet liner. I began stripping and pounding out some of the many dents today.
Edit… started work on the interior
-Don

 

[Etchase]

Looking good! Thanks for the rescue. Always good to see. The handle and latch look in good shape.

 

[Jammer1329]

Maybe my best Plomb score ever. I have very few of these larger sized ones, none that are pebble, until today.