Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[DD T/A]

Heh, you were fast to that Roy.

 

[DD T/A]

Good day at the swap over the last two sundays, very happy over my first Proto hammer. Almost every iota of that poor 1252's chrome is gone.

 

[r_olson_06]

Good day at the swap over the last two sundays, very happy over my first Proto hammer. Almost every iota of that poor 1252's chrome is gone.

That is the only style of a 1252 with plombs name on it correct? They never made it in the earlier generations from my understanding.

Been slow here. 3" of snow this morning should slow down the auction season.


Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches
1164, 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[DD T/A]

Roy, I guess your PM's are full. Send me an address I can send your item to.



1252: Really? wow, had no clue about that. Gonna have to run that by the real experts around here lol.

 

[r_olson_06]

Roy, I guess your PM's are full. Send me an address I can send your item to.



1252: Really? wow, had no clue about that. Gonna have to run that by the real experts around here lol.

Pm box cleared. No measure on how full it it is on the app.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches
1164, 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[Rileysan]

Smokeshow has been pestering me to post these but I have no PC and my phone now has a broken screen, but I'll give it a shot.

Proto LA tool boards acquired from the same seller Smokeshow bought his Plomb top chest (full of screwdrivers). I think I might have but off more than I can chew with the metric/Whitworth tool board, but the seller threw in a bone by including a Proto LA metric DOE set in the original pouch. I paid $100 for all.

Brian

 

[r_olson_06]

Smokeshow has been pestering me to post these but I have no PC and my phone now has a broken screen, but I'll give it a shot.

Proto LA tool boards acquired from the same seller Smokeshow bought his Plomb top chest (full of screwdrivers). I think I might have but off more than I can chew with the metric/Whitworth tool board, but the seller threw in a bone by including a Proto LA metric DOE set in the original pouch. I paid $100 for all.

Brian

Nice. Them Whitworth spots may take a while to fill.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches
1164, 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[Catfishdan]

Here are my plomb finds from the flea.
A 1224 and a 1220 combo, a wf-21 ratchet, a 9651 stubby flat head, and a 5274 universal.


The 1224 has some neat standings on the back. Says "USN OD PM JET". Beyond US Navy, I'm at a loss for what it means. It's also faintly engraved with "RES ONE ST" or perhaps "REG ONE ST". I figured one of you military collectors would know what's up...

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[LesserSon]

Plucked these from a bin at the flea today.

 

[dungeoncrawler]

Picked up a small curved strike chisel piece today.
Can't seem to identify the exact purpose - it curves as for chiseling off the surface of roundstock or piping. Marked Plomb, Made in USA and "21 1/2 I".
Anyone knows what it's for?

 

[r_olson_06]

Picked up a small curved strike chisel piece today.
Can't seem to identify the exact purpose - it curves as for chiseling off the surface of roundstock or piping. Marked Plomb, Made in USA and "21 1/2 I".
Anyone knows what it's for?

It looks like a caulking tool I believe not a chisel. Could also be for moarter.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[dungeoncrawler]

A few more photos if that helps, AA battery for scale. The tail looks like the same kind of striking surface as Plomb chisels and punches.

 

[Smokeshow69]

A few more photos if that helps, AA battery for scale. The tail looks like the same kind of striking surface as Plomb chisels and punches.

As mentioned before , those round chisels are for old plumbing work with metal pipe where you had to solder and pack the joints! Not really a chisel as it really is a hammer powered packing tool.


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[notlob]

Plomb wartime catalog identifies that as a "Pony Calker"

Here's a video showing how calkers were used:

 

[dungeoncrawler]

Cool, thanks for the info guys!
I love this board

 

[btrnuthatch]

Picked these up on Sunday, $1 each. I noted most of the 3316 web images (called an Electrical Open-End on Alloy Artifacts) seem to be non-inset versions. Is this inset version more rare?

The 1126 DBE does not have much if any pebble.

The 1212 Combinations show two variations of the "MADE IN USA" configurations. Again from Alloy Artifacts, both versions are noted as 1942-1945. Is there other evidence that shows which version is associated with what date?

Thanks.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Did you clean that 3316 yet? It's probably pebbled. Between 1944 and 1947 they added more and more pebbled tools, from a few drive handles and flare nut wrenches to DOE's and DBE's etc. The 33XX and 32XX electrical/ignition wrenches are never shown in any catalog with pebbled fields, but they obviously made them. They turn up. I can't comment on rare, but they do seem more uncommon than smooth shank in the same era.

 

[r_olson_06]

Did you clean that 3316 yet? It's probably pebbled. Between 1944 and 1947 they added more and more pebbled tools, from a few drive handles and flare nut wrenches to DOE's and DBE's etc. The 33XX and 32XX electrical/ignition wrenches are never shown in any catalog with pebbled fields, but they obviously made them. They turn up. I can't comment on rare, but they do seem more uncommon than smooth shank in the same era.

Lugz,
From what I have seen the 33XX electrical wrenches have the recessed panel insert and the 32XX ignitions do not. The 33XXs I have seen have not been pebbled but just have the recessed panels which look similar to the pebble.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I don't think those little guys ever got pebbles. I for one have found less of them than the ones that look like a tiny normal wrench,

 

[r_olson_06]

Speaking of little wrenches does anyone have any 811Xs or 812Xs midget double box ends. I see them listed in catalogs but have never seen one before and no examples online that I could find. Does anyone have an example of these?

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[mustangSR70]

This was this weekend's pick ups.
1425 finishing body hammer
1126 1/2 9/16 wrench Los Angeles 1937, the vendor at the Pomona Swap Meet gave me for free
1122 3/8 7/16 wrench. I have a few of these, but this one is marked War Finish
WF38 1/2" ratchet
5544 1⅜" 3/4 drive socket from '41

 

[Private Lugnutz]

A non-pebbled inset, huh? Okay. I'll defer to you guys on that, Roy and Slew. I don't have any, but I've seen them, and I always thought they were pebbled or lightly pebbled. I stand corrected.

 

[r_olson_06]

A non-pebbled inset, huh? Okay. I'll defer to you guys on that, Roy and Slew. I don't have any, but I've seen them, and I always thought they were pebbled or lightly pebbled. I stand corrected.

I only have 3 different sizes of the recessed and 6 of the non. They all follow the part number scheme but still a small data set. I am unsure the application difference of the 2 sets of wrenches. I know the 33XXs are called electrical so I assumed points.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[tin medic]

Plomb USN NAF set, complete minus one 3/8 6-pt socket, 1108-7. I overpaid but, who cares, I've never seen one before.

 

[Rileysan]

Plomb USN NAF set, complete minus one 3/8 6-pt socket, 1108-7. I overpaid but, who cares, I've never seen one before.

Fantastic set! Smokeshow and I both watched it with great interest. I expected it to sell high for the exact reason you mentioned. I've never seen one!

Brian

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I actually bid on that! Glad it went to a good home.

 

[tin medic]

I knew it would go high, I just wasn't sure how high. It will go in the box with my PWA and WF stuff.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Very nice. Only one I have seen!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Looks just as it good as it did in my sneak preview, Tin!

Makes me wonder how many sets they made with NAF- marked pcs, and how many sets they made with regularly marked pcs, as in Don's and Oldmantaylor's sets, which came in the same box, with the same label.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Always nice to have a OOAK! So clean, too!

 

[disston]

OK, so please tell what is NAF ?

 

[r_olson_06]

OK, so please tell what is NAF ?

I think it's Naval Air Force

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3732, 3032, 3055, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3070

 

[d42jeep]

I may be a little jealous of your incredibly rare find! Congrats!
-Don

 

[tin medic]

NAF is Naval Aviation Factory.


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[madwi]

No idea where this came, found it while cleaning out an old tool box.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Plomb USN NAF set, complete minus one 3/8 6-pt socket, 1108-7. I overpaid but, who cares, I've never seen one before.

So you where the high bidder/ lucky one. I was the high bidder for about 15 minutes on my lunch break and I topped out it $61 [emoji23] I had a feeling I was a little out of my league! Nice grab


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[Private Lugnutz]

OK, so please tell what is NAF ?

NAF is Naval Aviation Factory.

That is correct, but as you know, that can also cause misguided conclusions by some collectors, so a quick elaboration on that...

The Naval Aviation Factory was built in Philadelphia in 1917 to provide the US Navy its own manufacturing plant for WWI. The Navy designed, built, and tested several types of aircraft from scratch there all the way up through the start of WWII, when things shifted to buying commercial products. In that ensuing period it became the center for all things Navy aviation related, including logistics. Since everything Navy aviation related was either being made or bought there, they used NAF- as a prefix for part numbers.

Point is, when one finds NAF-xxxx on a hip-roof cantilevered toolbox or a spark plug wrench or a OOAK midget socket set, it does not mean it came from or was used in the actual Naval Aviation Factory in Philly. Believe it or not, I've encountered that argument.

 

[Catfishdan]

Plomb USN NAF set, complete minus one 3/8 6-pt socket, 1108-7. I overpaid but, who cares, I've never seen one before.

Awesome set. I was hoping someone here won it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That transportive set deserves some transportive period-correct trappings!!

Some pertinent excerpts from my 1944 US Navy Aviation Supply Office Class 41 Catalog...

 

[tin medic]

Awesome set. I was hoping someone here won it.

I figured I might be bidding against others here.