Plomb 1224 3/4" combination wrench is too darned short.

[Northwoods]

This one from 1934 is marked:

1223  3/4  PLVMB  LA  4 D

Both plomb bobs point down, of course.  It is just a tad over 8" long.
I compared it with a more common combination wrench which is stamped:

1224  .  PLOMB  MADE IN U.S.A.  .  3/4

Again, the plomb bobs point down, but this wrench is a full 9" long.

I am familiar with the earlier wrenches marked Los Angeles, but were the earlier wrenches shorter?

[Bill Houghton]

Or is it that the wrenches got caught up in the expansion of the universe?



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Sorry.  Low resistance to temptation today.

[Northwoods]

Bill, it is clear that your hypothesis is invalid. 
The proof is that none of my belts have expanded.
OTOH, that might explain why my forehead has expanded quite a lot....