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3baygarage said:
I remember someone talking about that set when it was for sale. I'd like to hear some more about that winged creature stamped 18?
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Oldtuleguy said:
No consensus was reached on its purpose
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Ah, I remember that now. We were wondering if those big ears were the business end, with the square being the male drive end, or whether you turned those big ears like a wingnut or a key.
 
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Private Lugnutz said:
Ah, I remember that now. We were wondering if those big ears were the business end, with the square being the male drive end, or whether you turned those big ears like a wingnut or a key.
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Seems to be very similar to "flag driver" some of the euro tool makers like Wera have them for hex and torx keys.
3baygarage said:
I remember someone talking about that set when it was for sale. I'd like to hear some more about that winged creature stamped 18? Is it Plomb? The patina looks right.
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Provincial said:
WWII-era Plomb tools found in the UK, stamped with an AE-part number prefix.

Could they perhaps be Allison Engine (like V-1710) tools? :headscrat
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The only reference I have seen in on Vannatta Bros with a possible reference to Allison Engines.

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Pratt & Whitney had a strong relationship with Bonney, apparently from the start in the 1920's. Wright (the aircraft engine enterprise) also was a Bonney customer from about the same time. P&W did buy tools from Plomb during WWII, and I assume that the Wright Field contracts provided an introduction of Plomb to the aircraft engine manufacturers. Plomb may have been more aggressive about adding manufacturing capacity than some other competitors, which would explain at least part of the additional contracting activity. This market would have been sensitive to the willingness of the tool supplier to make custom tools or modifications.
 
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Outlawmws said:
If you find Plvmb box that nice, you might just **** a little!

(Paraphrasing Jeff Foxworthy)
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I totally agree with whatever that was you just said!
If you are posting a dual marked wrench should it go in the Plomb thread or the Proto thread? I found this today.
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Smokeshow69 said:
Plomb/ Proto la finds from today.. high lights include 3/4 drive hinge handle, dual mark pipe wrench and combo wrench. Sr deep socket and rough dual tip hammer. Not cleaned up yet but they should turn out ok!

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Well done. We need more bragging like this. Love seeing what other people are finding. That curved chisel (maybe caulker) looks early.

The toolbox looks amazing. Decal is in great shape.

I have resorted to buying tools and flipping them to raise money to source my gaps in my sets. Here is some more gap fillers.
All LA except the 1210 which should be an LA juding by the date code. Maybe they ran out of room for the stamp on such a small wrench.IMG_20191116_182135821.jpegIMG_20191116_182132608.jpegIMG_20191116_182124715.jpeg

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This 1/2” drive 5/8” deep socket (without crossbar hole) rolled in from an eBay seller to fill a hole in my wartime 1/2” drive set.
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d42jeep said:
I totally agree with whatever that was you just said!
If you are posting a dual marked wrench should it go in the Plomb thread or the Proto thread? I found this today.
-Don
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The plomb top chest was a trade with Bmwrd0... I traded a flying lady 9997 top chest for this beauty! It even has the removable tray!


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r_olson_06 said:
Well done. We need more bragging like this. Love seeing what other people are finding. That curved chisel (maybe caulker) looks early.

The toolbox looks amazing. Decal is in great shape.

I have resorted to buying tools and flipping them to raise money to source my gaps in my sets. Here is some more gap fillers.
All LA except the 1210 which should be an LA juding by the date code. Maybe they ran out of room for the stamp on such a small wrench.IMG_20191116_182135821.jpegIMG_20191116_182132608.jpegIMG_20191116_182124715.jpeg

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The curved chisel is early. All these are swap fresh so I can’t see the date codes. It reminds me of a butter knife [emoji23]


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Outlawmws said:
Both of course! :thumbup:
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Makes sense to me so I took your advice.
Here is a 1939 Plomb 1145 I found yesterday. This one was my first try in my new evaporust sewer pipe tube and it worked really well. The wrench was super rusty when I started.
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d42jeep said:
Makes sense to me so I took your advice.
Here is a 1939 Plomb 1145 I found yesterday. This one was my first try in my new evaporust sewer pipe tube and it worked really well. The wrench was super rusty when I started.
-Don
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I moved to tubes early on and haven't looked back. Most tools have a shape that works well with the tube shape. I recently upgraded from a 2" to a 6" PVC pipe.

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Extensions are not Plomb. curious about the sockets.
As said the P&C box is early. Is that extension P&C?

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r_olson_06 said:
Extensions are not Plomb. curious about the sockets.
As said the P&C box is early. Is that extension P&C?

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I have never specifically looked up p&c extensions but they usually are physically the same as plomb. It doesn’t look like a plomb empire extension to me but I have been wrong before and will again at some point [emoji23]


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