Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff!

Smokeshow69 · Apr 12, 2026

r_olson_06 said:
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.

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

Marking says- 38141-sj-plomb made in usa

r_olson_06 · Apr 12, 2026

Smokeshow69 said:
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.

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

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?

Smokeshow69 · Apr 12, 2026

r_olson_06 said:
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?

That was my first thought that it stands for special jaw

r_olson_06 · Apr 13, 2026

RubiconJK said:
Congrats! Here is a link to my post from 2019 right after I found my complete set of these.
Rubicon's Universal T handle wrench set

Crazy enough. Doing some light reading in the 18A catalog I found these. Crazy they ran that part number up until the 1940.

r_olson_06 · Apr 15, 2026

How about a Proto WF-16.

r_olson_06 · Apr 16, 2026

Picked up this Chevy Head Wrench 6702 from 1940.

d42jeep · Apr 24, 2026

I found these Plomb tools at an estate sale today.

The calking iron is round O and doesn’t have a part number.

Here is the 1131 DBE wrench.

I removed the rust from the 1938 DOE 3026 wrench.

After

-Don

r_olson_06 · Apr 24, 2026

d42jeep said:
I found these Plomb tools at an estate sale today.
The yarning iron is round O and doesn’t have a part number.
Here is the 1131 DBE wrench.
I removed the rust from the 1938 DOE 3026 wrench.
After
-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.

d42jeep · Apr 24, 2026

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.
-Don

r_olson_06 · Apr 24, 2026

d42jeep said:
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.
-Don

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!

d42jeep · Apr 25, 2026

The measurements seem to confirm my thinking that the tool would have been marked a 131 5/8 in later years.

-Don

d42jeep · Apr 25, 2026

The formerly rusty 1131 DBE wrench came out of the evaporust yesterday. Looks much better with just a little pitting.
-Don

After

-Don

z28lsc · Apr 27, 2026

Recent ebay find. I had to clean the tools and paint the box.

d42jeep · Apr 27, 2026

I like the 1940 ratchet with the removable plug and the 1939 sliding Tee. They both look age appropriate to the early square corner box.
-Don

Outlawmws · Apr 27, 2026

I picked up a similar box last Sat.: - did not pay that price in the bundle!

The stuff in the top cover is not Plvmb.

3baygarage · Apr 28, 2026

Outlawmws said:
I picked up a similar box last Sat.: - did not pay that price in the bundle!
The stuff in the top cover is not Plvmb.

Outlaw, what make is the socket all the way to the right?

MR.X · Apr 28, 2026

3baygarage said:
Outlaw, what make is the socket all the way to the right?

looks like an early 3/8" dr. P&C to me.

3baygarage · Apr 28, 2026

MR.X said:
looks like an early 3/8" dr. P&C to me.

That's what I thought it could be

Outlawmws · Apr 28, 2026

3baygarage said:
Outlaw, what make is the socket all the way to the right?

MR.X said:
looks like an early 3/8" dr. P&C to me.

3baygarage said:
That's what I thought it could be

Correct - 7/16 3/8 drive P&C

Outlawmws · Apr 28, 2026

d42jeep said:
appropriate to the early square corner box.

Noting mine has rounded corners. earlier? later? (I would think Wartime would be the simpler to make folded metal box)

d42jeep · Apr 28, 2026

This is an early set with mostly 1941 dated tools. Made before the transition to olive green paint.

The next version was in the same square corner box that was painted green.

Your round corner box was the next newer version after the green square corner box. Possibly a supplier change.

Later during WW2 they transitioned to a different square corner box.

After the conclusion of the war they went back to painting the boxes red. I wish the one below was mine!

-Don

Outlawmws · Apr 29, 2026

Thx Don! so mine is still prewar? or early war?

d42jeep · Apr 29, 2026

I would think that the boxes with rounded corners would be considered midwar. In the following picture the sets on the left are newer and get progressively older moving to the right.

-Don

Outlawmws · Apr 29, 2026

Thx Don!

r_olson_06 · Apr 29, 2026

Picked up this Kinner spark plug wrench? Also what appears be to a NOS body file.

d42jeep · Apr 29, 2026

I recently bought this socket from an eBay seller to upgrade the one in my chrome tool box.

Anybody recognize these fingers?

-Don

r_olson_06 · Apr 29, 2026

d42jeep said:
I recently bought this socket from an eBay seller to upgrade the one in my chrome tool box. Anybody recognize these fingers?
-Don

. Glad I could pass on a duplicate to build a set!

d42jeep · Apr 29, 2026

My existing 9/16” keeper is kind of unattractive.

-Don

genog · May 2, 2026

Shot this pic of a Plomb Pebble puller

The seller.....who goes by Sunshine

, a very nice person by the way...... says she's selling her dad's tools since he doesn't work on things any longer.

I asked what he used the big puller for......
Probably something on the farm, she said

bmwrd0 · May 3, 2026

My Plomb 3/4' set

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.

Etchase · May 9, 2026

Transition 706-S. Date code is P-3-8.

d42jeep · May 9, 2026

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.

Any thoughts on the time frame when this box was offered?
-Don

MR.X · May 9, 2026

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.

Outlawmws · May 9, 2026

Col Flea, 7/16 deep Plvmb for a quarter:

Smokeshow69 · May 9, 2026

MR.X said:
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!

Oregon rock crusher · May 10, 2026

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.

Smokeshow69 · May 11, 2026

Oregon rock crusher said:
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

Oregon rock crusher · May 11, 2026

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.

Outlawmws · May 11, 2026

Oregon rock crusher said:
I haven't cleaned any up or put them away yet. Very busy this retirement gig is.....

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

Oregon rock crusher · May 11, 2026

Outlawmws said:
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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