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Sounds good. If it the 6541 I would be interested.
Good news and bad news… it’s the 6539 so it’s not the one you are looking for. However it’s the one I’m missing so it’s going into the collection. The most recent find is 29” long.
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Here’s a photo of the puller arms. Hard to see a marker as they are dirty and haven’t been cleaned up yet. They are 14.5” long
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Marking says- 38141-sj-plomb made in usa
 
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Good news and bad news… it’s the 6539 so it’s not the one you are looking for. However it’s the one I’m missing so it’s going into the collection. The most recent find is 29” long.
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Here’s a photo of the puller arms. Hard to see a marker as they are dirty and haven’t been cleaned up yet. They are 14.5” long
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Marking says- 38141-sj-plomb made in usa
No worries. The shorter one is for Ford V8-60 and the longer one is for V8-85.
Nice on the jaws. It appears be made circa 1939-1941 based on the stacked Made In USA logo. I wonder if SJ stands for Special Jaw?
 

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I found these Plomb tools at an estate sale today. IMG_8247.jpeg
The calking iron is round O and doesn’t have a part number. IMG_8261.jpegIMG_8262.jpeg
Here is the 1131 DBE wrench. IMG_8265.jpegIMG_8266.jpeg
I removed the rust from the 1938 DOE 3026 wrench. IMG_8263.jpeg
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-Don
 

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I found these Plomb tools at an estate sale today. IMG_8247.jpeg
The yarning iron is round O and doesn’t have a part number. IMG_8261.jpegIMG_8262.jpeg
Here is the 1131 DBE wrench. IMG_8265.jpegIMG_8266.jpeg
I removed the rust from the 1938 DOE 3026 wrench. IMG_8263.jpeg
AfterIMG_8287.jpeg
-Don
Nice score Don,
Here is the catalog except for the caulking iron. It appears to be #14 for a part number but you can confirm.
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I think that it may be a 131 calker rather than a yarner after reading up on the descriptions. I’ll have to confirm with some measurements but the description fits.
-DonIMG_0391.jpeg
 

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I think that it may be a 131 calker rather than a yarner after reading up on the descriptions. I’ll have to confirm with some measurements but the description fits.
-DonIMG_0391.jpeg
Could be. I am not sure if they followed the same standard of marking part numbers on the chisel like tools around circa 1928. Nice pick either way!
 
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This is an early set with mostly 1941 dated tools. Made before the transition to olive green paint. IMG_7283.jpegIMG_7281.jpeg
The next version was in the same square corner box that was painted green. IMG_7710.jpeg
Your round corner box was the next newer version after the green square corner box. Possibly a supplier change.IMG_4763.jpeg
Later during WW2 they transitioned to a different square corner box.IMG_1495.jpeg
After the conclusion of the war they went back to painting the boxes red. I wish the one below was mine!IMG_2068.jpeg
-Don
 
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My Plomb 3/4' set
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I picked it up a few years ago at a scrap yard, and I have never seen a black oxide/black laquer set other than this. When found, it had a standard ratchet with no finish, and I have been serching for years to find a correct one. I just did a deal with another member to get this, and now it seems I need to clean up the other pieces to get everything shiny! But this is also the only set with up to 2-1/2" 3/4" drive sockets I have ever seen, and as they are five line while the original breaker bar is pebble, must be from around '44 or so.

The box is some sort of military unit, and I am still searching for a period correct Plomb box, but one will show up eventually.
 

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Nice adjustable!
I added a couple of matching late style Plomb sockets to my set in the red Proto box. The 1-1/4” was a bit of a squeeze. IMG_5572.jpegIMG_5574.jpegIMG_5854.jpegIMG_5855.jpegIMG_8469.jpeg
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Any thoughts on the time frame when this box was offered?
-Don
 

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Local Flea, picked up the Plomb waved it at the guy, he said “1 dollar” and it was on. Kind of interesting as it appears to have a RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force marking on shaft. The WW2 RCAF Station flying training school Windsor is across the river from Detroit…about 30 miles from here. They did use the Fairchild Cornell (PT-26)with the 6-440 Ranger engine so….also dude had a Merlin Packard toolkit wrench ( see pic)in his pile.
 

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Local Flea, picked up the Plomb waved it at the guy, he said “1 dollar” and it was on. Kind of interesting as it appears to have a RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force marking on shaft. The WW2 RCAF Station flying training school Windsor is across the river from Detroit…about 30 miles from here. They did use the Fairchild Cornell (PT-26)with the 6-440 Ranger engine so….also dude had a Merlin Packard toolkit wrench ( see pic)in his pile.
Ohh! Now that’s a rare and **** worthy find. Super cool X!
 

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Here's a few Plomb pieces from the Coburg swap meet on Saturday. I think the most interesting thing was the 3/8" pear head rat has the Made in USA and date code stamped on both sides of the shaft. On the top side they stamped it right over the tool number and Plomb name. The oval head rat was unbranded. Ed.
 

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Here's a few Plomb pieces from the Coburg swap meet on Saturday. I think the most interesting thing was the 3/8" pear head rat has the Made in USA and date code stamped on both sides of the shaft. On the top side they stamped it right over the tool number and Plomb name. The oval head rat was unbranded. Ed.
Some interesting pieces there Ed! Especially the unmarked craftsman version. I've never seen that variation before. Nice finds
 

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Thanks Smoke. I've been a little lax at keeping up with posts to this thread. Here are two more pics. The Portland race track gave up a few pieces. Mostly a few small wrenches and a 5447 ratchet adapter that I didn't have. At the Corvallis swap a couple weeks ago I bought a pile of wrenches for about two bucks apiece. I haven't cleaned any up or put them away yet. Very busy this retirement gig is..... A pic of each pile. Ed.
 

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Same here, too many people/things telling me "You have to do..." and I really don't like that part of it much.

For sure there are a lot of honey do’s but I’d rather have that then have to go to work. With 9 grandkids there is always a game or other activity like birthday parties or other family events.

All good, but time consuming. Things I can’t put off for later. The shop is always there waiting. I’ll catch up someday.
 
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