Proto Tools Picture Thread - Post Yours!

[Semi-hole mechanic]

Proto LA 16S 16” adjustable.

 

[bbbarracuda]

Saw this on a local auction website.
Don't know anything about it, but figured some here might be interested.

Revolving Tool Display | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

illinois.hibid.com

 

[Smokeshow69]

Saw this on a local auction website.
Don't know anything about it, but figured some here might be interested.

Revolving Tool Display | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

illinois.hibid.com

Dang, roto mat! Great shape. And currently under $5 and ends tomorrow . Hopefully someone close to it will bid and win.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Out of my neighborhood

 

[bbbarracuda]

Saw this on a local auction website.
Don't know anything about it, but figured some here might be interested.

Revolving Tool Display | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

illinois.hibid.com

sold for $34.00
Hope someone here won this.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Someone got it cheap

 

[d.mcfarland]

Got these recently in very good condition. I believe the metric versions are somewhat rare?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm not a huge Proto collector, but I brought home this exceptionally clean military wrench - looking like water pump or general light service wrench to me, because I don't remember seeing one before in the wild. I could be wrong.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I'm not a huge Proto collector, but I brought home this exceptionally clean military wrench - looking like water pump or general light service wrench to me, because I don't remember seeing one before in the wild. I could be wrong.

I picked up a very similar but slightly different sized one here recently and haven’t cleaned it up yet- AN-8505-17 marked
1-5/16 x 1-3/8
I haven’t researched the purpose yet either

 

[Provincial]

Hydraulic fittings. Tight clearances and low torque.

I have a couple of these as well. I used the -13 to rebuild an ARO air-powered drum pump recently. It was thin enough to fit the flats on the piston.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks, Jock. Just like water pump/service wrenches before the adjustable pliers came out. Relatively thin with a wide range of large openings.

 

[Hoorn]

Picked this up yesterday. Always looking for a box to fit under my shelves. Could not find a date stamped anywhere, assuming 90s?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked this up yesterday. Always looking for a box to fit under my shelves. Could not find a date stamped anywhere, assuming 90s?

Without pulling out the catalogs, I would say late 80’s/90’s? It’s made by Waterloo. Not a real common box. Nice pick up!

 

[Hoorn]

@Smokeshow69 Thanks. Yeah I knew for sure it was Waterloo, I've got three other Waterloo made Proto's. Of all my tool storage my fav is this '79 Proto I modified. Really like those unique handles.

 

[Smokeshow69]

@Hoorn that chest is really nice looking since you cleaned it up. Well done! Those handles are heavy duty for sure

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Slick looking box!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Got my Proto finds from the swap meet last month all cleaned up. First up is the la era stuff and then some mfd era including a few pieces for my drive tools board.
Highlights include a not pictured puller in the yellow box, 3/4 drive impact with the rubber band cover, mfd metric dbe and puller set up!

Hacksaw- this isn’t marked but it’s a dead ringer for the outline on one of my la era boards. Anyone have one of these that is marked ?

 

[The Bean]

Recently found in my tool box: 8" screwdriver.
On one side. PROTO (UL)
On the other side. MFD 9804 USA
Why the Underwriter's Laboratory logo? Safe for electrician?

 

[d42jeep]

I found this Mfd 6” adjustable at a moving sale today.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Why the Underwriter's Laboratory logo? Safe for electrician?

Certified as either shock-proof, shatter-proof, or both.

 

[Av8rtrav]

First time poster after I kept seeing this site on my searches. Recently acquired tremendous blessing of a take what you want situation. Anyhow I'm trying to see if this could be a Proto tool box. Ideas? (Top box)

 

[Hoorn]

@Av8rtrav that is a Herbrand tool box

Thread 'Let's see your Herbrand!' https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/lets-see-your-herbrand.390421/

 

[Shelbylex]

Av8rtrav, top box is Huot 101 deluxe tool chest.
Here is a link to the catalog from 1956; look at page 10

https://www.huot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1956-huot-Catalog-S2.pdf

Looks good - clean up and post more pictures! I think that the front panel is either hidden the way you closed the top compartment or missing.

 

[Username already in use]

+1 for Huot. I’ve got the same box hanging around here somewhere.

 

[Hoorn]

@Shelbylex thank you brother! Yes, I got my vintage blue boxes mixed up, Huot is correct.

 

[Av8rtrav]

Av8rtrav, top box is Huot 101 deluxe tool chest.
Here is a link to the catalog from 1956; look at page 10

https://www.huot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1956-huot-Catalog-S2.pdf

Looks good - clean up and post more pictures! I think that the front panel is either hidden the way you closed the top compartment or missing.

Will do after vacation. Yeah top is folded under. There are no markings anywhere as to brand. I need to get the drawers removed somehow, they are really difficult to open and close. Some day I'll restore it. 1941 Delta DP220 bench drill press is first in line though.

 

[Provincial]

No comments on the Addressograph Multigraph tag on the bottom box? What a conversation piece!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

No comments on the Addressograph Multigraph tag on the bottom box? What a conversation piece!

And potentially worth much more to someone with a vintage Addressograph now sitting on a table or desk or any old bottom box than any old bottom box. Well spotted, Jock.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up a few items this weekend and got them cleaned up. Proto la sturtevant Richmond style torque wrench, 1-1/4 combo and various mfd era sockets

 

[jwilson645]

Just got my first Proto tools. Picked them up over the weekend for $1.50 each. Thanks to everyone here, I'm now obsessed with finding quality vintage tools.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Just got my first Proto tools. Picked them up over the weekend for $1.50 each. Thanks to everyone here, I'm now obsessed with finding quality vintage tools.

And so it begins! You have discovered the thrill of the hunt and that buying used vintage tools saves you money and the product is much better made than today’s tools for the most part. Glad you are here. Keep sharing and posting

 

[jwilson645]

And so it begins! You have discovered the thrill of the hunt and that buying used vintage tools saves you money and the product is much better made than today’s tools for the most part. Glad you are here. Keep sharing and posting

Thank you. I originally came to GJ looking for shop organization ideas, now I'm here everyday.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Thank you. I originally came to GJ looking for shop organization ideas, now I'm here everyday.

Most of us came for a singular research purpose and then we stayed . You are in good company

 

[Hoorn]

Just rolled this into my workshop!











All the handles are present, all the friction sliders are intact and well functioning and it's the smoothest rolling box I now own. I have to set the foot brake or it slowly starts to roll away. The mats are OEM Proto and super thick. Even has the original key.
The 1978 KRA429B Snap-On middie came with the purchase.

I've seen a lot of Waterloo made Proto tool boxes, but this is the first time I have run across an aviation type rear storage model. I waited this one out on OfferUp until he lowered it twice, it had been sitting almost 2 weeks so I started very low and he took my first offer. @Smokeshow69 would love if you broke out a 1979 Proto catalog to see if you can find this one. I cannot find a date on it so far, but my other box with the same exact handles is dated 1979.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like a proto version of a taco box!

 

[Hoorn]

Oldtuleguy you are right! Taco cart! Anyone who's been near downtown LA knows the reference. I think Snap-On was first with those.

 

[Shelbylex]

That's definintely a unique one, Hoorn! Got to love it! Congratulations!!!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Just rolled this into my workshop!











All the handles are present, all the friction sliders are intact and well functioning and it's the smoothest rolling box I now own. I have to set the foot brake or it slowly starts to roll away. The mats are OEM Proto and super thick. Even has the original key.
The 1978 KRA429B Snap-On middie came with the purchase.

I've seen a lot of Waterloo made Proto tool boxes, but this is the first time I have run across an aviation type rear storage model. I waited this one out on OfferUp until he lowered it twice, it had been sitting almost 2 weeks so I started very low and he took my first offer. @Smokeshow69 would love if you broke out a 1979 Proto catalog to see if you can find this one. I cannot find a date on it so far, but my other box with the same exact handles is dated 1979.

Ohhh, this is a really good one! Nice find not often seen. I don’t possess a ‘79 catalog unfortunately. Maybe Bmwrd0 has one? I would buy one if I found one in the wild but latest I have is ‘63 at the moment.

 

[bmwrd0]

It does not show up in the '78 catalog, which is the newest I have.

But, I have been looking for a version of that box for years now, and I know MBC, and Snap-on (Kr396) both have sold similar ones. This does, however, have a lot of similarity with my early eighties Cornwell 26" roller, which was made by Waterloo, I believe.

 

[Hoorn]

@bmwrd0 thank you for checking your Proto catalog. I'm curious, in that 1978 catalog did Proto still have the rounded chrome handles or the handles with the Proto name on them? I'm trying to date when that started because I so rarely run across the boxes with the Proto name handles. My other Proto top box I've shown previously has the same handles and is dated 1979.

I'm sure Waterloo made your Cornwell box and during that time also made Mac Tools and obviously Craftsman and Proto.

This is my Cornwell with the same type Proto handles. Mac had the same thing.







Friction slider clips are all interchangeable on those Cornwell/Mac/Proto boxes except Craftsman specified a different type.