Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[r_olson_06]

Douglas Aircraft not Kinner.
See post 13,354.

Appreciate it!

 

[r_olson_06]

Douglas Aircraft not Kinner.
See post 13,354.

Appreciate it

Douglas Aircraft not Kinner.
See post 13,354.

Thank you setting the record straight on the K series is for Douglas Aircraft. What is the F series tools that pop up every now and then?

Also is there any known published list of these Douglas contract tools?

 

[MR.X]

Appreciate it

Thank you setting the record straight on the K series is for Douglas Aircraft. What is the F series tools that pop up every now and then?

Also is there any known published list of these Douglas contract tools?

The F’s I’ve run across were Boeing. I don’t know of any published Plomb list. I’ve just compared known Plomb examples to tool lists in the respective aircraft manuals.

 

[bonneyman]

I found this at an estate sale last weekend. A close quarters hacksaw? Figured it was worth the $3 asking price.
Plomb (or Plumb) model 344

Here's my low-profile saw after cleaning and handle refinishing, with a new blade modified to fit.

 

[930dreamer]

Vintage Plomb Rolling Tool Chest Cabinet​

$400
Listed a day ago in Medford, OR

 

[r_olson_06]

Some recent additions.
(3) N series including 2 sockets and 1 wrench
Plomb Ranger AT series ballpein hammer
A 2 ring 3/4" drive.



The Interesting one is the N series with a standard Plomb part number and NAF part number DOE dual stamped and appear to be maybe a 9 date code for 1939. It is not labeled Los Angeles and carries a unique stamping set. It also has what appear to be a cad finish as well.
I can grab some better close ups if anyone needs them for documentation or research purposes.

 

[r_olson_06]

Some recent additions.
Plomb LA 5 Bands. Only needed 1-7/8"
Plomb 2 Band 1-3/16" x 3/4" Dr
Plomb 3065 Pebble
Plomb 1425 Finishing Hammer
Ranger AT-158 1/2" combo wrench

If anyone is willing to do some trading I have plenty of extras to trade off.

 

[Shelbylex]

Nice find R-Olson-06!
I wonder if those are chrome covered.
I have some older rusty 5 band sockets which I never got to cleaning - wonder if they were black oxide or not...

 

[r_olson_06]

Nice find R-Olson-06!
I wonder if those are chrome covered.
I have some older rusty 5 band sockets which I never got to cleaning - wonder if they were black oxide or not...

Some are chome, plain steel, cadmium, or black oxide.

 

[d42jeep]

Added this to my dual marked collection yesterday. Came from an eBay seller.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

Added this to my dual marked collection yesterday. Came from an eBay seller.
-Don

Nice Dually!

 

[930dreamer]

Waiting to hear from the seller on this.

SOLD, but not to me.

 

[Tom "Python" Aycock]

Good morning folks. I was traveling down to the Everglades over the weekend and the wife mentioned there was an annual 100 mile yard sale down US 301 over east of Raleigh, NC. After absorbing the fact that my wife just enabled my tool collecting hobby with this info, I made my way to the East. I only covered about 20 miles of 100 but wow!

Pictured here is a vintage Plomb #9980 utility box. I have lots of Plomb Tools but nothing to store them in. I got a case of the happy feet when I spotted the writing on the lid. $12 later it was in my jeep!

I see it in the ITCL 1939 catalog 17-B but the inscription on that lid doesn't match mine. Neither does the 1942 catalog 19-A. The mid 40s show the boxes going to red with Plomb Tools and USA underneath and by 1950, to comply with a lawsuit, they switched tools to Proto...so, gonna go with it being a late 1940s set. The only concern I have with this is my box is marked with "Made in U.S.A." I see markings with just "USA" in the catalogs but nothing showing what mine has. Any additional details are appreciated.

 

[d42jeep]

I believe that you are correct about it being a postwar box. Originally the exterior would have been red and the markings on yours match my smaller postwar boxes
-Don
The markings on boxes are likely to not necessarily match the artist’s renderings in the catalogs. Another thing to consider is that Plomb apparently had a large inventory of prewar and wartime boxes that took some years to use up. They did switch back to the red color after the conclusion of WW2.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

Waiting to hear from the seller on this.

SOLD, but not to me.

I was looking at that last night, too bad it went so quick.

 

[930dreamer]

I was looking at that last night, too bad it went so quick.

I waited all day for a response from the seller, finally told me they had a lot of interested buyers and then a sold message.

 

[r_olson_06]

Waiting to hear from the seller on this.

SOLD, but not to me.

Dang. Love the 1" drive Pebble. Looked like a good mix of 3/4" drive as well.

 

[z28lsc]

I got this one in the mail today. 1/2" Plomb 5466.

 

[3baygarage]

Very nice.
I ran across a transitional Plomb Proto 8” adjustable yesterday.

 

[r_olson_06]

How about some water pump wrenches. W Series, WF Series, and some 36XX LAs.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That's some rare stuff

 

[natas2000]

Looking for an age on this, looks more modern than most.
Its close in looks to ones in the catalogs from early 40's,
Markings with the color are hard for me to see.
-says: 1230-PLOMB-MADE IN THE USA-15/16
-Catalogs have that number but I've seen that number with pebble finish too.
-no marking on the other side

 

[d42jeep]

Likely made between 1942 and 1945.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

That's some rare stuff

They are. I don't think I have added any in about 4 years.

It is so strange on the WFs how some pieces are so common and others have yet to even surface.

 

[r_olson_06]

Finally have some freed up space to move some stuff around. Moving all my Plomb adjustables to 1 spot. Here are 5 of the 6 variants of 4" adjustables with what I believe is chronological order. I am still missing the smooth sided Utica variant.



All the adjustables except for the 16" and 20" ones in 1 spot.
Upper (Row 1) Left: Utica Smooth
Upper Right (Row 1): Utica Rentangle Oval
Row 2 Left: JP Danielson
Row 2 Right: Utica Inverted Arcs
Row 3 Left: Diamond
Row 4 Left Dualies

Have a good 4th all!

 

[natas2000]

Likely made between 1942 and 1945.
-Don

I see and thank you. I thought they looked close to those years in the catalogs, but the markings shown looked a little different. It matches yours. But my finish is dark?

 

[natas2000]

Some pebbles from last Sunday I picked up.

 

[d42jeep]

I see and thank you. I thought they looked close to those years in the catalogs, but the markings shown looked a little different. It matches yours. But my finish is dark?

During WW2 there were certain metal restrictions, one of which was chrome. Manufacturers used many alternatives including plain finish, cadmium plating and black oxide. Over time the black oxide and cad plating were subject to wear so the wrenches will often look quite different from one another.
-Don

 

[natas2000]

During WW2 there were certain metal restrictions, one of which was chrome. Manufacturers used many alternatives including plain finish, cadmium plating and black oxide. Over time the black oxide and cad plating were subject to wear so the wrenches will often look quite different from one another.
-Don

I thought it was cadmium but, is mine black oxide? I know some about the cadmium because of a WF ratchet I have.
I new mine was newer because of the style and it may not have been used even. If I could get my new super phone my work made me take, to cooperate I could get a better picture. Some setting are off and I need to take a minute and figure it out. Because its very clean and so is the stamping.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is an article about Black Oxide finishes found and posted some time back by Lugz.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I thought it was cadmium but, is mine black oxide?

It looks like it from here. It could be a very dark natural steel - I have a few, but most likely Black Ox. As Don suggested.

I am not sure what you're referring to by this...

...looks more modern than most.

Most what?

I knew mine was newer because of the style

Newer than what?

Plomb introduced the combination wrench - to their line, and the entire industry, in 1933. The style - flat shank, 15* offset to the box end, 15* angle to the open end - remained the same until early 1946 when Plomb started making them with the pebbled panel that they had already started using on other tools in 1944 and 1945. The only thing that changed with combination wrenches between 1933 and 1945 was the marking, in stages, from PLOMB to PLVMB and L.A. to MADE IN U.S.A., and the finish, during wartime, from plated to alternative to plating, as Don explained.

There is zero doubt your wrench is wartime.

 

[natas2000]

Maybe I didn't get it out my head well, the examples on the internet from the 20's & 30's look archaic. Old school dog bone types, poor manufacturing sloppy quality on many. Doesn't mean I don't want them. So mine looks like a newer more modern style. It looks like it could be sold today, maybe it needs to be chromed.
When I looked online some sites described what mine looks like and put in the 30's, but the pictures and examples didn't come close. Same with catalogs. I knew when the WF's were made and the pebble style were made but didn't know where this one fit. Now I do.

 

[r_olson_06]

Maybe I didn't get it out my head well, the examples on the internet from the 20's & 30's look archaic. Old school dog bone types, poor manufacturing sloppy quality on many. Doesn't mean I don't want them. So mine looks like a newer more modern style. It looks like it could be sold today, maybe it needs to be chromed.
When I looked online some sites described what mine looks like and put in the 30's, but the pictures and examples didn't come close. Same with catalogs. I knew when the WF's were made and the pebble style were made but didn't know where this one fit. Now I do.

No worries. There is quite a bit of junk information out there especially on eBay. Typically uninformed sellers will go to sold listings and pick the title that has sold for theost even though it is inaccurate. This forum is wealth of knowledge and I am still learning for the community even after decade of collecting Plomb.

 

[RubiconJK]

There is quite a bit of junk information out there especially on eBay. Typically uninformed sellers will go to sold listings and pick the title that has sold for theost even though it is inaccurate. This forum is wealth of knowledge and I am still learning for the community even after decade of collecting Plomb.

I agree with you Roy. "Trust, but verify" is a good motto for research when it comes to most online sources.

 

[Mintgrun]

There is quite a bit of junk information out there especially on eBay.

This is the first "original box" I've seen that was made of wood.
"Quotes" taken from a current ePay ad for this item.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

My favorite is when they claim its the "1st casting "

 

[Smokeshow69]

My favorite is when they claim its the "1st casting "

You mean a pebble isn’t the first casting?

 

[Steven 33]

Anyone know anything about this one

 

[3baygarage]

Anyone know anything about this one

Rare bird. I can only guess what it was for:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...re-thread-show-your-stuff.135342/post-6003497

 

[r_olson_06]

Anyone know anything about this one

I think to state the obvious it appears to be a war time production contract tools. I tried to use AI to correlate MPN to some contact or similar manufacture standard but I had no luck. Is it 1/4" or 9/32" drive?