Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[outofbounds]

Funny you mention that... I know of a member who went to look at that set! There is also a plomb top chest in Vancouver on Craigslist in case anyone is interested!

What am I missing? Even if that box is an obnoxious spray bomb, it seems like an awful lot of value for money there....

 

[Smokeshow69]

What am I missing? Even if that box is an obnoxious spray bomb, it seems like an awful lot of value for money there....

No, it’s good but might be over priced a bit? just not the most desirable box because it was sprayed and also the location makes it a little tougher unless you live there


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[Rileysan]

How is this set not in the back of a Camry by now???? 10 days on Craigslist? No affiliation to seller.....https://kpr.craigslist.org/tls/d/college-place-pluomb-plvmb-plumb/7190777221.html

I was told of that box of tools a week ago by Mr X. It's not a bad deal but not good enough to justify the 5 hour round trip. I guess I'm becoming desensitized to Plomb boxes around here!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Here is my cadmium plated 1/2 drive craftsman circle u set. I do have the speed handle but need to find a universal joint and the smallest extension as well



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[r_olson_06]

I was told of that box of tools a week ago by Mr X. It's not a bad deal but not good enough to justify the 5 hour round trip. I guess I'm becoming desensitized to Plomb boxes around here!

Might have to schedule a week of PTO and make a PNW pillage run if you guys are going to let those Plomb boxes rot[emoji38].

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[Smokeshow69]

Might have to schedule a week of PTO and make a PNW pillage run if you guys are going to let those Plomb boxes rot[emoji38].

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There is an antique shop in prineville that has some listed online as well. Time to fill up the Grand Prix [emoji23] Facebook can be a great source for rare stuff if you keep an eye out


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[Smokeshow69]

Boy these are nice MR.X! Is the new owner on here?



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What is the color on the mid 30’s tote? Is it a battleship grayish? I would have thought it would have been olive drab like the boxes?


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[Rileysan]

Might have to schedule a week of PTO and make a PNW pillage run if you guys are going to let those Plomb boxes rot[emoji38].

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If you ever get the bug, we'll show you around!

 

[Smokeshow69]

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[Smokeshow69]

Ok you guys are killing me. Despite my lame trolling photos, not one person noticed anything in the background [emoji23] or even my more obvious photo....or maybe it was too rough looking to make out...

Speaking of Facebook- I noticed an early plomb tool tote on Facebook about 4 hours south of me. It had been listed for a week before I found it. The seller made mention of using it as a hipster flower planter much to my chagrin. I messaged her and luckily she was willing to ship the item since it was her grandfather’s and I mentioned I was a collector of this brand. Just under $30 to my door. It looks like hell but is actually very solid and should be fixed fairly easily! I have a spot welder and will put it to use fixing this! This thing is fairly heavy duty at 6 lbs. I can’t imagine very many of the early totes are still around. I will restore it and put it to use . I ordered wrinkle paint already from summit racing










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[Rileysan]

Ok you guys are killing me. Despite my lame trolling photos, not one person noticed anything in the background [emoji23] or even my more obvious photo....or maybe it was too rough looking to make out...

Speaking of Facebook- I noticed an early plomb tool tote on Facebook about 4 hours south of me. It had been listed for a week before I found it. The seller made mention of using it as a hipster flower planter much to my chagrin.




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Your family doesn't let you pick out Christmas trees, do they?

 

[Rileysan]

The teasing aside, that's a really cool find. I wouldn't pass up on that either!

 

[Smokeshow69]

The teasing aside, that's a really cool find. I wouldn't pass up on that either!

I think everyone on here is cool blind and can’t see the grey [emoji15][emoji23]


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[bmwrd0]

Very nice Smoke! Your wife will love putting plants in it!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Very nice Smoke! Your wife will love putting plants in it!

There are no plants going anywhere near it[emoji23] over my dead body. I know it looks bad in the photos but most of the damage is just on the sides and the broken spot welds. I can’t tell if someone stood on it or if something fell on it?


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[Private Lugnutz]

I think everyone on here is color blind and can’t see the grey

It definitely looks grey to me.

You're right in your post upthread about the descriptions of most of the bigger toolboxes being referred to as "olive green baked enamel" in the 1936 catalog. But the color of every box is not identified in every description, some clearly look monochromatically lighter than others, and that includes the tote. One might reasonably conclude that the darker boxes are "olive green baked enamel" and the lighter boxes are something lighter, and empirically, based on yours and MR. X's (if I recall correctly), grey.

The 1933 catalog is worse. Again, all of the toolboxes do NOT have the same monochromatic intensity. Some are clearly darker than others. But no colors are provided. Finishes are variously described as "enduring enamel," "permanently enameled," and just "enameled."

 

[Smokeshow69]

It definitely looks grey to me.

You're right in your post upthread about the descriptions of most of the bigger toolboxes being referred to as "olive green baked enamel" in the 1936 catalog. But the color of every box is not identified in every description, some clearly look monochromatically lighter than others, and that includes the tote. One might reasonably conclude that the darker boxes are "olive green baked enamel" and the lighter boxes are something lighter, and empirically, based on yours and MR. X's (if I recall correctly), grey.

The 1933 catalog is worse. Again, all of the toolboxes do NOT have the same monochromatic intensity. Some are clearly darker than others. But no colors are provided. Finishes are variously described as "enduring enamel," "permanently enameled," and just "enameled."

This one is definitely a battleship grey- with wrinkle paint. The 2 that mr.x posted look like a semi gloss or gloss finish? I would have thought plomb would have painted them consistently with the same color as their tool boxes but then again they were not always consistent with box colors- fluctuating between olive drab and brilliant Chinese red. I wish I could see a nice original one that was the same as mine but even the early one mr.x posted appears to be repainted in the sides?


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[MR.X]

Ok you guys are killing me. Despite my lame trolling photos, not one person noticed anything in the background [emoji23] or even my more obvious photo....or maybe it was too rough looking to make out...
It looks like hell but is actually very solid and should be fixed fairly easily! I have a spot welder and will put it to use fixing this! This thing is fairly heavy duty at 6 lbs. I can’t imagine very many of the early totes are still around. I will restore it and put it to use . I ordered wrinkle paint already from summit racing.
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Did they find that on the Hunley?

 

[MR.X]

Kidding of course...I think totes like that are ideal for refurbishing.... looking forward to it.

 

[Rileysan]

I think everyone on here is cool blind and can’t see the grey [emoji15][emoji23]


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That's because it's actually 'gray'

 

[Smokeshow69]

That's because it's actually 'gray'

[emoji849][emoji849][emoji23] not to split hairs but you are splitting hairs [emoji23]


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[Smokeshow69]

Kidding of course...I think totes like that are ideal for refurbishing.... looking forward to it.

That is good [emoji23] I totally gambled on this after seeing some photos but it will come out ok! This is after 5 seconds with a wire wheel and drill. If I put some hinge handles in here will I get a bow down emoji?[emoji23][emoji23]



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[Private Lugnutz]

fluctuating between olive drab and brilliant Chinese red.

Not to be picayune, but they didn't actually use the word "drab." They are always described as "olive green." And let's not forget the "Lustrous metallic blue enamel finish" Toolmobiles in 1938 and 1939.

not to split hairs but you are splitting hairs

Are they grey hairs?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Not to be picayune, but they didn't actually use the word "drab." They are always described as "olive green." And let's not forget the "Lustrous metallic blue enamel finish" Toolmobiles in 1938 and 1939.


Are they grey hairs?

No that is a good point... I forgot about the blue tool mobile color. I really want to find one! Plus you are correct on the o.d. color... it is never described as drab. And yes, we are splitting grey hairs[emoji23]


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[r_olson_06]

Ok you guys are killing me. Despite my lame trolling photos, not one person noticed anything in the background [emoji23] or even my more obvious photo....or maybe it was too rough looking to make out...

Speaking of Facebook- I noticed an early plomb tool tote on Facebook about 4 hours south of me. It had been listed for a week before I found it. The seller made mention of using it as a hipster flower planter much to my chagrin. I messaged her and luckily she was willing to ship the item since it was her grandfather’s and I mentioned I was a collector of this brand. Just under $30 to my door. It looks like hell but is actually very solid and should be fixed fairly easily! I have a spot welder and will put it to use fixing this! This thing is fairly heavy duty at 6 lbs. I can’t imagine very many of the early totes are still around. I will restore it and put it to use . I ordered wrinkle paint already from summit racing










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I went back and looked and brushed right over it. Well done.

Very nice Smoke! Your wife will love putting plants in it!

Haha. Yes paint it ugly teal and plant flowers in it.

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[ssdave]

Anybody really enamored of that Plomb stuff in Walla Walla? By a weird circumstance, I'll be out and about that way tomorrow, bought a machine shop out of tools, and tomorrow is moving day. I may possibly come back through Walla Walla, it's only 50 miles or so out of my way.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I went back and looked and brushed right over it. Well done.Haha. Yes paint it ugly teal and plant flowers in it.

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Thanks! I haven’t been this excited about finding something in a while


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[Private Lugnutz]

I was doing some research completely irrelevant to Plomb, or even Army surplus, when I stumbled on this irresistible Fresno Bee ad from 1952.

While I have been lucky enough to find a couple vintage tools at a fairly famous Army surplus store here in NJ called "Armies of the Past", that 'I was born at the wrong time in the wrong place' feeling I got reading this ad was enough to make a grown man cry!

The Snap-on guys won't be happy to see that Plomb was cited first, and the Blackhawk, Bonney, Williams, and other guys really won't be happy to see that they are relegated to an "etc.". But as a random subjective peephole into the past, it's fairly accurate. I also found it interesting that in October 1952 the copywriter used the company name (Plomb) being phased out, rather than the brand name (Proto) the Plomb peeps had been on an all-out nation-wide campaign to promote.

By the way, if you're wondering, the 47-piece socket sets they were selling (for $10!) were combination 1/2- and 3/8-inch drive, with deeps and swivels.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I got some work done on the C.S.S Huntley today... 4 out of the 7 spot welds on the socket tray were broken so I finished removing it and will get that area all cleaned up before I weld it back in! The bottom has some pitting but nothing to bad. The wrinkle paint should hide a lot of imperfections . Everything else buzzed down fairly easily and luckily no rust scale!









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[r_olson_06]

I was doing some research completely irrelevant to Plomb, or even Army surplus, when I stumbled on this irresistible Fresno Bee ad from 1952.

While I have been lucky enough to find a couple vintage tools at a fairly famous Army surplus store here in NJ called "Armies of the Past", that 'I was born at the wrong time in the wrong place' feeling I got reading this ad was enough to make a grown man cry!

The Snap-on guys won't be happy to see that Plomb was cited first, and the Blackhawk, Bonney, Williams, and other guys really won't be happy to see that they are relegated to an "etc.". [emoji38] But as a random subjective peephole into the past, it's fairly accurate. I also found it interesting that in October 1952 the copywriter used the company name (Plomb) being phased out, rather than the brand name (Proto) the Plomb peeps had been on an all-out nation-wide campaign to promote.

By the way, if you're wondering, the 47-piece socket sets they were selling (for $10!) were combination 1/2- and 3/8-inch drive, with deeps and swivels.

Suppose this was WF surplus?

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[Private Lugnutz]

The Army was furiously repacking WWII tools in 51, 52, and 53, so it's possible. But the ad says they're chromed. Could have been mistaken or vague on that.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Suppose this was WF surplus?

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I can smell the cosmoline and canvas from here! There was some good stuff in there!


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[r_olson_06]

The Army was furiously repacking WWII tools in 51, 52, and 53, so it's possible. But the ad says they're chromed. Could have been mistaken or vague on that.

Maybe I missed it. It says there plated but that could be Cad correct?

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[Private Lugnutz]

Yes, that's true. (And just when I talked myself into feeling better about them all being postwar...)

 

[r_olson_06]

Thanks to Don for another Plomb chisel which puts the chisel count up to 76. Also picked up my first pocket screwdriver and didn't have to pay and arm and leg like some people ask for them. Love the back stamping as well!

Yes, that's true. (And just when I talked myself into feeling better about them all being postwar...)

Very interesting article though. Still doesn't explain why the hell the WF deep wells are so hard to find unless they were doing a mixture but all in speculation.

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[ssdave]

How is this set not in the back of a Camry by now???? 10 days on Craigslist? No affiliation to seller.....https://kpr.craigslist.org/tls/d/college-place-pluomb-plvmb-plumb/7190777221.html

Funny you mention that... I know of a member who went to look at that set! There is also a plomb top chest in Vancouver on Craigslist in case anyone is interested!

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I owe a thank you to outofbounds for posting the Walla Walla Plomb sale link, and for Smokeshow69 for emphasizing it.

This is off Plomb subject, but came from it.

I clicked on the link. Walla Walla: within driving distance, but not worth it for a Plomb box with a bit of misc. But, while I'm on craigslist, check there to see if anything else in Walla Walla to sweeten the deal. I click on tools, and first up, just posted is an ad for 2 lathes, 2 mills and tooling for $1500. Telephone #, so I call immediately. Talk for a bit, this is the real deal, retired machinist, needs shop cleaned out NOW for immediate house sale offer. Will give me $300 off if I can come get it immediately. So, I hook up car hauler and 8 hour drive today, plus 2 hours loading and rigging. Nice Logan lathe with quick change gearbox, decent taiwan mill with new set of R8's, screw cutting small craftsman lathe with gears and tooling, and a bridgeport for parts (part of it). Here's the trigger photo from the Plomb ad, and a picture of the tooling that came with the lot. No pictures of the machines, still on trailer in the dark.

It was too late coming home to swing through Walla Walla and pick up the Plomb, so it's still at large.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sounds like it was worth the trip!

 

[Smokeshow69]

I owe a thank you to outofbounds for posting the Walla Walla Plomb sale link, and for Smokeshow69 for emphasizing it.



This is off Plomb subject, but came from it.



I clicked on the link. Walla Walla: within driving distance, but not worth it for a Plomb box with a bit of misc. But, while I'm on craigslist, check there to see if anything else in Walla Walla to sweeten the deal. I click on tools, and first up, just posted is an ad for 2 lathes, 2 mills and tooling for $1500. Telephone #, so I call immediately. Talk for a bit, this is the real deal, retired machinist, needs shop cleaned out NOW for immediate house sale offer. Will give me $300 off if I can come get it immediately. So, I hook up car hauler and 8 hour drive today, plus 2 hours loading and rigging. Nice Logan lathe with quick change gearbox, decent taiwan mill with new set of R8's, screw cutting small craftsman lathe with gears and tooling, and a bridgeport for parts (part of it). Here's the trigger photo from the Plomb ad, and a picture of the tooling that came with the lot. No pictures of the machines, still on trailer in the dark.



It was too late coming home to swing through Walla Walla and pick up the Plomb, so it's still at large.

Always glad to be a poor influence dave[emoji23] nice grabs!


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[Provincial]

ssdave *****! A QC Logan with tooling is worth more than he paid, and look at all the rest of the loot!

 

[Rileysan]

Sounds like it was worth the trip!

That is a fantastic deal!! Grats!