Proto Tools Picture Thread - Post Yours!

[Smokeshow69]

Any guesses who?
-Don

Whoever he is, subtleness isn’t his strong suit

 

[outofbounds]

Not sure what I find more interesting about this tool… It’s relative rarity? Or the fact they made the effort to get the entire words “Los Angeles“ onto this tiny little carb adjusting tool.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Not so much carb adjusting as main jet installing and removing.

 

[mgmlvks]

Another find tucked away far under the counter I was able to find as they close. PROTO 5449 Ratchet

 

[Smokeshow69]

Got these Proto la 278’s off the bay for $8 shipped! Now to get them cleaned up and on my pliers tool board

 

[JohnDeere]

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Proto 225 bent needle nose pliers

 

[JohnDeere]

The wire cutting hole must be an La thing. My 6 inch la pair has it but my mfd pair do not.

Got these Proto la 278’s off the bay for $8 shipped! Now to get them cleaned up and on my pliers tool board

 

[JohnDeere]

Someone needs to buy this!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2664159604...q0qyjxws8i&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Smokeshow69]

Someone needs to buy this!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2664159604...q0qyjxws8i&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Apparently there are several “somebody’s “ who need to buy that because it has 16 watches and a bunch of bids. It’s a cool item for sure! It’s a bit too new for me to drop the kind of money on it that it’s already up to. Really cool piece though

 

[JohnDeere]

It is the right era for my collection but again I cannot spend that much on it.

 

[d42jeep]

I’ve had a few of that style. I didn’t know that they were so modern.
-Don

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Those are cool, never seen a proto pipe wrench until now.

 

[JohnDeere]

So Is the one I posted and aluminum 6” or is it just silver?

 

[Smokeshow69]

So Is the one I posted and aluminum 6” or is it just silver?

They did offer an aluminum version so I sure wouldn’t be surprised if it was

 

[Old Radar]

I’ve had a few of that style. I didn’t know that they were so modern.

I see Don has already taken his out of the acrylic.

 

[Macduf]

No owners markings, no sign it was ever used. Had to get it.

 

[d42jeep]

I found these Proto visegrips today. They had quite a bit of red paint on them but I was able to remove most of it.
-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

I found these Proto visegrips today. They had quite a bit of red paint on them but I was able to remove most of it.
-Don

Nice pick up. I buy them whenever I find them. I have some with the release lever and some without.

 

[d42jeep]

I found a rough screwdriver and a decent combo wrench at an estate sale yesterday.
-Don

 

[Catfishdan]

No owners markings, no sign it was ever used. Had to get it.

Did you get it for peanuts?

 

[Macduf]

Did you get it for peanuts?

2 bucks

 

[jabberwoki]

Did you get it for peanuts?

He even got change!

 

[JohnDeere]

I got this lot of proto today.

 

[bmwrd0]

That is a lot of Proto goodness, good job!

Love those blind hole pullers.

 

[Ricky Joe]

The blind hole pullers got my attention, also. I have one, a P&C, of that style. I haven’t used it in a long time, but I see it fairly often in my puller drawer.

 

[JohnDeere]

The are meant for pipes. They are is sizes 1/2, 3/4, and 1 inch.

 

[RTM]

Love those blind hole pullers.

Which are the blind hole pullers? I see the 140a internal pipe wrenches, what am I missing?

Oops, guess I should have hit refresh before submitting my question.

 

[JohnDeere]

RTM is correct, they are internal pipe wrenches.

 

[bmwrd0]

I thought those were blind hole pullers at first glance, but, looking closer, I see now that they are for pipes. Similar, but the two expand differently.

 

[Etchase]

That is a tremendous acquisition. Something to keep you up tonight.

 

[Macduf]

It was in the dollar bin, had to grab it

 

[four.cycle]

PROTO model 931 miter saw. Was stored in a box with a bottle of some sort of garden chemical that leaked all over and made a mess of the saw. I gave this away last summer when I was cleaning out the house.
After looking at @SilverJimmy's Millers Falls unit, I'm now wonder who was making what for who.

 

[RTM]

The all steel, or Langdon are both likely candidates, tho neither made a 931.

Millers Falls Tools : Hand Tool Section : Catalog 49 : Revised April 1955 : Millers Falls Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

130 p., illus., 18.4 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

I swear I looked into this harder once before. Yup

 

[four.cycle]

^ Interesting. https://oldtoolheaven.com/miter-boxes/northampton-langdon.html

Almost makes me wish I'd kept the thing, although I never used it.
I think I got tired of banging my head into it every time I walked into the garage.
Got it in high school as a freebie promotional "bonus" gift from Goerlich along with a Rockwell drill press. We sold so many Goerlich mufflers and tailpipes and shocks that my mom wasn't able to use up all the "bonus points" before they expired, so she handed me the "gift book" and said "You have 300 points. What do you want?"
(That was after she and the old man flew to Venezuela using the other "bonus points".)

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Got this 5492 1/2 drive impact socket set for $20 only missing 2 sockets. Also got a slide hammer, no attachments.

 

[bmwrd0]

What sockets are you missing?

 

[Squez]

in my metric set I’d like to get a longer 8mm and I’m. It’s a 12mm…
also missing <<5/16 & 1/4 >> willing to trade or possibly buy. the orange rack is my extra Wrenchs Willing to part with 1/2 11/16 7/16 3/8. Also have 1/2 drive sockets in the black bin

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

What sockets are you missing?

5/8 is a craftsman and 13/16 and 7/8 are MIA

 

[Squez]