Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[Oldtuleguy]

Here's his plomb proto cousin

 

[consti2tion]

Here is another.

 

[honza.vosalik]

I guess I cheated when I bought my 1210 on feebay

 

[Smokeshow69]

The smallest, and apparently, one of the most elusive buggers to capture in the wild!

Absolutely a difficult one to find especially in that shape. Looks like you have it described by its genus/ species

 

[misterbill]

It's not really that shiny is it? You just did an aluminum foil overlay, right?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Here's his plomb proto cousin

Here is another.

How long are those? It's interesting how think the shank got and how much longer they look. This one is 3-1/2" OAL.

Absolutely a difficult one to find especially in that shape. Looks like you have it described by its genus/ species

Definitely going for the entomological analogy!

It's not really that shiny is it? You just did an aluminum foil overlay, right?

A plated subspecies, for sure, that was difficult to photograph it's so shiny.

 

[Farmer J.]

The smallest, and apparently, one of the most elusive buggers to capture in the wild!

Did you nail it down to stop it escaping captivity? Or is it dangerous and you had it tamed since yesterday?

 

[RTM]

You know how sharp puppy teeth are? That's what he may be worried about.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I guess I should've used pins. You've seen dead bugs pinned to cards in insect museum display cases, right? That's was I was going for.

 

[Outlawmws]

If that's the case you needed to drill a hole or two in the middle!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The box end is pre-drilled/milled! You guys are a tough crowd!

 

[Mintgrun]

Two more cousins attending the family reunion.

A (4th of?) July, '43 WAR FINISH example; along with a chrome plated plain shank. (Both 3-1/2" long).



Which bring the total to five different sub-species of 1210 wrenches.


Here's another little WAR FINISH wrench; an 1122 from March, '43.





Tom

 

[z28lsc]

Recent find. Plomb 4751 Ratchet.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Those are cute little ratchets.

Lugz the dual marked is about 1/8 inch longer

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz the dual marked is about 1/8 inch longer

Thanks.

Which bring the total to five different sub-species of 1210 wrenches

Nice.

 

[mrschwugler]

hi my name is craig i am new here. i have recently acquired these tools due to my step-dads passing. i was told that some of these tools might be desirable to some people. as you can see in the pictures i have some A.Plomb, Plomb, Calif-Tool, Cornwall, Wright. i am located in Northridge, CA right by CSUN. if anyone is interested and would like more info please feel free to contact me.

thanks

 

[Private Lugnutz]

There's a classified section for selling tools just below this forum. This area is for show and tell only.

 

[RTM]

And you might not want to post your phone number, the spammers will have a field day

 

[Ricky Joe]

And you might not want to post your phone number, the spammers will have a field day

When I owed the IRS, I used to pray someone would steal my information. I would have loved to have had their bank account raided for my debt!

 

[d42jeep]

I received a few Plomb tools yesterday from eBay sellers. The 13/16” deep socket is a good addition to my chrome plated deep sockets.

I added a deep 6 point NAF socket to the Navy tools.



Here are a few more 1/4” drive tools I’ve purchased recently.

-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I overpaid for this but I hadn’t seen one before except in catalogs. It will be going into my Plomb based GMTK as a 41-F-862 10" ******* File.
-Don
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[Oldtuleguy]

First one I have seen!

 

[AK4570]

Likewise. Nice snag, Don.

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks! I had to bid fairly aggressively. These little guys arrived today as well. Seems like the 5/16” combos have shown up lately and although I had a pebble, I didn’t have one of these.
-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

I overpaid for this but I hadn’t seen one before except in catalogs. It will be going into my Plomb based GMTK as a 41-F-862 10" ******* File.
-Don
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Well done! Those don’t pop up every day.

 

[snapmom]

Plomb AT-8027 with 3/16W At-8027 socket. Used in Packard Merlin Rolls Royce tool kit.

 

[RagTopTA]

Here are my two plomb files. The bigger one is like new. MB10 and HRB11. Interesting that on the MB10, where its stamped Plomb, who ever stamped it actually put a U then over struck it with an O after wards. There are no other markings on the file.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Got my swap meet finds from last month finally cleaned up. Even though the pebbles are rough I needed them. Don’t find many of the pebble doe’s.

 

[saukit]

Here are a few bits that are fresh out of the Evaporust. The big 1150 pebble has possible the most obnoxious owner's mark I've ever seen. Not sure what would drive someone to do this? Thankfully the smooth 1150 is in much better shape, either the 1135 or 1131 is war finish, can't remember which. Then a little pebble 3026 and beat up 3020 DOE. Can't recall what the socket was.

 

[Leviton]

It was a happy day.

Was at a crazy busy barn sale that had a LOT of stuff. It was literally elbow to elbow and people were grabbing things as fast as they could. Had everything from wigs to wagon wheels to a home-made slicer made out of ammo cartridge casings.

I was grabbing what I could, anything that looked interesting. I saw the smallest crow bar I had ever seen, and since prices were good and it was cute, I threw it in my goody bag.

Got it home and cleaned it up, and what do I see on the side? PLOMB T M. !!

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice! I like it!

 

[Smokeshow69]

It was a happy day.

Was at a crazy busy barn sale that had a LOT of stuff. It was literally elbow to elbow and people were grabbing things as fast as they could. Had everything from wigs to wagon wheels to a home-made slicer made out of ammo cartridge casings.

I was grabbing what I could, anything that looked interesting. I saw the smallest crow bar I had ever seen, and since prices were good and it was cute, I threw it in my goody bag.

Got it home and cleaned it up, and what do I see on the side? PLOMB T M. !!

Dang, not real common to see. You draw a pretty significant vacuum for that!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That's a little ******!

 

[d42jeep]

Speaking of little buggers, I spotted this little 4751 as a throw in with a prewar S-K 1/4” drive set on eBay. Most of the ones I’ve run across have had broken dogs so I was pleasantly surprised that this one functioned perfectly. I was able to clean it up pretty well. The S-K set required some cleanup as well.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice to find one that works

 

[Smokeshow69]

Nice to find one that works

Yeah, those are in short supply. There’s a reason why they were marked for not guaranteed.

 

[Leviton]

I overpaid for this but I hadn’t seen one before except in catalogs. It will be going into my Plomb based GMTK as a 41-F-862 10" ******* File.
-Don
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Great find.

Is this stamped with a round "O" because it is that old, or is it because the file was made by another company that didn't have the tool to stamp an inverted triangle?

 

[d42jeep]

Based on the markings on my and RagtopTA’s files, I assume that Plomb was sourcing their files from a file manufacturer, probably in rather small lots based on the markings appearing to have been done by hand. They probably didn’t have the tooling necessary to mark the PL∇MB
-Don

 

[RagTopTA]

Based on the markings on my and RagtopTA’s files, I assume that Plomb was sourcing their files from a file manufacturer, probably in rather small lots based on the markings appearing to have been done by hand. They probably didn’t have the tooling necessary to mark the PL∇MB
-Don

I agree with this. I think who ever stamped the MB10 of mine used a U then realized they made a mistake and used an O. Maybe a new trainee file maker : }

 

[RagTopTA]

It was a happy day.

Was at a crazy busy barn sale that had a LOT of stuff. It was literally elbow to elbow and people were grabbing things as fast as they could. Had everything from wigs to wagon wheels to a home-made slicer made out of ammo cartridge casings.

I was grabbing what I could, anything that looked interesting. I saw the smallest crow bar I had ever seen, and since prices were good and it was cute, I threw it in my goody bag.

Got it home and cleaned it up, and what do I see on the side? PLOMB T M. !!

What a cool find! Never seen one!