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zeet · June 09, 2013, 07:41:00 PM

I'm new to the board and thought I'd write a little note to introduce myself and say hi...

Thirty-some years ago I found a 1/2 drive Plomb ratchet under the gas tank of a '42 Ford truck I was restoring. It looked like a nice tool so I cleaned it up a bit and put it back into service... The next weekend I found a couple sockets to match the ratchet at a local swap meet.

I've never stopped adding to the set... I'd guess I now have 300 + pieces in my working-set (though I'm always trying to fill "holes" in sets) and I have a supply of "extras" that ebbs and flows as I buy, sell, and swap. That's actually what brought me here... "Googling" to find a piece I'd like to replace (If anybody's a Plomb guy, it's a 4710 deep 1/4 six-point socket)

Papaw · June 09, 2013, 08:52:32 PM

Welcome to Tool Talk!
You are in the right place, we have lots of Plomb lovers here.

amertrac · June 10, 2013, 05:33:56 AM

welcome ,enjoy and just keep on wrenching and keep in touch bob w.

lbgradwell · June 10, 2013, 06:52:22 AM

Welcome zeet! Let's see some photos of your collection!

johnsironsanctuary · June 10, 2013, 10:04:49 AM

Hello Zeet and welcome from Wisconsin.

zeet · June 10, 2013, 11:07:46 AM

Thanks for the welcome, guys!

Y'know, it's been quite awhile since I've had them all out of their respective boxes... Probably overdue ;^) I'll try to post a couple photo's this week!

OilyRascal · June 10, 2013, 05:10:43 PM

Howdy from Arkansas and Welcome to the board.

mikeswrenches · June 10, 2013, 06:03:53 PM

Hi Zeet, welcome from "soggy" Florida.

Mike

oldtools · June 11, 2013, 04:04:02 AM

Welcome & Aloha from Hawaii, We like photos of old tools...

zeet · June 11, 2013, 10:36:34 AM

In response to oldtools I dug out most of my Plomb set and took some photos but I'm having a devil of a time reducing them to less than 250 kb. Hopefully, this one will post

lbgradwell · June 11, 2013, 11:02:18 AM

Awesome collection there zeet!

johnsironsanctuary · June 11, 2013, 01:20:53 PM

Very nice! Mr. Plomb would be proud.

I subscribed to photobucket. It makes posting easier. You just click on the img link next to your photo and then paste the link into your post. You can post as many links as you want. Like this;