Awesome!
No worries on the double postSorry for double post - it's posted in PLVMB as well. (this is exact copy of the other post...)
Another rusty clean up from today. Proto LA 8"
It's great that a lot of people hate cleaning rusty tools - sometimes I get interesting staff on yard sales after crowds go through...
I do that on stuff I think the plomb guys would like to see . Welcome!
The 1216 "cheveron's" wrench is late 80's I want to say but don't quote me ?? They are are not the most current offering but not as old as most eras on this thread... In terms of the flare nut/combo wrench, these are very useful when working with hydraulic lines and flare nuts. If you look at the combo end, the head is much wider than a traditional combo wrench. This is very helpful for running the nut down with the open end and then finishing it off with the flare nut end. I highly suggest you buy more of these. They can be had for pennies on the dollar and are very handy, especially when working with flare nuts. Since this is marked USA I believe it is 80's as well ? I believe they where introduced in the proto mfd era so starting mid 50's... I have them with the MFD markings and in the P&C version marked MFDSomeone skinnied up the jaws on the little 235 pliers, but at least they did a pretty good job of it.
I had recently noticed a flare combination wrench while scrolling through the PROTO section of AA, so I thought it was a funny coincidence to find one right after that. I've never seen another wrench like the 1216. Does anyone know when that style was made? It looks like it could be fairly new.
The 2305 is a little odd, with the curved rounded end. Googling hasn't been helpful, when trying to figure out what it was made for. I've been too lazy to look at catalogs.
Tom
If I was you I would leave the writing...it is part of the P.O.S. (point of sale) allure of that board. Someone wrote it there to price those pliers. On my boards that look a bit more wornlike this, I have sprayed them with an aerosol spar varnish- satin from home depot. It helps to seal the board to prevent further wear and you cant really tell its even sprayed. I have done this with 3 of them so far to no ill effect. Unless you put a sprayed board right next to a non sprayed board and look at them at an angle in the light, you will not be able to tell a difference.I picked these things at the sawp meet recently. I have yet to clean and hang up the board. Most of the writing on it is pencil so it should come off easily, but the more I think about it I’m not sure I want to remove it. It’s mostly all Dimalloy part numbers, and the prices written in make me think some one wasn’t just marking it for use in their home garage. At the same time it seems weird that a store would use this for a different brand without removing the Proto logo or something. Do you guys think it adds to the history of the board or should I remove it?
I agree.
This style of flare nut wrench has been around for a while and they are extremely useful when working with flare nuts. I really like my Snap-on ones that I’ve been using since the late ‘60s.
That is pretty cool! I haven’t seen one of those before. Going off the logo I would say mid 50’s to mid 60’s
Glad you enjoy them!Thanks to Smokeshow for the new addition to my small dual marked collection and the cool stickers. I’ll need to come up with some way to display the dual marked tools.
-Don
That's a weird one lugz! There is no evidence of a grind off either.
Interesting contract tool! Wonder what mechanism it operated. Looks like it has a pretty big swing on it but it's 3/8 so it cant be that large of a mechanism.I found an interesting crank handle at an estate sale today. It has a 3/8" square female drive, and has no markings whatsoever. I would not have given it a second thought except for the rotating handle on the back end of the shaft. I thought it looked Plomb/Proto and when I got it home I compared it to Plomb WF-23 and Proto LA 5280 spinners and the handle is identical.
I am thinking that this was a custom piece made for a specific purpose, and the customer didn't want it permanently marked. I imagine it was used to turn the square shaft of a valve or other 3/8" square drive application.
The chrome plating is typical of the earlier Proto era, so I am operating on that theory.
I agree as well. I live in Oregon and it seems I almost find more plomb or proto mfd than Proto LA marked...
