Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

[d42jeep]

Those are nice Don. I'm still missing three to bookend my set. According to 19R I'm missing 5412 3/8", 5434 1-1/16" and 5436 1-1/4".

You have me beat on 8 pointers. Here are the ones from my 1/2” drive set.
Here they are in the set.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up a spare 1134 for $2 at habitat. Didn’t need it but not passing by at that price

 

[d42jeep]

A few Plomb pieces arrived in the mail today. Two 1941 ratchets, a 1/4” drive and a 3/8” drive along with a keychain screwdriver.
-Don

3/8” drive ratchet
1/4” drive ratchet
Keychain screwdriver

 

[Smokeshow69]

D42- nice keychain! Did you find it on the big auction site?

 

[d42jeep]

Yes, I was surprised that it didn’t go higher.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Been some good deals lately

 

[LNKMK8]

Came across this nice early 1930's set last month at an estate sale. It was tucked away underneath some other items in the garage. I've quickly browsed a few catalogs, but am not sure if all the pieces are accounted for.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That's a nice set

 

[Ricky Joe]

Very nice set. Plomb made special Ford and Chevrolet sets, and this could be one of those, or just a regular socket set.

 

[Mintgrun]

Is this the one-year-only handle, before becoming Proto?

 

[mritchie77]

Is this the one-year-only handle, before becoming Proto?

Yes.

 

[d42jeep]

I was educated on those handles when I posted mine in the GMTK tool thread.
-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up 2 decent punches today including a dated one

 

[MR.X]

Make sure you grab your "Plumb" midget set for $3.95

 

[d42jeep]

Good price!



-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up this 8c dated punch today for .50.

 

[nailheadmatt]

heres a weird one i just got. i thought it was a midget box when i bought it, but appears to be a 3/8 drive box. im thinking war time, even though square corners based on the font and paint. its huge. no part number.

 

[nailheadmatt]

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Could be a puller box or something

 

[bmwrd0]

That is a puller box. I have one, it's for the six ton 4020. You can see a picture here.

 

[nailheadmatt]

 

[nailheadmatt]

 

[Outlawmws]

New acquisitions (need Cleanup):

 

[nailheadmatt]

 

[Old Radar]

Well, that certainly seems appropriate for this thread! Here's hoping it never gets stretched out or sags!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Cool tat!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Nice tat there Matt! Do you have any nailhead ones?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Hit up a swap meet today. Found some stuff but only 3 Plomb pieces today. This combo and this small screwdriver and this cad plated socket for $6 total. I am pretty stoked about the screwdriver

 

[nailheadmatt]

Nice tat there Matt! Do you have any nailhead ones?

Yes I do

 

[Smokeshow69]

Yes I do

Pretty sweet!

 

[four.cycle]

1952 Hardware Age pp 18 Plomb Tool Co. Proto Tools ad

 

[Smokeshow69]

1952 Hardware Age pp 18 Plomb Tool Co. Proto Tools ad

I would love to find a rotomat around here! All the ones I see are east coast. I once found the
Light up top for one but that now lives at another member’s house.

 

[four.cycle]

Gentlemen: If you have not visited ITCL lately, you may wish to do so at this time. It appears Mr. Stansbury found a good amount of material some of you may find of interest.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Gentlemen: If you have not visited ITCL lately, you may wish to do so at this time. It appears Mr. Stansbury found a good amount of material some of you may find of interest.

Hey 4Cycle, are you referring to the blacksmith forging surface song publications? If so there is a whole thread about those

 

[Mintgrun]

Today, I made a crude little detent replacement for the ratchet I found/shared back in August. I just used a piece of a 3/8" bolt.



I did not counter bore it, as Provincial suggested, but may make a better one someday. This one is a bit short, but it works okay. I used the weakest spring of the three. There is a bit of play in the lever, so it lets the plunger stick up a bit.

 

[mritchie77]

The USPS lady delivered my latest acquisition for my Plomb post-war veteran set.

This was a pebble design 3018 DOE. Cute little thing isn't it?




This is the first that has come up online in over a year, possibly longer since my sold records only date back that far. It is also just about the only one I've seen documented online other than two or three other occurrences. Several Plomb collectors that I have been buying from flat out told me they had never seen a pebble 3018 before so I feel pretty lucky. I'm getting close to finishing this set, but now I've hitting some of the harder to find items. I'm quite sure I'll never find a Plomb 1370 plastic face hammer.

Here is is next to a BIC lighter and the other hard-to-find pebble wrench in my set, the 1212.

 

[d42jeep]

A couple of sockets arrived today for my postwar 3/8” drive set. I still need a chrome 5/8” deep socket.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

1940s Plomb Tool Co, 2207 Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles 54, CA

 

[Oldtuleguy]

A little craigslist surfing produced this old chest

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice find OT!