Nice job! It’s had a rough life but it’s in better shape than when you found it and not a super common find since most were used up over time.I bought this 2336 gasket scraper yesterday and cleaned it up a bit. It's had a rough life, but probably got a lot of work done, based on how short the tip of the blade is and the overall condition. Date code says 0D, so I'm thinking it was produced in April of 1940. Searching "gasket scraper" pulled up some nice examples in this thread, but apparently nobody included the 2336 part number.
I wrapped the skinny end of the wood handle with electrical tape and hung the business end in the electrolysis bucket, with the water line at the tape and let it fizz for an hour or so, before scrubbing with a wire brush. I sure do like that bucket.
Straightening it was fun. It was surprisingly malleable. I clamped the shank in a vise and flossed the wood with a strip of rag to remove some of the greasy dirt and polish it up a bit. The flash made the steel parts look shiner than in real life. It's funny, part of me regrets scrubbing the brown off of the steel. I don't regret straightening it though.
Tom
Prime candidate to be put into a Proto wood handle to make a killer wood handled spinner!This 4769 has had a rough life too.
It's hard to make out the name on the handle, but the up and down arrows are still there... sort of.
Leave no PLVMB behind!
As noted in the post I made which you are referring to, I was sharing a copy of a list of Ranger AT marked Plomb tools which GJ member Plombob put together on his great old website (now archived). The link to his list in my original post does still work if you'd like to see it there. Your 7" ratchet does indeed look factory, so perhaps the 8 1/2" example noted as "odd style" in the list was a unique example of that piece?
Here is the one in my Plomb based GMTK. I hadn’t posted it individually before. It came from Roy Olson.I found this little 9652 stubby today. It's pretty hefty, for a stubby. Total length is 4". (it's the first 9652 in this thread, according to the search function... we don't always type out the numbers though).
Tom
I showed it in this post 4/2/22 but didn’t list it individually.I finally made some progress on my Plomb based GMTK. This Utica made 12” adjustable and stubby screwdriver arrived from Roy yesterday.
Today I found a pair of water pump pliers at a garage sale that I like better for the 41-P-2100.
Here is the new 12” adjustable next to it’s Utica cousin,
All three new additions together.
Nice find. Catalogs listed it as 3-7/8", but, close enough, and close enough for the WWII era gov't spec (4") for a close-quarter screwdriver with tolerances (+/- 1/4").
Interesting you should say that. The No. 9651 is much stubbier. So much stubbier that when I found one I questioned, here, and here, why Plomb would make a close-quarter that did not meet the Gov't spec., i.e., why produce themselves out of a huge market? I believe the No. 9652 is the answer.
I just found a spare last month but didnt list it individually when I posted picutures of my finds. I need to get better about doing that.I found this little 9652 stubby today. It's pretty hefty, for a stubby. Total length is 4". (it's the first 9652 in this thread, according to the search function... we don't always type out the numbers though).
That's a fun idea. Make a faux dual marked spinner. I don't really have any good handle candidates though. The little one beside the spinner has had the tip ground off, but it'd have to have the ferrule drilled out larger.
To be honest, I sort of like the melted handle as is. I wonder if it survived a shop fire, or something.
Tom
Its neat either way! I have a few ideas and some I have seen on here of other Plomb tools I wanna make with proto wooden handles. Also I have another smaller Plomb hammer proto type in the works!I found this little 9652 stubby today. It's pretty hefty, for a stubby. Total length is 4". (it's the first 9652 in this thread, according to the search function... we don't always type out the numbers though).
That's a fun idea. Make a faux dual marked spinner. I don't really have any good handle candidates though. The little one beside the spinner has had the tip ground off, but it'd have to have the ferrule drilled out larger.
To be honest, I sort of like the melted handle as is. I wonder if it survived a shop fire, or something.
Tom
I was first made aware of the detent device when I finally noticed that the detent was missing on the 1939 marked ratchet that came in my Challenger set.Thank you for sharing those photos, Don. Is that detent on yours a spring loaded little ball, or just a bump that the lever has to climb over. It doesn't look like a BB. I might make an insert on the lathe, for the fun of it. I'll post some photos if I do, of course.
Tom
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Nice find! Don’t see to many of those around and most folks forget they made them.I found this in the kitchen utensils bin at the St Vincent DePaul store today. I guess it's a meat fork.
The fork was too rusty to see the maker's mark, so I pulled it out and hung it in the E-bucket. This might be the first round-O tool I've found. There is still some chrome left on the tang.
The person who puts price tags on at that store has a very BAD habit of putting two inch wide Mylar tape over the little sticker and it pulled the paint off of the handle. I guess they're afraid someone will remove the $3 tag and try to get a better price, or something.
The photos of weed picks earlier in the thread show how the ferrule was made. That'll be a fun bit to replace.
Sometimes those small saves or repairs to items that require more effort than they are worth monetarily are the most satisfying! Looks great!I picked a Plvmb 4766 last year to which a PO had welded a length of allen wrench for some long forgotten task.
It languished in my "someday" pile until catching my eye with its woebegone destitution (...working as much vocabulary into this post as humanly possible...)
A quick nip with a cut-off wheel in the Dremel restored it to its naturally short state...
I cleaned up the sides of the tab with a file... and it's back in business!
