Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[d42jeep]

^The same situation exists with the conventionally numbered speeders as well.
I found this 1228 Plomb rusty combo at a sale this morning. Hopefully it will look better tomorrow.
-Don

It looks better now. Plomb 1228 7/8” combination wrench
-Don

 

[MisterEd]

UPDATE on Running Empirical Tally of ostensibly commercial (or at least non-WF marked) 9/32-drive tools:

4812 9/32 Square Drive 3/8 Socket

 

[930dreamer]

A wash with soap and water.

 

[d42jeep]

4812 9/32 Square Drive 3/8 Socket

I didn’t know there was a list of 9/32” drive Plomb non WF tools. Ground down 4866 flex handle, 4885 sliding tee and a 4844 screwdriver bit.

-Don

 

[d42jeep]

This large 9688 Phillips screwdriver arrived in the mail yesterday. It went into the toolbox with its amber handled relatives.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I found this WF-17 3/8” drive extension at a garage sale yesterday. I normally leave WF tools behind but this one was in pretty good condition. If anyone needs it for their WF collection give me a holler.
-Don

 

[Catfishdan]

Got it! I payed up for a 4704 trico socket on eBay. The last socket I needed to complete my set of 1/4” drive plomb sockets. That brings me to 48 different 47xx pieces. The final two may not even exist- a marked pin handle and a marked male drive plug.

 

[Catfishdan]

Perhaps less notably, I also completed a set of offset box wrenches with a 8180 I picked up.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Got it! I payed up for a 4704 trico socket on eBay. The last socket I needed to complete my set of 1/4” drive plomb sockets. That brings me to 48 different 47xx pieces. The final two may not even exist- a marked pin handle and a marked male drive plug.

well now you are all set for radio and carburetor work!

But seriously, nice job!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice, It was worth it! My 1/4 inch drive plugs and pin handles are all unmarked, I think the marked ones may not exist.

 

[Catfishdan]

well now you are all set for radio and carburetor work!

But seriously, nice job!

I know. I was worried about fixing antique wiper blades

 

[Smokeshow69]

I know. I was worried about fixing antique wiper blades

I saw you petrified about your trico wiper blade malfunction

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That brings me to 48 different 47xx pieces.

Very nicely done, Dan!

Do you have the 4796 box to put them in?

 

[Catfishdan]

Very nicely done, Dan!

Do you have the 4796 box to put them in?

I do not. I’ve only seen one in the catalogs. I think Don has a picture of a real one. I keep them in a 5295 box, which shows up as a replacement in later catalogs, but it’s not as cool.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I keep them in a 5295 box, which shows up as a replacement in later catalogs...

That's a good idea.

 

[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.

Here is where I posted the picture of the elusive box.
-Don

 

[930dreamer]

Here is where I posted the picture of the elusive box.
-Don

I've never seem one in the wild(4742), if I did I'm not sure I would have bought it?

 

[bmwrd0]

I have seen one, but could not see eye to eye with the seller on it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Was it marked "4796" or just generically (i.e., "PLOMB TOOL CO / LOS ANGELES)?

 

[bmwrd0]

The only difference was the extra extension compartment. It was filled with decent quality taps and dies, and the seller did not want to separate them, and he also wanted to much for the whole package.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The only difference was the extra extension compartment.

Difference between what and what? Some (maybe all) of the 3/8-drive boxes (i.e. 5295) are embossed with their part number on the lid. The picture Don has posted of a box that Plomb large midget drive sets came in, ostensibly a 4796, is not embossed with "4796" on the lid. I'm trying to figure out if anyone has ever seen one embossed.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have never come across one, but added some compartments and made this one.

 

[d42jeep]

Most of my earlier boxes did not have the number embossed on the lid. My boxes with the number embossed are marked PL∇MB rather than PLOMB.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

Difference between what and what? Some (maybe all) of the 3/8-drive boxes (i.e. 5295) are embossed with their part number on the lid. The picture Don has posted of a box that Plomb large midget drive sets came in, ostensibly a 4796, is not embossed with "4796" on the lid. I'm trying to figure out if anyone has ever seen one embossed.

No, I meant the only thing I noticed was the additional compartment.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Rgr/Ack

 

[d42jeep]

Here are a couple of 1/4” drive extensions that arrived from an eBay seller. I prefer ones that aren’t chrome plated for my wartime sets but the short ones aren’t all that easy to find.
This 1/2” drive socket came from a recent estate sale. After it came out of the evaporust it was kind of mottled so I decided to buff the discoloration off with the 3M 220 wheel.
After
-Don

 

[Provincial]

A Plomb 6734 valve adjuster from last Friday's sale.

 

[Steven 33]

5486⁹

 

[Ricky Joe]

5486⁹

What drive size is that?

 

[Steven 33]

What drive size is that?

1/2

 

[d42jeep]

5486⁹

Mine is a little newer than your nice 1936 example.
-Don

 

[BobsYourUncle69]

I'd never heard of Plomb before until I acquired this
3/8 ratchet and a couple of people pointed it put to me on the new arrivals thread
Will clean it up a bit , mechanism is very nice.
Paid $5 for this a and a mini pipe wrench

 

[stormking]

Been awol over the summer due to being busy. I made it to very few estate and garage sales but picked up one really cool Plomb piece. I didn't even know what it was when I found it.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Been awol over the summer due to being busy. I made it to very few estate and garage sales but picked up one really cool Plomb piece. I didn't even know what it was when I found it.

Nice cabinet scraper!

 

[four.cycle]

1943 Plomb ad pp 147

 

[Provincial]

Today, I was at an estate sale. In the garage, behind some junk and camouflaged by a coat of rattle-can brown paint, I was able to spot a Toolmobile. It was topped by a Kennedy 520-style box with a drawer configuration I have never seen before. I made a deal on both, as well as a pile of other tools, and it came home for a very reasonable price.

The bottom drawer is missing it's back rollers. I'll have to find a source for either a replacement, or a bearing I can build a mount for. Other than the missing door for the lower compartment and the lock bar, it is complete and in solid shape. No dents and I haven't seen a broken spot weld yet. All the casters are functional.

I can see rust pitting in the are where the "racing stripe" was painted in the upper part of the sides and rear. Because of this, I doubt I will be able to salvage any exterior original finish. The inside, backs, and bottoms of the drawers is Plomb Red, and not too bad. I am tempted to repaint it in P&C colors.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I swear nailheadmatt recreates rollers and brackets? Maybe contact him?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Got these from ace hardware worked ok

 

[Shelbylex]

Congratulations, Provincial!!! Please make a thread of repainting - looking forward to seeing it!

OTG - thank you for the post. Thank might come useful for my future fix of Blackhawk roller. Do you think they will hold a lot of weight?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Yup their good