It don't rain, it pours.
I will get some pictures up later, but I just inventoried everything, and all of the sockets are either Plomb - 7/8" to 2-1/2" (most of them), Proto La, one P&C, and one regular Proto. There are two breaker bars, one pebble and one LA, an eight-inch extension, and one 1" drive socket (2-3/8"), which is not the biggest socket! What is interesting is it's a mostly matching black oxide set. Never seen that before. Now I need a black oxide ratchet...
Oh, and it is around one hundred pounds of tools. I had to partially unload it to get it in and out of my truck.
OK, here is the moment you all have been waiting for! Drive tools:
You can really see the black oxide on the one breaker bar and T-handle.
Sockets:
Plomb, mostly black oxide.
Proto LA, one of which has a bolthead stuck on one end and a T-handle head on the other.
Misc. extra Plomb, Proto, and P&C (the one with a stepped base) and the 1" Plomb is on the right.
The box seems to be an old military box of some sort, not sure what the markings denote, but there are some very faded extra markings below and to the right of the lock, which I need to cut off.
Obviously, I still need to clean everything, but that is half the fun. So, I now have extra 5-line sockets and will be putting them up for sale, here first to let the Plomb fanatics have first shot at them. It might be a few days to figure out which ones though.
Can you transcribe the markings to the left? Hard to read. And does that say "ARMATURE" on the right?
The consensus on the blanks seems to be third party contracts, industrial, etc, during and after the war.
Well, 16-A-5615 looks suspiciously like a Federal Stock Number. As you may have picked up around here, wartime FSN's were phonetic. You've probably seen a bunch of references to FSN's that looked like 41-W-xxxx here. Class 41 was for all Hand Tools. Wrenches would be under W. And then an item's unique suffix would follow. 41-B-1840 is a box. 41-H-1505 was a ratchet, because ratchets are handles. Class 16 was for "Radio and Sound Signal Apparatus and accessories, outfits, and parts", and it included armatures, specifically or Radios, Dynamotors. (The 17 and 86 you see in the thumbnail refer to two different classes, for Electrical apparatus and Aircraft Engine Accessories, respectively, which also had armatures.) That N before the 16 looks suspiciously like a Navy FSN, because they liked to distinguish their stuff with prefixes. My only caution is that it's an awfully big box for one (1) armature. Could be a whole outfit for repairing armatures. Unless it was a bigass armature .
Can't wait to see the finished product. Looking good.
Nice. Those dollies are hard to find.
Nice! I seen that tucked in that small lot. Glad to see you got it. Good luck on the remaining 3!
Very nice set and pick up.I will get some pictures up later, but I just inventoried everything, and all of the sockets are either Plomb - 7/8" to 2-1/2" (most of them), Proto La, one P&C, and one regular Proto. There are two breaker bars, one pebble and one LA, an eight-inch extension, and one 1" drive socket (2-3/8"), which is not the biggest socket! What is interesting is it's a mostly matching black oxide set. Never seen that before. Now I need a black oxide ratchet...
Oh, and it is around one hundred pounds of tools. I had to partially unload it to get it in and out of my truck.
OK, here is the moment you all have been waiting for! Drive tools:
You can really see the black oxide on the one breaker bar and T-handle.
Sockets:
Plomb, mostly black oxide.
Proto LA, one of which has a bolthead stuck on one end and a T-handle head on the other.
Misc. extra Plomb, Proto, and P&C (the one with a stepped base) and the 1" Plomb is on the right.
The box seems to be an old military box of some sort, not sure what the markings denote, but there are some very faded extra markings below and to the right of the lock, which I need to cut off.
Obviously, I still need to clean everything, but that is half the fun. So, I now have extra 5-line sockets and will be putting them up for sale, here first to let the Plomb fanatics have first shot at them. It might be a few days to figure out which ones though.
[emoji106]. Thanks again.
I found out recently that they did make a 20" before the transition era. Now I have to shuffle my board around again.
All - I am back after brief health scare non COVID related. I ended up picking up a Plomb Pebble Picklefork!Can't wait to see the finished product. Looking good.Nice. Those dollies are hard to find.Nice! I seen that tucked in that small lot. Glad to see you got it. Good luck on the remaining 3!Very nice set and pick up.[emoji106]. Thanks again.
Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench
I see what you did there. Not quite yet. I can't even get around down there without tripping over something. But I did make space for a mini-fridge my daughter no longer needed, so me and my touring guests won't even have to traipse up the steps for a...!
No focus whatsoever. Those are all the J.P. Danielson made adjustables I have found, and they are either JPD, Plomb, PENENS, or Proto. I lucked into the Fleet pegboard holder by accident, and it just happens to have the sizes I have collected!
Thanks, Roy. I have a Lyon tote filed with orphans, including that 3/4-inch Ell handle I am holding for you, tucked away in a tall cabinet with doors. But the tools on the shelves (Plomb spark plug sockets in red box, 1/2-drive and 3/8-drive WF- in OD boxes, tappet wrenches - no pouch, PENENS Master Wrenches in box, Firestone 3/8 and 1/4-drive in boxes, Firestone hammer, and Circle-U 1/2-drive - no box) are the complete, display-worthy sets.
Thanks. I don't have that much space (~25' x 25'), so I have to make the most of it. The steel erector-set type shelves are helping me use the empty space in the middle, and I am going to use the pegboards on the back side, too.
