Self-Justification For a 1/2" Plomb Ratchet

[bird]

Here is a pic to help you with your problem.

Show off..... LOL
cheers, bird

[kxxr]

Happened to go back to the shop today and got a better picture of the giant proto. Note the quarter on the head. I'd love to grab this one but I'll have to wait until they get tired of it sitting on the shelf to make an offer I can afford. Pretty cool piece though.


I figure about 26 inches and about 7-8 pounds.

[EVILDR235]

I like both PLOMB and PROTO ratchets. I am trying to find one of each model which is a tall order. Every day a different model shows up.Plus i will need to include Penens, Craftsman, Firestone, T.A.C., P&C and other PLOMB related ratchets. I also have a few URREA ratchets from Mexico that are related. I also have a few ASIAN clones. Also have a ARMSTRONG 3/8 clone. I am think the PLOMB / PROTO pearhead ratchet is the most copied ratchet of all time.

EvilDr235 at 12.51 am.

[Lostmind]

I think you got a very nice ratchet at a very reasonable price. It will earn you more over time setting in your tool box than your money sitting in a checking account earning .15 per cent.
No need to feel quilty.

[Lewill2]

I've got my eye out for one of those 1 inch drive ratchets. There was one on eBay the other week but it had a torch modified hole in the handle. For the asking price I didn't feel like jumping on it.

[Chillylulu]

It showed up on Monday.....and purrs like a kitten.  It's suddenly dawned on me that the word Plomb is french for lead as in lead acid battery.  It's an unofficial FDay gift....sorta....

DM&FS

Yep.  From the Latin "plumbum," meaning lead.  Lead's elemental symbol is Pb, and lead is the meaning, ironically, of Plumb as in Plumb tools.  Also gives us plumber, since Roman water pipes were made of lead.

By plumb tools are you talking vertical levels or plumb bobs?

Chilly

[lbgradwell]

Yep.  From the Latin "plumbum," meaning lead.  Lead's elemental symbol is Pb, and lead is the meaning, ironically, of Plumb as in PLOMB tools.  Also gives us plumber, since Roman water pipes were made of lead.

"plumb as in "plomb" tools"...!

Maybe Plumb too, but the bobs are the symbol for Plomb...

[bear_man]

     I don't know where I found the following, but it might be helpful in this thread:
   "Proto was founded in 1907 by Alphonso Plomb, Jacob Weninger, and Charles Williams as the Plomb Tool Company, a small blacksmith shop making chisels in Los Angeles.  In the 1930s, Plomb released what is commonly credited as the first combination wrench.
   "Plomb acquired a number of companies during the 1940s, including Cragin Tool of Chicago, IL, in 1940, P&C Tool of Oregon in 1941, Penens Tool of Cleveland, OH, in 1942, and J.P. Danielson of Jamestown, NY, in 1947.  Penens Tool would produce tools under the Fleet and Challenger brand names after its acquisition.
   "In 1946, Plomb was sued by another tool manufacturer—Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., now a brand of Cooper Hand Tools — for trademark infringement.  The company began manufacturing its tools with the Proto name, a portmanteau of "professional" and "tools," in 1948. In 1957, the company began operating as Pendleton Tool Industries.
   "In 1964, Proto was acquired by Ingersoll Rand, and in 1984, it was acquired by Stanley and became Stanley Proto Industrial Tools."