Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[Mooreag47]

Sorry bout the upside down and sideways you never know what ur gonna get with an iPad

 

[Mooreag47]

So Olson over all you would say an ok deal?

 

[r_olson_06]

So Olson over all you would say an ok deal?

I think overall you did great. Not sure the value on the press steel box but the top box is worth that alone.

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[Smokeshow69]

Yes you did well on the plomb box...I paid $200 for mine which needs a few spot welds fixed and some slides fixed but it has the original key and has no rust or missing drawers!


People might look at our boxes and say we paid to much but when was the last time you saw these kinds for sale? I had never seen one in person until the day I bought it from drives... I have yet to ever see your style in person but it is in nicer shape than mine! I would say the market is dictating $150 or over on plomb top boxes and maybe even higher on tool mobiles... I just saw a thread here where a newb found a p&c version of my box in blue wrinkle finish... He did not say how much he paid but I would guess those are even more rare!


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[uncwstudent]

I've seen a lot of Plomb on GJ but only recently after picking one up at an antique store have I fallen in love with the craftsmanship and beauty that is Plomb Tools. I have a certain thing for box head ratchets and Plomb is certainly my favorite. Do anyone of you know the best play to find other Plomb tools? They seem to be a little scarce here in the Southeast.

 

[Rileysan]

I've seen a lot of Plomb on GJ but only recently after picking one up at an antique store have I fallen in love with the craftsmanship and beauty that is Plomb Tools. I have a certain thing for box head ratchets and Plomb is certainly my favorite. Do anyone of you know the best play to find other Plomb tools? They seem to be a little scarce here in the Southeast.

The only Mecca for Plomb tools is Southern California. They are somewhat common up and down the west coast but outside of here, you almost have to be lucky to find them in the wild. Your best bet is probably eBay

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[RagTopTA]

I'm in Texas and I find them at Flea markets and Estate sales. When I goto fleas and such I always ask the vendors if they have any PLOMB, a lot of times they do and dont put it out because they think people dont want to pay for it or they just havent gotten around to sorting new stuff out. I have found all kinds that way and digg in through every old box of tools I see. One of my nicest Plomb 3/8 pebble ratchets was A $3 find at a flea market in bottom of a box of old stuff... cleaned uop nice and works like new

 

[Provincial]

Re: P&c wf-88

I no longer collect, but couldn't resist picking up this P&C WF-88 today for $1.

I'd be checking you for a pulse if you had left that one behind!

 

[notlob]

I saw this SK box at an estate sale last weekend.

I opened it up to take a look. A eureka moment!

3/8 to 1". Time for a little wire wheeling, and then a long soak in Notlob's secret rejuvenator.

 

[r_olson_06]

I saw this SK box at an estate sale last weekend.

I opened it up to take a look. A eureka moment!

3/8 to 1". Time for a little wire wheeling, and then a long soak in Notlob's secret rejuvenator.

Lucky

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[d42jeep]

Notlob,
I'm glad to see that you are back to tracking down the old tools again. I must have missed that sale. Where did you run across those Plomb treasures? Great find!
-Don

 

[Rileysan]

I saw this SK box at an estate sale last weekend.

I opened it up to take a look. A eureka moment!

3/8 to 1". Time for a little wire wheeling, and then a long soak in Notlob's secret rejuvenator.

Wow! Fantastic find. Grats!

 

[Mooreag47]

Nice find notlob

 

[davethorik]

A set of those line wrenches? You ****. Especially for price marked (or less).

I was recently reorganizing my tools and forgot i even had these tucked away. I got the 15" Craftsman u-circle breaker bar at a yard sale years ago for $1, and it has a matching 12 pt shallow 11/16 socket.

The screwdriver my mom picked up at a flea market for 50 cents. It is a 9742

 

[drivesitfar]

NOTLOB: well i've had that happen a few times and i always appreciate when it does. nice find and congrats cause i'm guessing they are not doubles either.

Moor: you can almost post your PRESSTEEL box on this thread or did you cause it's so close to a Plvmb it might be. i mentioned this before, but are you going to take the top cover plate off your box so a top box will have a lip to hold it up there?

nice find on the small box too.

 

[Mooreag47]

NOTLOB: well i've had that happen a few times and i always appreciate when it does. nice find and congrats cause i'm guessing they are not doubles either.

Moor: you can almost post your PRESSTEEL box on this thread or did you cause it's so close to a Plvmb it might be. i mentioned this before, but are you going to take the top cover plate off your box so a top box will have a lip to hold it up there?

nice find on the small box too.

Drive I figuresd it was in the Plomb family well Maybe a distant cousin and probably the closest I'll get to a Plomb bottom box haven't decided about the top but more than likely I will leave it as far as the top box I didn't need another one but I couldn't leave it either thinking probably gonna stock them with Plomb and make room in my big box

 

[Tellingthem]

Just picked up this little guy. Plomb 1066. Got it at an auction for $10. Figure I paid about a buck a pound haha. She's hefty that's for sure. In pretty nice shape too.

 

[d42jeep]

I managed to pick up a few Proto and Plomb items at the Tahoe flea yesterday. Here is a picture of the Plomb items.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

I picked up my Plomb top box (9989) for $80, there is just no way of telling what they will cost. I found it at Denio's swap in Roseville CA.

 

[twertsy]

Surprisingly, I snagged a lot of Plomb today. The haul includes what I assume (haven't looked it up yet) is an interior hub puller, #4080-S

 

[Provincial]

Twertsy, that looks like a blind-bearing puller. It is for a slide hammer.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Twertsy, that looks like a blind-bearing puller. It is for a slide hammer.

I agree !


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[Mooreag47]

What would be a fair price for a tool mobile ?

 

[Smokeshow69]

What would be a fair price for a tool mobile ?

Where ? You can send me and I can find out ![emoji23] we need pictures in order tell ... I have seen them range from stupid cheap to over $200 ... Is it rusty, straight? Original paint, etc?


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[Ole Slewfoot]

I could see that puller fitting a clutch pilot bearing pretty good.

What did I get here? P-49 doesn't even have the right number of digits for Plomb 4769 spin handle, Proto, or PnC. the seller insisted it was part of the Crafty metric kit for $7. I didn't argue, but that doesn't make him right. Pennens maybe? but I think they follow the Plomb numbering strategy?

one in a mastercraft set;
http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8718.msg138614#msg138614

pic upload is really fighting me ...
you can view the image here
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b126/SVOlvo/20170702_234300_zpswepqaa0t.jpg

 

[r_olson_06]

I could see that puller fitting a clutch pilot bearing pretty good.

What did I get here? P-49 doesn't even have the right number of digits for Plomb 4769 spin handle, Proto, or PnC. the seller insisted it was part of the Crafty metric kit for $7. I didn't argue, but that doesn't make him right. Pennens maybe? but I think they follow the Plomb numbering strategy?

one in a mastercraft set;
http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8718.msg138614#msg138614

pic upload is really fighting me ...
you can view the image here
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b126/SVOlvo/20170702_234300_zpswepqaa0t.jpg

I have a couple of them P-49 spinners. Oddly enough I found one in a crafty set as well. They appear to have the same part scheme as them Penens Corp R-XXXX sockets.

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[Rileysan]

What would be a fair price for a tool mobile ?

You can't tease us like that! Upload a picture or two so we can salivate then decide what it's worth!

Brian

 

[Smokeshow69]

Here are pictures.... He sent them to me and I am picking it up now [emoji23] just kidding! Looks solid but I don't know if it is worth the asking price . What would you pay ?






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[Rileysan]

Here are pictures.... He sent them to me and I am picking it up now [emoji23] just kidding! Looks solid but I don't know if it is worth the asking price . What would you pay ?






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What is the asking price? If it were mine I wouldn't consider selling it for anything less than $200 but would probably ask $300. If I were trying to buy it, I wouldn't flinch at paying $150.

Brian

 

[twertsy]

It also depends on where you live. I don't live in Plomb country so I'd be north of Riley's ceiling for sure.

 

[Smokeshow69]

It also depends on where you live. I don't live in Plomb country so I'd be north of Riley's ceiling for sure.

I know what the price is but out of respect for mooreag47 I will let him post location and price! I sure would love to have it in my garage!


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[misterbill]

I don't find a lot of Plomb in my area but found a few pieces today. P & C 5/8" combo, Plomb 1222 11/16" combo, Plomb WF-15 1/4" drive 7/16" socket, Plomb 15/16" socket, Plomb 1140 DBE and Plomb 8182 DBE.

Bill

 

[d42jeep]

Bill,
I didn't realize that Pennsylvania was such a hotbed of Plomb. Those are good finds, especially the DBE which is good for a GMTK 41-W-605 which should be 11-1/2" long. I should be picking this 1/4" drive set up at the post office today. I wanted a wartime Plomb 1/4" set and this one looks pretty close to the 1944 Plomb ad.
-Don

 

[uncwstudent]

Here are pictures.... He sent them to me and I am picking it up now [emoji23] just kidding! Looks solid but I don't know if it is worth the asking price . What would you pay ?






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I find that incredibly beautiful! Did you ever buy it??????

 

[Smokeshow69]

I find that incredibly beautiful! Did you ever buy it??????

No I posted these pictures for Moreag who could not get them to post... I am curious to see if he did get it ?


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[3baygarage]

I thought I'd take a look at these 1/2" 5449 's I've accumulated.

The top one is older and looks user modified. It must be a Proto lever, and has a double sided gear 1/2 x 1/2. I have no idea what the gear came from??? Most of the Vogels are 1/2 x 3/8, although I think I remember seeing one 3/8 by 3/8 on this forum.
Kind of strange all around, because one square of the double gear has no ball and looks like there was never one pressed in to begin with, and the usable square someone tried to cut off with a band saw or something. Factory experiment gone wrong maybe

Second one down is the female variant with a removable plug.

The bottom two are normal square drive.

They are stamped 8D, O?E, FC, MC

 

[3baygarage]

Some more pics. Sorry, they look darker than on the camera.

 

[d42jeep]

I found a few Plomb and Proto items at a Tahoe estate sale yesterday. Here are the Plomb items. A few minutes with a hammer and dolly and the box looks much better now.
-Don

 

[Rileysan]

I got a few Plomb tools today that were part of a larger deal. The whole pile cost me $20.

- Misc Plomb sockets - the 5 sockets in the upper right. How common are 3/8" drive deep sockets?
- Plomb 1/2" drive pebble ratchet
- Plomb 1/2" drive pebble breaker bar
- Plomb 3/8" drive breaker bar
- Plomb 3/8" drive 4" extensions (x2)
- Plomb 1/4" drive 8" extension. I double checked this one. Definitely 1/4" drive, not 9/32"

Brian

 

[Smokeshow69]

I got a few Plomb tools today that were part of a larger deal. The whole pile cost me $20.



- Misc Plomb sockets - the 5 sockets in the upper right. How common are 3/8" drive deep sockets?

- Plomb 1/2" drive pebble ratchet

- Plomb 1/2" drive pebble breaker bar

- Plomb 3/8" drive breaker bar

- Plomb 3/8" drive 4" extensions (x2)

- Plomb 1/4" drive 8" extension. I double checked this one. Definitely 1/4" drive, not 9/32"



Brian

I will be the first one to say you **** on this deal! Very nice finds!


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