Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[MR.X]

What brand is the ray gun? Lincoln, alemite?

I think it was a pressure washer...can't remember the maker but it had Bonneville Power's BPA initials stamped on it.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I think it was a pressure washer...can't remember the maker but it had Bonneville Power's BPA initials stamped on it.

There’s a bit of that around here. Think I have some user Proto tools marked bpa. Pretty cool regardless!

 

[MR.X]

So this carb jet wrench 6526 seems to be much harder to find in Plomb than the Stromberg 6528. I'm assuming they didn't make these until near the end of the Plomb marked tools.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I had a couple sent one to catfishdan.

 

[MR.X]

I had a couple sent one to catfishdan.

that doesn't surprise me....I'm just saying that I'll bet I see 20 6528's before I see another 6526.

 

[d42jeep]

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

 

[z28lsc]

I recently scored this Dual mark 3/4 Ratchet. It cleaned pretty good with evapo rust.

 

[bullrocky]

hello, new to the forum. i just picked this up at an estate sale today, any body ever see one? i cant find any info on it at all.
markings say "plomb tool co. los angeles" and "pickup plier pat 11-1-27"

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like a pick up tool

 

[bullrocky]

Looks like a pick up tool

it is, but i can't find any info about it,. what i have been able to find out is that from 1927 to 1933 plomb tools should have a number stamped to represent year of manufacture this does not have that. i found a list of patents for 1927, but could not locate it there either.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

They are shown on page 9 of the 1928 catalog. Go to Internet Archive, International Tool Catalog Library.

 

[bullrocky]

They are shown on page 9 of the 1928 catalog. Go to Internet Archive, International Tool Catalog Library.

thank you!

 

[MR.X]

you might want to scroll down the patent list on alloy artifacts too. US1647343A. When you open the patent pic it won't look exactly the same but they hardly ever do.

 

[bullrocky]

you might want to scroll down the patent list on alloy artifacts too. US1647343A. When you open the patent pic it won't look exactly the same but they hardly ever do.

thanks!

 

[d42jeep]

This formerly rusty Plomb DBE that I found on Saturday cleaned up pretty well.
-Don

 

[RubiconJK]

Here's a 3/4 X 5/8 Plomb 6731 Chevrolet starter and motor support obstruction wrench I recently found. At first I thought it was a run of the mill DBE that I would post on the Chopped thread until I noticed the p/n and did some research in catalog 18A.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice find, Roob.

 

[Etchase]

People were stronger in the ‘40’s. 15 inches is a bit short for me. Swivel is still tight in this nice example.

 

[Outlawmws]

They made them both lenghts...

 

[d42jeep]

I forgot to get a picture of the 15” one I found at a local sale recently. It was pretty rusty but I shortened the time in the evaporust to try to maintain as much of the black oxide finish as possible. The swivel on this one is very tight as well.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Don, for black oxide finish tools I use an extremely fine 4" wire wheel on a dinky "grinder" and use a buffing motion to remove the rust and get to the black oxide again, and almost always get the black back - this is somewhat similar to old school bluing - "careful "rusting", then "rust" removal.

I use the mouse powered grinder so I can control the action, and it stalls if I go too hard.

 

[d42jeep]

I didn’t get a before picture of it but it was really rusty. I needed some help from the evaporust to get it to where it is now. If I had left it in overnight like I usually do it would have just come out plain steel like the rusty speeder did. I have a 3M Roloc holder on my pneumatic die grinder and various grades of Scotch-Brite discs to allow gentle removal of rust in the nooks and crannies. Before I retired I was a purchasing agent for a large NAPA connected Bay Area warehouse and one of my lines was 3M so I’m quite familiar with their products.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I would really like to find a 18” pebble 5468. I’ve found those in pre-pebble but never pebble either in Chrome or black oxide. I have the shorter ones covered.

 

[Etchase]

Rusted solid to working great and back to work. I do need to find a period correct 2-56x3/8 Phillips pan head. That might be tough. WF-8

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

WF-8 vs the fingertip misery of a freightliner heater core

 

[Provincial]

Still earning it's keep!

 

[LNKMK8]

I picked up this large Plomb wrench at auction and thought the size markings were interesting. Seems it has the bolt size and wrench size both listed? "1-1/8" USS (1-13/16") x 1-1/4" USS (2")

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Seems it has the bolt size and wrench size both listed?

Yessir! I have a few 10XX'ers. Plomb called them Extra Heavy Duty and they weren't kidding around. Mine are 'MADE IN U.S.A.' era. I don't recall seeing an 'MFD.' before. Pretty late in the 40's I would reckon.

 

[huckaberry]

my favorite 3/8's ratchet , thin and get's into the tight spots....... the Proto in the pic. much the same but a knurled handle / same #'s 5249 on both ,................ Q : what years did they change names ?

 

[d42jeep]

1948-1949
-Don

 

[Leviton]

Recently found this DOE. Could it be Plomb? I see some similarities to early Plomb, but maybe it is just wishful thinking.

Wrench is plain steel and larger than it looks in the photos. Overall length is 8.5" and it is fairly thick (0.32 inches). Shank width varies but is about 3/4-inch. Marked opening sizes are 7/16 and 3/8 (across flats measurements are about 0.725" and 0.820"). The open end angles are approximately 26 degrees.

For owner's marks, it has "JKERR" (marked with a center punch) on one side of the shank and both shank edges have 3 grind marks. The only factory marks are the opening sizes.

If not Plomb, any other ideas?

 

[MR.X]

42

 

[d42jeep]

Here is an early Plomb cold chisel my wife spotted an an estate sale yesterday. It needed sharpening and a bit of dressing up on the opposite end.
Before
After
Early catalog listing

 

[d42jeep]

I would really like to find a 18” pebble 5468. I’ve found those in pre-pebble but never pebble either in Chrome or black oxide. I have the shorter ones covered.

Problem solved. This came in the mail from an eBay seller this afternoon. It will go into my Plomb mostly non-wartime chrome plated tools and plastic handle drivers toolbox
-Don

 

[MR.X]

42 wrench

 

[d42jeep]

I find the 2 date codes on your wrenches very interesting. Thank you for posting them.
-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

Yes, the paschall can openers work well

 

[Smokeshow69]

Pretty good 2 days at the swap! A lot of this stuff was cheap. Now to get it cleaned up and see what I want to keep. I’m loving the name knurl pliers #247

 

[z28lsc]

Pretty good 2 days at the swap! A lot of this stuff was cheap. Now to get it cleaned up and see what I want to keep. I’m loving the name knurl pliers #247

Nice score.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

Pretty good 2 days at the swap! A lot of this stuff was cheap. Now to get it cleaned up and see what I want to keep. I’m loving the name knurl pliers #247

Good to see you, Beemer, and Rileysan at the PIR swap Smoke. Nice pile of Plomb you pulled from the buckets and really nice name knurl 247's. They are not easy to find. I managed a few things that day including a Toolmobile and a few large combo and dbe wrenches. The Toolmobile cleaned up pretty well. It had quite a bit of paint spash and tape residue on it but pretty straight and complete. S/N is 3202 on this one still in original paint with the silverish paint stripes. Ed.