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r_olson_06 said:
You are further than me. I still have 45 still not found including all known and unknown gap numbers. I still have about 3 easier ones to pick up but beyond that they will get tougher with deeps, 1/2" shallows, and those water pump wrenches that are so hard to find.
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Where would I get a copy of the Plomb wf list? I found this one that JKrubicon published...Is this the complete list? I feel foolish enough to attempt this endeavor :)

WF-1 - 3/8 X 1/2 socket adapter
WF-2 - 1/2 X 3/8 socket adapter
WF-3 - 1/2 X 3/4 socket adapter
WF-6 - 9/32 nut/socket driver -
WF-45 - 1/2 drive 9/16 12 pt socket -
WF-46 - 1/2 drive 5/8 12 pt socket -
WF-47 - 1/2 drive 11/16 12 pt socket -
WF-48 - 1/2 drive 3/4 12 pt socket -
WF-57 thru 71 - 3/4 drive sockets and extensions
WF-86 - 1 1/8 X 1 1/16 DBE wrench -
WF-90 - 1/4 X 3/16 DOE ignition wrench
WF-93 - 9/16 X 5/8 DOE wrench
WF-95 - 7/8 X 15/16 DOE wrench
WF-104 - 3/4 line wrench
WF-108 - 1 1/8 line wrench -
WF-114 - 1 1/2 line wrench -
WF-116 - 1 3/4 line wrench
WF-120 - 3/8 drive 3/8 12 pt deep socket -
WF-121 - 3/8 drive 1/2 12 pt deep socket
WF-122 - 3/8 drive 9/16 12 pt deep socket
WF-124 - 3/8 drive 5/8 12 pt deep socket -
WF-126 - 3/8 drive 3/4 12 pt deep socket -
WF-131 - 1/2 drive 3/4 12 pt deep socket
WF-132 - 1/2 drive 13/16 12 pt deep socket
WF-136 - 1/2 drive 1 1/16 12 pt deep socket
 
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Smokeshow69 said:
Where would I get a copy of the Plomb wf list? I found this one that JKrubicon published...Is this the complete list? I feel foolish enough to attempt this endeavor :)

WF-1 - 3/8 X 1/2 socket adapter
WF-2 - 1/2 X 3/8 socket adapter
WF-3 - 1/2 X 3/4 socket adapter
WF-6 - 9/32 nut/socket driver -
WF-45 - 1/2 drive 9/16 12 pt socket -
WF-46 - 1/2 drive 5/8 12 pt socket -
WF-47 - 1/2 drive 11/16 12 pt socket -
WF-48 - 1/2 drive 3/4 12 pt socket -
WF-57 thru 71 - 3/4 drive sockets and extensions
WF-86 - 1 1/8 X 1 1/16 DBE wrench -
WF-90 - 1/4 X 3/16 DOE ignition wrench
WF-93 - 9/16 X 5/8 DOE wrench
WF-95 - 7/8 X 15/16 DOE wrench
WF-104 - 3/4 line wrench
WF-108 - 1 1/8 line wrench -
WF-114 - 1 1/2 line wrench -
WF-116 - 1 3/4 line wrench
WF-120 - 3/8 drive 3/8 12 pt deep socket -
WF-121 - 3/8 drive 1/2 12 pt deep socket
WF-122 - 3/8 drive 9/16 12 pt deep socket
WF-124 - 3/8 drive 5/8 12 pt deep socket -
WF-126 - 3/8 drive 3/4 12 pt deep socket -
WF-131 - 1/2 drive 3/4 12 pt deep socket
WF-132 - 1/2 drive 13/16 12 pt deep socket
WF-136 - 1/2 drive 1 1/16 12 pt deep socket
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Posted above.
 
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Part NumberDescription
WF-13/8 female x 1/2 male adaptor
WF-21/2 female x 3/8 male adaptor
WF-31/2 female x 3/4 male adaptor
WF-49/32 x 2 extension
WF-59/32 x 6 extension
WF-69/32 x 5-3/8 driver extension
WF-79/32 hinge handle
WF-89/32 Ratchet Oval Head Plate
WF-8*9/32 Ratchet Figure 8 Head Plate
WF-8*9/32 Ratchet Knurled Handle
WF-8-S1/4 Ratchet
WF-99/32 tee handle
WF-109/32 x 3/16 6 pt socket
WF-119/32 x 1/4 6 pt socket
WF-129/32 x 5/16 12 pt socket
WF-139/32 x 11/32 12 pt socket
WF-149/32 x 3/8 12 pt socket
WF-159/32 x 7/16 12 pt socket
WF-163/8 x 3 1/4 extension
WF-173/8 x 5 extension
WF-183/8 x 8 extension
WF-193/8 x 12 extension
WF-203/8 hinge handle/extension
WF-213/8 ratchet Large Logo
WF-213/8 ratchet Stamped Logo
WF-21"3/8"" Ratchet with Sleeve Roller"
WF-21"3/8"" Ratchet Round Knurled Handle"
WF-21-S3/8 female ratchet w speed knob
WF-223/8 tee handle
WF-233/8 speed handle
WF-243/8 universal joint
WF-253/8 x 1/4 12 pt socket
WF-263/8 x 5/16 12 pt socket
WF-273/8 x 3/8 12pt socket
WF-283/8 x 7/16 12 pt socket
WF-293/8 x 1/2 12 pt socket
WF-303/8 x 9/16 12 pt socket
WF-313/8 x 5/8 12 pt socket
WF-323/8 x 11/16 12 pt socket
WF-333/8 x 3/4 12 pt socket
WF-341/2 x 6 extension
WF-351/2 x 10 extension
WF-361/2 x 20 extension
WF-371/2 hinge handle
WF-381/2 ratchet Small Logo
WF-38*1/2 ratchet Large Lofo
WF-38*1/2 ratchet Bog Style
WF-38-T"1/2 ratchet, 5 1/2"" long"
WF-391/2 tee handle
WF-401/2 speed handle
WF-411/2 universal joint
WF-421/2 x 3/8 12 pt socket
WF-431/2 x 7/16 12 pt socket
WF-441/2 x 1/2 12 pt socket
WF-451/2 x 9/16 12 pt socket
WF-461/2 x 5/8 12 pt socket
WF-471/2 x 11/16 12 pt socket
WF-481/2 x 3/4 12 pt socket
WF-491/2 x 13/16 12 pt socket
WF-501/2 x 7/8 12 pt socket
WF-511/2 x15/16 12 pt socket
WF-52"1/2 x 1"" 12 pt socket"
WF-531/2 x 1 1/16 12 pt socket
WF-541/2 x 1 1/8 12 pt socket
WF-551/2 x 1 3/16 12 pt socket
WF-561/2 x 1 1/4 12 pt socket
WF-57"3/4 x 8"" extension"
WF-58"3/4 x 15"" extension"
WF-593/4 x 21-1/2 hinge handle
WF-60unknown
WF-613/4 x 1 5/16 12 pt socket
WF-623/4 x 1 3/8 12 pt socket
WF-633/4 x 1 7/16 12 pt socket
WF-643/4 x 1 1/2 12 pt socket
WF-653/4 x 1 9/16 12 pt socket
WF-663/4 x 1 5/8 12 pt socket
WF-67 3/4 x 1 11/16 12 pt socket
WF-683/4 x 1-3/4 12 pt socket
WF-693/4 x 1 13/16 12 pt socket
WF-703/4 x 1 7/8 12 pt socket
WF-71"3/4 x 2"" 12 pt socket"
WF-723/8 x 3/8 universal 12 pt
WF-733/8 x 7/16 universal 12 pt
WF-743/8 x 1/2 universal 12 pt
WF-753/8 x 9/16 universal 12 pt
WF-763/8 x 5/8 universal 12 pt
WF-773/8 x 11/16 universal 12 pt
WF-783/8 x 3/4 universal socket
WF-795/16 x 3/8 box wrench
WF-803/8 x 7/16 box wrench
WF-811/2 x 9/16 box wrench
WF-825/8 x 11/16 box wrench
WF-833/4 x 7/8 box wrench
WF-8413/16 x 7/8 box wrench
WF-8515/16 x 1 box wrench
WF-861 1/16 x 1 1/8 box wrench
WF-871-1/4 x 1-5/16 box wrench
WF-881 1/4 x 1 3/8 box wrench
WF-891 7/16 x 1 1/2 box wrench
WF-903/16 x 1/4 open end wrench
WF-913/8 x 5/16 open end wrench
WF-927/16 x 1/2 open end wrench
WF-939/16 x 5/8 open end wrench
WF-9411/16 x 25/32 open end wrench
WF-957/8 x 15/16 open end wrench
WF-96unknown
WF-9715/64 angle wrench
WF-981/4 angle wrench
WF-995/16 angle wrench
WF-10011/32 angle wrench
WF-1013/8 angle wrench
WF-1027/16 angle wrench
WF-1031/2 angle wrench
WF-1043/4 line wrench
WF-1057/8 line wrench
WF-106"1"" line wrench"
WF-1071-1/16 line wrench
WF-1081-1/8 line wrench
WF-1091-3/16 line wrench
WF-1101-1/4 line wrench
WF-1111-5/16 line wrench
WF-1121-3/8 line wrench
WF-1131-7/16 line wrench
WF-1141-1/2 line wrench
WF-1151-5/8 line wrench
WF-1161-3/4 line wrench
WF-117unknown
Wf-118unknown
Wf-119unknown
WF-1203/8 x 3/8 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1213/8 x 7/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1223/8 x 1/2 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1233/8 x 9/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1243/8 x 5/8 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1253/8 x 11/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1263/8 x 3/4 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1271/2 x 1/2 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1281/2 x 9/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1291/2 x 5/8 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1301/2 x 11/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1311/2 x 3/4 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1321/2 x 13/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1331/2 x 7/8 12 pt socket
WF-1341/2 x 15/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-135"1/2 x 1"" deep 12 pt socket"
WF-1361/2 x 1 1/16 deep 12 pt socket
WF-1371/2 x 1 1/8 deep 12 pt socket
 
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Picked up this early LA example of a 3018. All other early examples I had very 40 or 41. I cannot remember these in the early catalogs so may be a 38 or 39.

It also this weird forge mark on the center of the beam and near the one head.
 

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Some early Plomb had cosmetic flaws. They were transitioning from a home-grown local brand into a regional, mainstream one. The quality (fit and durability) was there, but the finish improved pretty rapidly.
 
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bmwrd0 said:
Since everyone was all WF crazy a little while ago, here is a treat:
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WF-6.
and as a locked extension
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Nice. I haven't seen one of those come for sale in a couple of years. Definitely one of the more difficult WF tools to find.
 
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Incase you missed it. This is only 2nd set like this I have seen in my past 10ish years of collecting.
Hope someone here picked it up!
 
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Probably it's been awhile. It was an auction not a make offer or whatever, I think it was like 200$ back then.
 
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Oldtuleguy said:
Probably it's been awhile. It was an auction not a make offer or whatever, I think it was like 200$ back then.
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Have you ever put that T-handle driver side by side with a Snap On version from that era just for comparison?
 
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Plomb version is a bit lighter
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Which is to be expected, since it's 1/4-inch drive (vs. 9/32-inch drive), no?

I find the concept and the photo kind of ironic and iconic at the same time.

I'll elaborate.

Snap-on didn't routinely make a 1/4-inch drive version (TM-3) of the M-3 (9/32-ich drive) Tee handle. When the full 1/4-drive TM- stuff was introduced in the 1945 catalog, it was dropped. Last seen in a catalog in 1942. There is, as I recall, an example of a TM-3 with a 1949 date stamp on the SO thread, but it's considered a special/anomaly.

Plomb, quite conversely, didn't routinely make a Tee handle, not for the regular commercial 1/4-inch drive 47xx sets or for the Plomb 9/32-inch drive WF- sets.

My point is that the rare Plomb "Allison Engines" sets (or whatever we're calling them) represent a weird juncture in the vintage tools universe where one major mfgr (Plomb) was ostensibly doing something very unusual (producing a handle it had never before manufactured!), while the other major mfgr (Snap-on), which had since 1920 routinely produced one as a staple handle in its line of midget drive set offerings, was in the process of discontinuing it!

For that reason alone it's an interesting notion by @MR.X - "Hello, Joe? Morris here. How are you? That's great. Listen, let's talk about those tee handles you make..." - but the features are not wholly convincing. The bends in the loop handle is a classic standard shape for tee handles, since the days of fixed socket wrenches. I am not sure the shape or the knurling on the rotating handle is enough to do anything with, either. The approach of the shank to the drive stud is different and the detent balls are not staked the same. The two stops for the rotating handle are intriguing. Kind of a SO thing. They started going internal on some tools.

A neat thought experiment, though. Call me open-mindedly skeptical and willing to see more.
 
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Plomb, walden,snapon and new britain all had versions
 

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Oldtuleguy said:
Plomb, walden,snapon and new britain all had versions
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Not sure what you mean by "versions," OTG, but the drive size matters. Unless I'm mistaken, I think your statement simultaneously and somewhat misleadingly belies the rarity of a few of them and too modestly understates your own collection! :)

Again, my impression is that Plomb is not at all known for making any, in any drive size, except and only for a very brief time, the 1/4-drive jobbie in your AE set. That's why it's so unusual.

I've seen the Walden.

Not sure I was aware of/recall the NB. Is it 1/4- or 9/32-drive?

I'm assuming the Snap-on, the most common, is 9/32-drive.
 
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Maybe I need to clarify this statement.
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Call me open-mindedly skeptical and willing to see more.
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When I said I was skeptical, I meant of the implicit premise of @MR.X 's intriguing suggestion that Snap-on may have been making them for Plomb, explicitly for the AE kits, as discussed in the previous part of my post, a suggestion with a lot of interesting merit based solely on the complete lack of precedence by Plomb in making them prior to that.

When I said that I was willing to see more, I didn't mean other midget Tee handles. I have seen plenty and I have a few myself - all 9/32-inch drive. I meant more analysis and discussion of the construction features and characteristics of a Snap-on M-3 (9/32-inch drive) Tee handle compared to the 1/4-inch drive Tee handle that Plomb was conspicuously putting in these EA kits.
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Looks like Walden was still offering them at least as late as 1954.
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That's a lot later than I would've expected.
 
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The new britain is 1/4". There maybe some other brands but those are the ones I have seen. The snapon 1/4" version is pretty scarce. I can only guess the plomb was for a military kit, never meant for sale to the public.
 
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Steven 33 said:
They always drop right out of the sky for me ha. Just never stuff i actually collect
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I hear you there. Early snap on is pretty common her for some reason at least the overstrike 1/2" and 5/8" drive sockets. I don't think most people know the old logo.
 
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r_olson_06 said:
I hear you there. Early snap on is pretty common her for some reason at least the overstrike 1/2" and 5/8" drive sockets. I don't think most people know the old logo.
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Well screw you to then ha. I need to travel hours or pay crazy prices to get anything i like usually
 
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Steven 33 said:
Well screw you to then ha. I need to travel hours or pay crazy prices to get anything i like usually
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:). The ratchets are definitely harder to come by because they say Snap On but sockets are decently common but sometimes not in the greatest condition
 
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