Plvmb 9980 Tool Box...score!!

[dogvalley]

I don't want to seem like I am gloating but I have no others who share my love of old tools with! I picked up a sweet 9980 Plvmb tool box that is in great shape. No real condition issues other than paint. ALSO, a 1216 1/2" pebble but it looks like the open end has been "thinned" down a bit. The 1214 7/16" is in good shape. The unusual tool I am curious about is a combination open end/tubing wrench marked "A. PLOMB" and "D-14" on one side and 7/16 "CALIF-TOOL" on the other. I don't know if it is truly a Plomb or not.
I also picked up a 16" Proto 5450 1/2" ratchet, a Snap-On SW-280 1/2 drive 7/8 socket. It has the old style large S without the feet and with broken underline.
Another socket is a Snap-On, 13/16 with the large S with feet, stamped SW-261.
BUT, my favorite is the 16" long 1/2" drive square extension, only marked Snap-On.

 

[jakemac]

I don't want to seem like I am gloating but I have no others who share my love of old tools with!

Why do you think that most of us hang around here.

 

[dogvalley]

I'm finding that out.

 

[bigcaddy]

Your D-14 wrench was made for people that worked on HVAC. It was a combo of 2 very common sizes used in that trade. I think I have a pair of D-14 wrenches in my box somewhere.

Plomb made a ton of specialized tools. If you really want to see some oddities, check out their aircraft company contract tools made for Pratt-Whitney and such

 

[dogvalley]

Thanks bigcaddy. Any recommendations for websites that have more on the oddities. I have several for the more common tools. I am quickly learning that the more I thought I knew the more I know I knew little.