Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[Squez]

Todays picks

 

[d42jeep]

Found at an estate sale today.
-Don
Chrome wrenches with two letter codes for the survey.
-Don

The 3210, 3211, 3215 and 3220 ignition wrenches came out of the evaporust but the lack of rust shows up the pitting.
-Don

 

[mritchie77]

A couple of hex extensions on eBay right now. I searched the forum, but didn't turn up any of these before.

5" extension



17" extension

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Are those 7/16 hex drive? I think they were for impact use

 

[d42jeep]

When this socket came out of the evaporust this morning, I was finally able to determine that it is a 3/4” drive 1-3/8” Plomb socket.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

My entire collection of 3/4” drive Plomb tools.
-Don

 

[Squez]

My entire collection of 3/4” drive Plomb tools.
-Don

3 more then mine

 

[Etchase]

I’m shocked. Probably a good decision though. They are heavy. 4c got me today with the Walden three-quarter inch ratchet on an eBay listing.

 

[Outlawmws]

3/4 and 1" stuff is very heavy. I have a "set" of 3/4 (mix and match) and then a bunch of "extras" in both 3/4" and 1" 4 ratchets, 3 are Plvmb, (two 1" , one 3/4 but in a 1" frame - different plug) and those are 12 LB each... the then a P&C 3/4 that was my dads (in the set), and its much lighter (but still heavy) that 3/4 "set" weighs about 50 lbs...



Before pic of the box I started with :

 

[Smokeshow69]

My entire collection of 3/4” drive Plomb tools.
-Don

I may have a few spare sockets if you need more? I could add that to the pile?

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks for the offer but I’m not really going after 3/4” drive tools. If I see them in the wild at the right price, it’s hard to leave them behind. I didn’t even know that my recent find was Plomb until it came out if the evaporust. Are you looking for any Proto Mfd. tools? I have a drawer full of spares I could trade for that dual marked wrench.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

What? Everyone doesn't have a Plomb 3/4" set in black oxide?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here's a few

 

[Etchase]

Far exceeds the weight capacity of the old friction slide drawer, but I don’t open it often. Almost never used on giant nuts, but occasionally instead of a 1/2 inch breaker bar. I’m getting weaker and appreciate long handles. I have no idea what the attraction is, and now I have a Walden coming.

 

[Outlawmws]

Far exceeds the weight capacity of the old friction slide drawer,

Which is why I have the 36 Lbs of 3 ratchets, and all the rest of my 3/4 & 1" drive tools in the bottom drawer of a card file cabinet with those great roller slides! By far the heaviest drawer of tools I own...

 

[Provincial]

What? Everyone doesn't have a Plomb 3/4" set in black oxide?

Talk to me about swapping that shiny ratchet for one that matches the rest of the set.

 

[bmwrd0]

Sounds like a deal, Prov. We can meet up at the next swap.

 

[Outlawmws]

Probably my best find from yesterday - Plvmb 4767 Stubby 1/4" driver. Not perfect, some pliers marks As found the paint should come off with SG. But not disintegrating either!:



I have a couple other Plvmb from Yesterday, Pics pending.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Probably my best find from yesterday - Plvmb 4767 Stubby 1/4" driver. Not perfect, some pliers marks As found the paint should come off with SG. But not disintegrating either!:



I have a couple other Plvmb from Yesterday, Pics pending.

Very nice find! I’m trying to find one that isn’t an arm and a leg

 

[d42jeep]

Probably my best find from yesterday - Plvmb 4767 Stubby 1/4" driver. Not perfect, some pliers marks As found the paint should come off with SG. But not disintegrating either!:



I have a couple other Plvmb from Yesterday, Pics pending.

Nice find! Mine lives my 4700-LC set
-Don

 

[humber2]

The top 3 wrenches were purchased as a group and size wise match GMTK equipment but their date stamps seem to be 6 and 7.

Alongside are two WF wrenches which understandably never needed dating.

It comes as no surprise to me that there is usually a variation to be discovered by bringing home more tools.

YMMV

 

[woodkill]

A couple new additions to the collection. Plomb 3/4 x 11/16 wrench and Proto 268 pliers.

 

[RagTopTA]

Hi Fellas! what in Tarnation is goin on around here.. and what is this ????

 

[Smokeshow69]

Hi Fellas! what in Tarnation is goin on around here.. and what is this ????

What is this? I have never seen this marking before? Very interesting.

 

[RagTopTA]

Me either! Maybe some kind of special order....

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Classic Rags. Gone for months. He don't call. He don't write. Then he shows up with a FOAK marking!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If I had to make a gun-to-my-head kind of guess, based on the date of manufacture (1939), maybe foreign sales to UK, which was already at war and ahead of us in restricting precious metals (hence the ALLOY) and plating (hence the gun blue finish). Way too early for Lend-Lease, and even a little too early for Cash-and-Carry. Or some other customer with coincidentally similar requirements. Very intriguing. Especially the ALLOY STEEL marking. That's generally associated with "New Emergency" triple alloys, but they weren't invented until late 1941 and early 1942. It's too bad someone lopped off the 1-1/4" jaws end and made it a SOE, but still, a very cool wrench.

 

[RagTopTA]

Great Guess on your part as usual! Hi Lugz!!! Been a little MIA lately, but am planning a bit of a come back! I may or may not have been collecting stuff even though I'm not here all day every day like I was in my old job : ) I got a few things to show !! One little copper thing I think you will get a kick out of!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Always good to see you. I'm looking forward to more.

 

[Outlawmws]

Classic Rags. Gone for months. He don't call. He don't write. Then he shows up with a FOAK marking!

 

[RagTopTA]

Hey Outlaw!!

 

[Outlawmws]

Hey RT!

 

[RagTopTA]

Jan of 23 I posted about my Paschall Can opener find and Ebay scores. A while back I found something else connected to them. A Copper Print Block! So, somewhere out there is a print add for the can openers! I wonder if the adds mention Plomb at any point. I have watched for Plomb plates but none have showed up in the last 6 months : (

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice find on the copper print plate RT! I have a couple for homeowner class vises,

 

[RagTopTA]

Nice find on the copper print plate RT! I have a couple for homeowner class vises,

Ive been looking at them pretty regularly (Like I need yet another rabbit hole to go down). I was hoping to find some Plomb plates!

 

[d42jeep]

This 3/8” drive War Finish ratchet arrived in the mail today. I have them in 1/4” drive but this is my first 3/8” drive example.
-Don

 

[misterbill]

Picked up these Plomb bits recently. The first grouping is a Wright Field (WF) 9/32" drive lot: WF-5 extension, WF-8 ratchet, WF-10, WF-12, WF-13, WF-14 (2), WF-15 (2), and a WF-7 hinge handle/breaker bar.



I was thinking a bit about the WF tools. Does anyone know how the USAAC/USAAF distributed them? Were they in a set (I'm imagining the 1940s equivalent of a blow molded pelican case with foam cut-outs) or parceled out onesy-twosy in GMTK fashion?

The second lot is a 1936 (date code 6C) 21/32" 1/2" drive socket. The screwdriver bits are 9/32" drive 4845 (stamped size 2 - 9/32) and 4846 (stamped size 3 - 3/8).



Bill

 

[Beerhippie]

I found this while sorting through some old tools in my shop storage today:



I thought it would make a good addition to my Plvmb collection. Now it is my Plvmb collection.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some small screwdrivers

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some little plastic handled screwdrivers