Plumb plomb, the crazy time in tools. I have lots of em. I got my first socket set in 1966, proto, 3/8, then in 67 got a 1/4 & 1/2 set, still have all, orig. boxes, and the sales slip for them all, (No I don't have a problem..LOL) I used them a lot until about 6 yrs ago. After seeing this video, I am going to dig in my pliers that I haven't looked at much boxes, don't know if I have a parrot head. Great video, Thanks
As usual, I enjoy seeing the old tools, but I especially enjoyed your comments about your grade school. And I can relate, as I went to a Catholic grade school and was taught by the nuns wearing what we called their penguin suits. They were very strict and no one fooled around. That was in the early 50's.
When you find plomb tools and the part number starts with the letters ( WF) { Wright Field Air Force Base ) that is a tool that was for the U.S. Military during WW2. The civilian tools with the pebble finish started in 1945 and ended in 1948. Civilian Plomb tools during 1941 to 1945 era, a lot of them will be marked ( WAR FINISH } { no chrome } The whole Plomb / Proto story is on Alloy Artifacts website. Plomb / Proto has been around longer than Snap-On.
Oh man do I remember the Catholic school. The Sisters worked hard, played hard, and did not fool around when it came time to discipline . Great video, thanks.
Hello Anthony! I am so glad you enjoyed the restoration! It's funny how these oddball wrenches wind up where they do... Not may 1" nuts floating around! LOL Thanks again Anthony!!!!
Love your stories and history of the different tool makers. I still have some nice Proto tools that I got when my father-in-law passed. They will go to my son. Thanks
Another great one John. When I was in 9th grade there was a fire at St Charles. The kids all got dumped into the public schools. The football team at Coldwater High became a powerhouse. The rest of of my school yearscwere interesting. It was like having 500 preachers kids turned loose.
In our parish we have two schools and the competition to get in is fierce as parents know that the Catholic teachers accept no bad behaviour. The children STILL look like that in school photographs as my grandson knows. I am sure Peter is now organizing a small war or revolution somewhere in the world😁. Great mish mash Monday!.
Hi Tony! Those early years can make all the difference... Big cities free schools can be a catalyst to trouble because much of the time they are acting as Day-care... In my area the Asians really take school seriously and excel! Good for them!!!! Thanks Tony!
Man that is an awesome story. Peter must have been a legend! I am surprised that they actually developed those pics without noticing. Sister Bianki must have worn out the numbering on her 1/2" thick 36" wooden ruler. Good lord. I went to regular schools and can imagine the uproar that would have created there, let alone a Catholic school. And thank you for your service.
Hi Nate! I only tell the time it took because so many people get discouraged after 20 minutes thinking that's all it takes. Working hardened forged steel is time consuming and although not hard does take time to get a finish that is nice! That's why they didn't come that way from the factory! =) To long to do! LOL Thanks!
@@ScoutCrafter I commend your efforts! I know after watching so much "how-to" TH-cam then going out to my own shop to try a new skill for myself I too struggle with the impatience! It always takes longer than you think!
WoW, Thanks for the mention ScoutCrafter! I can't help wonder what happened to Peter - Where is he now? Only that Sister knows for sure. I like the 1/2 way pause and show you did on that wrench it really shows the drastic difference between before and after. Could "Proto" stand for Professional Tools? ScoutCrafter Remember the photos of the captured crew of the USS Pueblo in LIFE magazine? The NOKO's released the photos not realizing the crew was "flipping the bird". The NOKO's believed the story the crew told them it was a Hawaiian good luck sign. After they found out what it really meant the crew was beaten pretty bad. I wonder if that was the inspiration for Peter's action. The ship was captured in Jan. 1968.
LOL about the drill instructor story John! Have to wonder if Peter watches your channel? Also a nice job on that Plomb - and thanks for the history. You have a great way of teaching not only the hands on information about these tools, but the backstory behind them.
Check for Peter in the Post Office registry. Looks like a good place to start. I got to look at Leavenworth once from the outside in the Ahmee and heard the cell doors clang when I was still able to get a tune out of a guitar and went with a fiddler buddy to the jail to make a little music. That was more than enough. I've tried to be a good little boy from then on but as you, We've both been insulted by professionals! And the wrench was nice too. Thanks CS! Blessings!
Love Proto tools. I have a Proto adjustable wrench I got from my father (no idea how he got it though, maybe his father or when he was in the trades?) and it is really good stuff. They still make it today. My mom went to a catholic school for a while too and she said it was nuts too. Never knew you were in the service either!
The funny thing is nobody noticed at first and every family received their pictures! Can you imagine the horror on Peter's parents face when they saw the pic?! LOL
Good afternoon sir. Plomb started using the upside down triangle in place of the letter o long before the lawsuit. In the late 1930's That wrench is a civilian pre 1945 style wrench. Some of their most collectible are the ones with both PLOMB and PROTO stamped on them. I like Plomb tools, but only collect their ratchets. Proto tools, I collect all of them. The other Plomb tools I sell to buy more Proto tools. Good video today as always. Thank you.
Hi Chuck! It's a shame about the lawsuit because Plomb was such a great company and made really good tools! You're right about their ratchets! So smooth and yet very strong! A design still coxed today! They did have one crazy company history! LOL Thanks so much!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter In 1941 Plomb bought the P&C Tool Company. I don't collect P&C tools, but I have over 400 of them because they are common here in the Northwest and I live about 20 minutes from their old factory.
Like the Plomb body hammers usually have the 1426 on me at all times while metal shaping.Peter reminds me of a friend ,on senior year we filled out a paper for extra on your year book picture;ie band,debate club,Jr.achievement ECT. My friend put acid king...it made it to the book,haha!
Hi Steve! I can't handle long hours at the sander any more! My arthritis of the neck puts me out for a whole day after a long session on the sander/buffer! =) See you Wednesday!!!!!!!
LOVE those NOS proto's I need to add some of those to my collection I've been looking at them for awhile now, one of my favorite search terms on ebay is NOS proto. Thanks for the great video, I love mishmoshmonday!
OMG! I went to 12 yrs of Catholic school. St. Luke’s in Whitestone in the 50s then Holy Cross in the early 60s. My oldest daughter went to high school by you (St. Agnes). Great instructional video. So many you tubers now are following in your footsteps. They always refer to the master SCOUT CRAFTER ! Thanks you’re the best.👍
Hi Frank! I know St. Lukes well!! It was a good school! My buddy was Scoutmaster there for many years and I went to many functions there! My Sister and GF also went to Saint Agnes!!!! Small world! =D
ScoutCrafter you inspired me to get my own 6 inch polisher and 1x30 belt sander! I happen to have quite a few of those Plomb wrenches from my father and grandfather so this was awesome to see how they can turn out! Thanks!!!!! Quality work always ScoutCrafter!
Hi Keith! That is awesome! Don't try to mirror polish these wrenches at first! They are HARD! Forged steel is slow removing metal! You are going to have a blast!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Thanks for the tip! Like you said in previous videos, I'm gonna give it a shot slow and easy and just see where they end up.......have fun with it!
Oh and just a heads up to the rest here.......I got the 6 inch buffer AND 1 x 30 belt sander....Harbor Freight......80 bucks, two machines........just fyi.........
Remember the photos of the captured crew of the USS Pueblo in LIFE magazine? The NOKO's released the photos not realizing the crew was "flipping the bird". The NOKO's believed the story the crew told them it was a Hawaiian good luck sign. After they found out what it really meant the crew was beaten pretty bad. I wonder if that was the inspiration for Peter's action. The ship was captured in Jan. 1968.
My uncle did that in his catholic school 8th grade class picture in like 68. He only did it with on had and kind of covered it up with the other hand. He never got caught. He still talks about it to this day.
Even though the newer craftsman wrenches like the one you showed may be technically superior, I really like these old designs. We use a Bonney Zenith Double Boxed end wrench on our mill, it's my favorite wrench. It's much too badly pitted to restore like this.
I too have a love for all things old... Not primitive old but all that stuff from the turn of the century. This wrench has heft to it and is super strong but the edges were just a little too pronounced. I was able to keep the form of the original design and still soften the edges just enough where you would want to use this wrench! Once the late 20's rolled around comfort was a big design factor in tools and the handles started to be really nice- wide and smooth! I remember in the 70's they were importing ratchets from overseas that the knurling was so sharp the ratchets were just about unusable!!! =D
ScoutCrafter Yep, I went to Saint Fidelis! I’m in the second row next to the girl with red hair. I can name about half the people in that picture. Small world!
Rumor has it Peter went on to be an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing for the archdiocese of New York. He teaches photography. ( just Kidding)
Great story and Peter just disappeared. 😆 School in the 70's I was out of the service by then. Plumb/Plomb sill good tools no matter the spelling. Thanks for the video!
Great video. I too went to Catholic School when I was a kid. The nuns were brutal back in the 60s. I had Marine Drill Sgt. when I was in the Navy. I believe all Drill Sgts. we're taught by nuns.
Really cool wrench! Your subscribers list has slowly grown to this point, and the more you get the faster it will grow! You have an incredible like : dislike ratio! Shows everyone who is watching your videos really likes them and cares! Good luck, I'm really happy for your channel. Anyone reading this please like all of Scout's videos and comment! It helps him!
Aryan, you have been here for a long time and I bet you are as amazed as I am what a great group we have here! That's why I always try to push people to go to steam engine shows or old tractor shows because the people that go to them are just so great! Thanks so much!!!!
Nice job! I have some Plomb wrenches from my Dad and Uncle's tool collection. Once you've restored a wrench like that, how do you protect it (assuming it is a collector and not a daily user)? Carnauba Cleaning Wax? Shellac? Oiling?
Hello NN! I always add one coat of Carnauba wax stop the fingerprints but when the tool is polished like that it's very hard to rust unless it is left to the elements or outside... Mine are inside warm and dry so need nothing else... LOL Thanks
I went to grade school in an Ohio steel town. The public schools there required girls to wear long dresses or dress slacks. No shorts or jeans. I got in detention several times, even though I was a good boy. I tried to hide that from my parents which went about as bad as you can imagine. One of my classmates got thrown out of the school and his parents sent him to military school, but he said it was easier than Middletown public schools when he came back after a year. Then my parents moved to a uppity city school district where dress codes were very lax and about anything went on. Girls bra-less in halter tops, wearing hotpants etc. Early 1970s. Well anyway, Middletown had a shop class where boys were allowed to use any dangerous tools they were taught to use. I was 14 then and not allowed to use the table saw or grinder or anything with a tiny bit of danger, even an electric drill in the uppity school district. I still miss the tough old Middletown schools where boys were men and girls were dressed like old maids, and kept pure as far as possible in co-ed public schools, and no shenanigans were tolerated, and you toed the line or else corporal punishment was provided as a deterrent.
Hi Mark- The funny thing is that environment can be a life-saver for some or mental torture for others. Just like prison, it can reform you or make you a life time criminal! No perfect answers... =) Thanks!
Curiously, I noticed that gesture when looking at the whole group because in my school it was a point of pride if you could sneak one of those in and I'm always on the lookout! That gesture appears no less than 4 times in my High School yearbook.
Nice story about your school scout, I look at my old school photos and try to put names to the faces,and think where did they all go. I'm 70 now and know of a few who never made 40 ,for one reason or another,sad, but that's life, anyway you and I are still here and kicking, lol. That Plumb wrench came out nice, I thought it was tarnished chrome? I guess not.Hope you and your's had a good Easter, weather's great here at moment,but due to change from 4.24.19 back to rain,Huh .PS? How's the clean up going ?.Best wishes. Stuart.
I went to Catholic school too! St Aloysius in Great Neck, and we had almost the same uniforms and to this day, a tan shirt and a green plaid tie affect me deeply. After 8th grade I went so St Mary’s Catholic high school in Manhasset and they had brothers instead of nuns and these guys were rough. I remember one of them grabbing me by the chest and throwing me into the lockers and as he started yelling at me for what I had done (kick my lockers lock shut), he was thrusting his finger into my chest to make his point and it felt like I was being jabbed with the end of a broomstick. I understood why he did it and wasn’t mad or anything. But, because I was in 9th grade and it was a sexually segregated school, the boys would be looking longingly across the street to the girls school at them playing and wanted to get out of that school and I ended up failing out and had to repeat 9th grade in a public school and in that school, I got my act together and ended up excelling in my studies and that’s where I went to metal shop and learned a lot of what I know now.
Hi Joe!!!! It's crazy how things have changed over the years! For the good and bad... The funny thing is Discipline was good for me but bad for Pete! LOL Wednesday is the LIATCA meeting!!!! Hope you can make it!!!!!!
Three hours! U really hv patience which paid off in the end. The wrench came out stunning. Please elaborate on what u said dat it won't rust under 'normal conditions'. What protects it?
I just let everyone know about the 3 hours because some newer people getting into the hobby see these short videos and think they re doing something wrong if the restoration takes more than an hour! It''s not hard just time consuming! As for the rusting under normal conditions I will elaborate on Wednesday's video!!!! Thanks so much SS!
Peter, was that your name before you entered the FBI Witness Protection Program and became ScoutCrafter? That "U" or "O" looks like a plum bob, think that was the intent? If you said so I didn't catch that.
Nice video! I wish I knew how too make handles like the Proto has, I allways am in big trouble when I want to restore something and those things are missing or broken.
That is a beautiful tool I was given the choice of Catholic schools. I declined and got schooled by the worst district on this planet I gadgiated from Central High in Little Rock, AR . Yeah that one.
If the chanel is a comunity i'm part of it. I gave an interwieu to cbs saturday. And the story is that wee have a "fénomène" here in france. It's inspiaring and it give me back pride fore my flag. Wee call it revolution. You have your hown sheet, but this days shit cross oceans.
Man, You hit all my bases today! I went to Catholic School too and I got the scars on my knuckles to prove it! Then you hit on some WWII references with that occupied Japan stuff. It happens that yesterday while researching my dad's military records ( He passed 15 years ago)...Anyway, online I discovered a picture of him in New Guinea standing in frontmof a B- 25. He was the radio tech. The picture was in color from 1943. Anyway....did you show any tools in this video. LOL! I was typing instead of watching!
Hi Bill! I bet your Dad had some amazing stories... Honestly that was the best generation... Those guys put everything on the line and never complained. The Mitchell was some aircraft! Doolittle used it to bomb Japan! It also was the model that hit the Empire State Building! Great stuff Bill!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Yeah John! The stories were something else...in the picture, he had a hole in his pants around his shin that was caused by shrapnel. I remember him telling the story of that epusode. He was still having pieces of metal coming out of his leg in the 70s. He was really impressed with how the Australians fought. He said they were out and out wild! Everybody had everybody else's back but they were lucky to get out alive. I'm telling you....the stories were something but I actually found a video on youtube of his plane going into battle. I even got a screenshot of his B-25 tail number from the video! A whole new perspective on my dad!
Sister Mary Charles, St. Joachim School, Madera CA. Need I say more! You should hunt down a Japanese Peso to send to Dennis. It was the odd currency used during the war when Japan occupied the Philippines. - Kathie
Hi Christina! There was always that one Nun who was just mean... Old school... The kind that would pull hair and smack knuckles with a ruler... Today that wouldn't fly. It's funny how the thought of them still evokes a foreboding feeling. =) Thanks!!!!!!!!
Actually Russia did not rebuilt Germany, on the contraire between 1945 and 1953 they disassembled everything which was of use for them, whole factories, and even 11,800 km (7332 miles) of railway tracks. In 1946 they changed the things, and did no longer disassemble things, and used the incomes of factories which use a special legal form, like the Wismut mining company. Where do you think they got the uranium ore for their bombs? From the ore mountains in Germany... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Mountains en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wismut_(mining_company) In western Germany the things were different, the US invested there to create a bastion against communism. Same in other countries like Japan.
I always thought East Germany was a result of Russian influence... Can you imagine if that happened today? All the procrastinating and back door deals? It would take decades to even decide who would do what!!!! I do know the Russians got the German Rocket Scientists! =) SPUTNIK!!
@@ScoutCrafter The americans picked the german rocket scientists, the famous ones like Wernher von Braun. The russians picked the rest, the german rocket engineers. That was the reason for their success at first because the scientists know how the theory works, but the engineers are the guys for the practical work. And east Germany was the work of russian influence, but the influence was different of what you imagined. And for these things we're still paying today to improve the economics and the infrastructure of east Germany, almost 30 years after the reunification. And now imagine what would happen if north- and south-Korea would reunite. That would be a total disaster for the south. It would ruin them because the economy of the north is far more worse than the GDR ever was. And some of the east-german economy was ruined on purpose I suppose. They've introduced the west german Mark and set the exchange rate to the east-german Mark to 1:1. That was at first good for the people which had savings, but that broke the neck of most of the eastern companies, because then they were too expensive for the global market. And at last it was bad for the people because they've lost their jobs. But that was the way for some west-german companies to get rid of some competitors.
@@Marcel_Germann Honestly I would like to see a reunification of North and South Korea if it would benefit both sides. It would be a difficult task and would need help from outside investors. Politics is the biggest obstacle for that reunion I think...
Man oh man....what’s the penalty for flying the double bird in a class picture? Makes me think of Sister Claudine and her paddle with the holes drilled in it (although I only had it pointed at me) I’m the same age as you but still have bad dreams about it 😆
Plumb plomb, the crazy time in tools. I have lots of em. I got my first socket set in 1966, proto, 3/8, then in 67 got a 1/4 & 1/2 set, still have all, orig. boxes, and the sales slip for them all, (No I don't have a problem..LOL) I used them a lot until about 6 yrs ago. After seeing this video, I am going to dig in my pliers that I haven't looked at much boxes, don't know if I have a parrot head. Great video, Thanks
Hi Joel! I always loved Plomb and Proto tools because they were super high quality! =) Thanks so much!!!
I'm 55 and I got my first 2 Plomb tools in this last year, a couple of 1940s 5249 3/8'' ratchets - I think they'll still be going after I'm gone.
As usual, I enjoy seeing the old tools, but I especially enjoyed your comments about your grade school. And I can relate, as I went to a Catholic grade school and was taught by the nuns wearing what we called their penguin suits. They were very strict and no one fooled around. That was in the early 50's.
Great stories and tool restoration! Thanks for serving our country in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Hello John! That was one of my greatest honors to be able to serve... Thanks so much!
When you find plomb tools and the part number starts with the letters ( WF) { Wright Field Air Force Base ) that is a tool that was for the U.S. Military during WW2. The civilian tools with the pebble finish started in 1945 and ended in 1948. Civilian Plomb tools during 1941 to 1945 era, a lot of them will be marked ( WAR FINISH } { no chrome } The whole Plomb / Proto story is on Alloy Artifacts website. Plomb / Proto has been around longer than Snap-On.
A really great wrench. I wish I had the alloy and heat treatment. They were the perfect balance of hardness without springing or snapping.
Enjoyed the story (Go Peter!) and the history lesson. Great video.
Thanks Ben!!!!!
Just Love the stories...Have a lot of Proto screwdrivers...
Hi Blackie! Love the old Proto stuff!!!!!
Great stories!!! The school one and the tools!!!
Thanks Bruno!!!!!!
You have to love new old stock! Great work on that wrench!
Just love your humor to add to educating us in tool restoration. It makes me laugh out loud and I appreciate it!
Hi Wayne! I am so glad... We have to find the humor in our lives or we wind up miserable! =) Thanks!
Oh man do I remember the Catholic school. The Sisters worked hard, played hard, and did not fool around when it came time to discipline . Great video, thanks.
SC - thanks for restoring the wrench. It was inherited from my Dad and I often wondered what to do with it since I had no use for it.
Hello Anthony! I am so glad you enjoyed the restoration! It's funny how these oddball wrenches wind up where they do... Not may 1" nuts floating around! LOL Thanks again Anthony!!!!
Love your stories and history of the different tool makers. I still have some nice Proto tools that I got when my father-in-law passed. They will go to my son. Thanks
Plomb/Proto were always super top quality tools.. I always liked their designs and products!!!!
Another great one John. When I was in 9th grade there was a fire at St Charles. The kids all got dumped into the public schools. The football team at Coldwater High became a powerhouse. The rest of of my school yearscwere interesting. It was like having 500 preachers kids turned loose.
LOL I bet it was hard blending in for them at first!!!!!
Hahaha that was a awesome story I spit out my drink lol you should do a video of story time stuff you tell good stories
In our parish we have two schools and the competition to get in is fierce as parents know that the Catholic teachers accept no bad behaviour. The children STILL look like that in school photographs as my grandson knows. I am sure Peter is now organizing a small war or revolution somewhere in the world😁. Great mish mash Monday!.
Hi Tony! Those early years can make all the difference... Big cities free schools can be a catalyst to trouble because much of the time they are acting as Day-care... In my area the Asians really take school seriously and excel! Good for them!!!! Thanks Tony!
Outstanding job on the wrench. It could pass as a modern day tool . Thanks again.
I'm so glad the stamping was deep enough because the forging marks were deep!!
Hah! The Catholic school story made my day. I liked your quick 3 hour restoration too. Well done.
Hi Robert! It's amazing how such a simple wrench can take so long! That's why I like restoring "softer" tools! LOL
Man that is an awesome story. Peter must have been a legend! I am surprised that they actually developed those pics without noticing. Sister Bianki must have worn out the numbering on her 1/2" thick 36" wooden ruler. Good lord. I went to regular schools and can imagine the uproar that would have created there, let alone a Catholic school. And thank you for your service.
Hi Jesse! I bet it just went un-noticed, the pic was in focus so print them and ship them! LOL Poor Pete! Legend!
Great stories and restorations 👍😎 Even in the 21st century, the Craftsman still exists 😀
Great story!!! Yeah 12 yrs here too. Great resto as always
Hi Bernie! We did hard time! LOL
Another great mishmosh. Love your little history lessons.
Thanks Cliff!!!!!!!!!
Thank you buddy. I may go as a ninja nun for Halloween this year now.
Thank you for sharing just how much time you put into this wrench! It's a testament to your passion.
Hi Nate! I only tell the time it took because so many people get discouraged after 20 minutes thinking that's all it takes. Working hardened forged steel is time consuming and although not hard does take time to get a finish that is nice! That's why they didn't come that way from the factory! =) To long to do! LOL Thanks!
@@ScoutCrafter I commend your efforts! I know after watching so much "how-to" TH-cam then going out to my own shop to try a new skill for myself I too struggle with the impatience! It always takes longer than you think!
Thanks, I always wondered about the similar brand names. Nice job on the double open wrench. Semper Fi (USMC 1963-67)
Hi Rick! That was a rough time to be in! I'm glad you made it out... Still fond memories and no regrets here. Semper Fi!
@@ScoutCrafter& Rick Centore Thanks to you both for your service.
Vietnam, USN '71 to '73.
A wonderful, fascinating episode. Loved it! 🇺🇸🧰☑️
Thanks so much Mike!!!!
WoW, Thanks for the mention ScoutCrafter!
I can't help wonder what happened to Peter - Where is he now? Only that Sister knows for sure.
I like the 1/2 way pause and show you did on that wrench it really shows the drastic difference between before and after.
Could "Proto" stand for Professional Tools?
ScoutCrafter Remember the photos of the captured crew of the USS Pueblo in LIFE magazine? The NOKO's released the photos not realizing the crew was "flipping the bird". The NOKO's believed the story the crew told them it was a Hawaiian good luck sign. After they found out what it really meant the crew was beaten pretty bad. I wonder if that was the inspiration for Peter's action. The ship was captured in Jan. 1968.
LOL about the drill instructor story John! Have to wonder if Peter watches your channel? Also a nice job on that Plomb - and thanks for the history. You have a great way of teaching not only the hands on information about these tools, but the backstory behind them.
Hi Lee! I doubt Peter will ever see this channel! We are a small bunch! Crazy about tools! LOL Thanks!!!!!!
Check for Peter in the Post Office registry. Looks like a good place to start. I got to look at Leavenworth once from the outside in the Ahmee and heard the cell doors clang when I was still able to get a tune out of a guitar and went with a fiddler buddy to the jail to make a little music. That was more than enough. I've tried to be a good little boy from then on but as you, We've both been insulted by professionals! And the wrench was nice too.
Thanks CS! Blessings!
LOL Lewie you might be right!!!!!
Love Proto tools. I have a Proto adjustable wrench I got from my father (no idea how he got it though, maybe his father or when he was in the trades?) and it is really good stuff. They still make it today. My mom went to a catholic school for a while too and she said it was nuts too.
Never knew you were in the service either!
I too love Proto stuff! They made awesome ratchets too! Still copied design today! Thanks much!!!!!!!!!
Nice mishmosh! You gotta look up Peter - see if you can find him on Facebook, Linkedin, or maybe he's in the witness relocation program now... LOL!
The funny thing is nobody noticed at first and every family received their pictures! Can you imagine the horror on Peter's parents face when they saw the pic?! LOL
Just Love it...relocation....great...
I love mish mosh Monday, If Peter were here today, he would too lol
I love Mish Mosh Mondays too. My guess is, Peter is a Monk in Siberia.
Good afternoon sir. Plomb started using the upside down triangle in place of the letter o long before the lawsuit. In the late 1930's That wrench is a civilian pre 1945 style wrench. Some of their most collectible are the ones with both PLOMB and PROTO stamped on them. I like Plomb tools, but only collect their ratchets. Proto tools, I collect all of them. The other Plomb tools I sell to buy more Proto tools. Good video today as always. Thank you.
Hi Chuck! It's a shame about the lawsuit because Plomb was such a great company and made really good tools! You're right about their ratchets! So smooth and yet very strong! A design still coxed today! They did have one crazy company history! LOL Thanks so much!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter In 1941 Plomb bought the P&C Tool Company. I don't collect P&C tools, but I have over 400 of them because they are common here in the Northwest and I live about 20 minutes from their old factory.
John, the school picture and the Boot Camp story were hilarious, you made my day!
Semper Fi!
Hey Pablo! You know we have some even funnier boot camp stories!!!!! LOL Semper Fi!!!!!!
Like the Plomb body hammers usually have the 1426 on me at all times while metal shaping.Peter reminds me of a friend ,on senior year we filled out a paper for extra on your year book picture;ie band,debate club,Jr.achievement ECT. My friend put acid king...it made it to the book,haha!
Acid king! LOL
Great video ScoutCrafter!! The story about Peter cracked me up!! Great clean up and polish of that wrench! 3 hrs well spent
Hi Steve! I can't handle long hours at the sander any more! My arthritis of the neck puts me out for a whole day after a long session on the sander/buffer! =) See you Wednesday!!!!!!!
I can see why you like your equipment higher. I have neck and back issues as well and should probably raise them as I'm usually hunched over.
Another great lesson. Like you I spent 12 years in a Catholic School. In high school we had the Christian Brother's of Ireland.
LOVE those NOS proto's I need to add some of those to my collection I've been looking at them for awhile now, one of my favorite search terms on ebay is NOS proto. Thanks for the great video, I love mishmoshmonday!
Doug- you have a awesome eye for quality tools! I love the stuff you get!!!!!
Happy Tuesday from Turkey.... LOL.
Hello Kadir!!!!
OMG! I went to 12 yrs of Catholic school. St. Luke’s in Whitestone in the 50s then Holy Cross in the early 60s. My oldest daughter went to high school by you (St. Agnes). Great instructional video. So many you tubers now are following in your footsteps. They always refer to the master SCOUT CRAFTER ! Thanks you’re the best.👍
Hi Frank! I know St. Lukes well!! It was a good school! My buddy was Scoutmaster there for many years and I went to many functions there! My Sister and GF also went to Saint Agnes!!!! Small world! =D
Great Restoration on the Plomb Wrench!
Hi Robert! It took forever! You know when stuff is forged hard how long it takes! =) Thanks!
Mice video. ...I nice to you know that you are a fellow Leather Neck!!! Semper Fi!!.
Semper Fi my brother!!!!!
You have some of the most enjoyable videos on the tube.
Hi John, nice video
my favorite part is that before-after also
keep up the good work .
still waiting for the knives collection video.
ScoutCrafter you inspired me to get my own 6 inch polisher and 1x30 belt sander! I happen to have quite a few of those Plomb wrenches from my father and grandfather so this was awesome to see how they can turn out! Thanks!!!!! Quality work always ScoutCrafter!
Hi Keith! That is awesome! Don't try to mirror polish these wrenches at first! They are HARD! Forged steel is slow removing metal! You are going to have a blast!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Thanks for the tip! Like you said in previous videos, I'm gonna give it a shot slow and easy and just see where they end up.......have fun with it!
Oh and just a heads up to the rest here.......I got the 6 inch buffer AND 1 x 30 belt sander....Harbor Freight......80 bucks, two machines........just fyi.........
LMAO THE DOUBLE BIRD! I wonder what was on his mind!
Doug- Just in case the single bird didn't do the trick! LOL
Remember the photos of the captured crew of the USS Pueblo in LIFE magazine? The NOKO's released the photos not realizing the crew was "flipping the bird". The NOKO's believed the story the crew told them it was a Hawaiian good luck sign. After they found out what it really meant the crew was beaten pretty bad. I wonder if that was the inspiration for Peter's action. The ship was captured in Jan. 1968.
My uncle did that in his catholic school 8th grade class picture in like 68. He only did it with on had and kind of covered it up with the other hand. He never got caught. He still talks about it to this day.
This video is my favorite of all the videos you have produced. Thank you
Holy cow! That is great to hear!!!!!! Thanks!
Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
Thanks so much!
Even though the newer craftsman wrenches like the one you showed may be technically superior, I really like these old designs. We use a Bonney Zenith Double Boxed end wrench on our mill, it's my favorite wrench. It's much too badly pitted to restore like this.
I too have a love for all things old... Not primitive old but all that stuff from the turn of the century. This wrench has heft to it and is super strong but the edges were just a little too pronounced. I was able to keep the form of the original design and still soften the edges just enough where you would want to use this wrench! Once the late 20's rolled around comfort was a big design factor in tools and the handles started to be really nice- wide and smooth! I remember in the 70's they were importing ratchets from overseas that the knurling was so sharp the ratchets were just about unusable!!! =D
@@ScoutCrafter Yeah, I've never liked the knurled tap handles, often too sharp. I much prefer the tapered ones.
Thanks for another great video!
Holy cow! I knew you looked familiar to me.I am in that picture!! LMAO!!!
Dominic Minischetti really? That’s pretty awesome if so
Brads Workbench Yes, that’s my class picture!
NO Way!!!! Saint Fidelis? =D
ScoutCrafter Yep, I went to Saint Fidelis! I’m in the second row next to the girl with red hair. I can name about half the people in that picture. Small world!
@@Dominic.Minischetti You were next to Steve Arocho and just above Timothy Moore? LOL No way!!!! LOL
Rumor has it Peter went on to be an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing for the archdiocese of New York. He teaches photography. ( just Kidding)
The one thumbs down is from Peter
I also love miss mosh Mondays. Great job on the wrench.
Vaughn
Really enjoying the Mish Mosh Monday video's. Would be great to hear more stories.
Great story and Peter just disappeared. 😆 School in the 70's I was out of the service by then. Plumb/Plomb sill good tools no matter the spelling. Thanks for the video!
I always loved both Plomb and Proto! Awesome tools! You had a hard time to serve back then... So many ungrateful people back home. Thanks!!!!!
Thanks for the history lesson
Great restore and history background John,,, Love the Catholic School stories. SF my good friend, (even though I'm and Army Grunt...lol)
Todd- Same difference... Those were good times looking back... Made me really love this country!
Poor Peter, life was forever different afterwards
Plumb to proto . thanks for the info. I have a plumb socket made in los angeles
Proto and SK are probably my favorite mechanic brand tools
Hi Brad! Both awesome brands! My 1/4" SK socket set that was my Dad's is super special to me!!!!!!
Great video. I too went to Catholic School when I was a kid. The nuns were brutal back in the 60s. I had Marine Drill Sgt. when I was in the Navy. I believe all Drill Sgts. we're taught by nuns.
Hey Wire! I think you were right! They had the same growl!! LOL
Really cool wrench! Your subscribers list has slowly grown to this point, and the more you get the faster it will grow! You have an incredible like : dislike ratio! Shows everyone who is watching your videos really likes them and cares! Good luck, I'm really happy for your channel. Anyone reading this please like all of Scout's videos and comment! It helps him!
Aryan, you have been here for a long time and I bet you are as amazed as I am what a great group we have here! That's why I always try to push people to go to steam engine shows or old tractor shows because the people that go to them are just so great! Thanks so much!!!!
Nice job! I have some Plomb wrenches from my Dad and Uncle's tool collection. Once you've restored a wrench like that, how do you protect it (assuming it is a collector and not a daily user)? Carnauba Cleaning Wax? Shellac? Oiling?
Hello NN! I always add one coat of Carnauba wax stop the fingerprints but when the tool is polished like that it's very hard to rust unless it is left to the elements or outside... Mine are inside warm and dry so need nothing else... LOL Thanks
I love the mish mash series! Cheers
Thanks Joe!!!!!!!!
I went to grade school in an Ohio steel town. The public schools there required girls to wear long dresses or dress slacks. No shorts or jeans. I got in detention several times, even though I was a good boy. I tried to hide that from my parents which went about as bad as you can imagine. One of my classmates got thrown out of the school and his parents sent him to military school, but he said it was easier than Middletown public schools when he came back after a year. Then my parents moved to a uppity city school district where dress codes were very lax and about anything went on. Girls bra-less in halter tops, wearing hotpants etc. Early 1970s. Well anyway, Middletown had a shop class where boys were allowed to use any dangerous tools they were taught to use. I was 14 then and not allowed to use the table saw or grinder or anything with a tiny bit of danger, even an electric drill in the uppity school district. I still miss the tough old Middletown schools where boys were men and girls were dressed like old maids, and kept pure as far as possible in co-ed public schools, and no shenanigans were tolerated, and you toed the line or else corporal punishment was provided as a deterrent.
Hi Mark- The funny thing is that environment can be a life-saver for some or mental torture for others. Just like prison, it can reform you or make you a life time criminal! No perfect answers... =) Thanks!
Curiously, I noticed that gesture when looking at the whole group because in my school it was a point of pride if you could sneak one of those in and I'm always on the lookout! That gesture appears no less than 4 times in my High School yearbook.
Wow! That was the first and last time in my school! They made an example of Peter! LOL
Nice story about your school scout, I look at my old school photos and try to put names to the faces,and think where did they all go. I'm 70 now and know of a few who never made 40 ,for one reason or another,sad, but that's life, anyway you and I are still here and kicking, lol. That Plumb wrench came out nice, I thought it was tarnished chrome? I guess not.Hope you and your's had a good Easter, weather's great here at moment,but due to change from 4.24.19 back to rain,Huh .PS? How's the clean up going ?.Best wishes. Stuart.
Hi Stuart! We only get a short spurt between a wet spring and a hot summer! LOL Got to enjoy the couple weeks of great weather! Thanks!
I went to Catholic school too! St Aloysius in Great Neck, and we had almost the same uniforms and to this day, a tan shirt and a green plaid tie affect me deeply. After 8th grade I went so St Mary’s Catholic high school in Manhasset and they had brothers instead of nuns and these guys were rough. I remember one of them grabbing me by the chest and throwing me into the lockers and as he started yelling at me for what I had done (kick my lockers lock shut), he was thrusting his finger into my chest to make his point and it felt like I was being jabbed with the end of a broomstick. I understood why he did it and wasn’t mad or anything. But, because I was in 9th grade and it was a sexually segregated school, the boys would be looking longingly across the street to the girls school at them playing and wanted to get out of that school and I ended up failing out and had to repeat 9th grade in a public school and in that school, I got my act together and ended up excelling in my studies and that’s where I went to metal shop and learned a lot of what I know now.
Hi Joe!!!! It's crazy how things have changed over the years! For the good and bad... The funny thing is Discipline was good for me but bad for Pete! LOL Wednesday is the LIATCA meeting!!!! Hope you can make it!!!!!!
Three hours! U really hv patience which paid off in the end. The wrench came out stunning. Please elaborate on what u said dat it won't rust under 'normal conditions'. What protects it?
I just let everyone know about the 3 hours because some newer people getting into the hobby see these short videos and think they re doing something wrong if the restoration takes more than an hour! It''s not hard just time consuming! As for the rusting under normal conditions I will elaborate on Wednesday's video!!!! Thanks so much SS!
Peter, was that your name before you entered the FBI Witness Protection Program and became ScoutCrafter? That "U" or "O" looks like a plum bob, think that was the intent? If you said so I didn't catch that.
Hi John! Plomb didn't register his name and when Plumb tools fought them in court they won and Plomb couldn't use his name anymore... =)
Not the creepy elf hand !!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha
They shaped the U like that because it resembles an original plumb bob.
Hi Bill, He (Plomb) didn't register his name so later on he was challenged by "Plumb" and lost rights to use his name! It was a mess!
great rest on the Plomb spanner friend
Thanks Robert!
i don’t mind hearing more life stories :) very interesting!
=) I still wonder about Pete! LOL
Nice video! I wish I knew how too make handles like the Proto has, I allways am in big trouble when I want to restore something and those things are missing or broken.
Hi Alex! You are so right! None of the consumer products come close to original! Thanks!!!
Proto is my favorite mfg. Thanks for this
I love Proto stuff! They were a top manufacturer!
That is a beautiful tool
I was given the choice of Catholic schools. I declined and got schooled by the worst district on this planet I gadgiated from Central High in Little Rock, AR . Yeah that one.
Wow! That school is famous! or is it Infamous? LOL You made it, that's all that counts!!!
Peter the brave 🤕 I wonder what he’s up to now?
Another great video John always very interesting
Thanks Ben!
I think Peters a Pope now, isn't he?
Plumb Plomb what a mess...and the you have P&C tools that was acquired by Plomb at some point....but anyway Great Vid Scout!!
What a history that company had! Hard to follow! LOL! Thanks!!!!!
If the chanel is a comunity i'm part of it. I gave an interwieu to cbs saturday. And the story is that wee have a "fénomène" here in france. It's inspiaring and it give me back pride fore my flag. Wee call it revolution. You have your hown sheet, but this days shit cross oceans.
Who knew she was prepping you for the USMC?
LOL She was hard core! Even the parents were afraid of her! LOL
Man, You hit all my bases today! I went to Catholic School too and I got the scars on my knuckles to prove it! Then you hit on some WWII references with that occupied Japan stuff. It happens that yesterday while researching my dad's military records ( He passed 15 years ago)...Anyway, online I discovered a picture of him in New Guinea standing in frontmof a B- 25. He was the radio tech. The picture was in color from 1943. Anyway....did you show any tools in this video. LOL! I was typing instead of watching!
Hi Bill! I bet your Dad had some amazing stories... Honestly that was the best generation... Those guys put everything on the line and never complained. The Mitchell was some aircraft! Doolittle used it to bomb Japan! It also was the model that hit the Empire State Building! Great stuff Bill!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Yeah John! The stories were something else...in the picture, he had a hole in his pants around his shin that was caused by shrapnel. I remember him telling the story of that epusode. He was still having pieces of metal coming out of his leg in the 70s. He was really impressed with how the Australians fought. He said they were out and out wild! Everybody had everybody else's back but they were lucky to get out alive. I'm telling you....the stories were something but I actually found a video on youtube of his plane going into battle. I even got a screenshot of his B-25 tail number from the video! A whole new perspective on my dad!
Insert audio: "the plomb name". I had a chuckle there.
I had to do a re-edit! LOL
Plomb.. PL-OHM
Not PLUM
Named after one of the founders Alphonse Plomb..
My Pop use to get his knuckles smacked with a ruler by the Nuns at Catholic school.Nuts right.
LOL Alan! My Mom too!!!!! She had a bump on her hand that never went away! Some of the Nuns were sadistic I think!!!!!!!
Me too. For being left-handed!
Well THAT escalated quickly
Sister Mary Charles, St. Joachim School, Madera CA. Need I say more! You should hunt down a Japanese Peso to send to Dennis. It was the odd currency used during the war when Japan occupied the Philippines. - Kathie
Hi Kathie! Japanese Peso!? WOW! I can't even imagine the logistics of getting that country back on it's feet! Amazing!!! Thanks!!!!!!!
Nine years of Catholic school myself.....my nemisis was Sister Mary Gregory..... yikes!
Nice NOS Proto!
Hi Christina! There was always that one Nun who was just mean... Old school... The kind that would pull hair and smack knuckles with a ruler... Today that wouldn't fly. It's funny how the thought of them still evokes a foreboding feeling. =) Thanks!!!!!!!!
LOl I was a Catholic school kid too.
LOL We did hard time Abe!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter We certainly did.
Actually Russia did not rebuilt Germany, on the contraire between 1945 and 1953 they disassembled everything which was of use for them, whole factories, and even 11,800 km (7332 miles) of railway tracks. In 1946 they changed the things, and did no longer disassemble things, and used the incomes of factories which use a special legal form, like the Wismut mining company. Where do you think they got the uranium ore for their bombs? From the ore mountains in Germany...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Mountains
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wismut_(mining_company)
In western Germany the things were different, the US invested there to create a bastion against communism. Same in other countries like Japan.
I always thought East Germany was a result of Russian influence... Can you imagine if that happened today? All the procrastinating and back door deals? It would take decades to even decide who would do what!!!! I do know the Russians got the German Rocket Scientists! =) SPUTNIK!!
@@ScoutCrafter The americans picked the german rocket scientists, the famous ones like Wernher von Braun. The russians picked the rest, the german rocket engineers. That was the reason for their success at first because the scientists know how the theory works, but the engineers are the guys for the practical work.
And east Germany was the work of russian influence, but the influence was different of what you imagined.
And for these things we're still paying today to improve the economics and the infrastructure of east Germany, almost 30 years after the reunification.
And now imagine what would happen if north- and south-Korea would reunite. That would be a total disaster for the south. It would ruin them because the economy of the north is far more worse than the GDR ever was. And some of the east-german economy was ruined on purpose I suppose. They've introduced the west german Mark and set the exchange rate to the east-german Mark to 1:1. That was at first good for the people which had savings, but that broke the neck of most of the eastern companies, because then they were too expensive for the global market. And at last it was bad for the people because they've lost their jobs. But that was the way for some west-german companies to get rid of some competitors.
@@Marcel_Germann Honestly I would like to see a reunification of North and South Korea if it would benefit both sides. It would be a difficult task and would need help from outside investors. Politics is the biggest obstacle for that reunion I think...
I own a pair of pliers marked (Made in Germany U.S. Zone )
Man oh man....what’s the penalty for flying the double bird in a class picture?
Makes me think of Sister Claudine and her paddle with the holes drilled in it (although I only had it pointed at me) I’m the same age as you but still have bad dreams about it 😆
David! I don't know the penalty but I often wonder what happened to Peter!
Has the name been changed for protection? Asking for a friend!
I wonder what happened to Peter! 🤔
Me too!!
Awesome Scout
Happy 🐣 Easter
You too!!!! Thanks Alex!
Tool Topic Idea: Do you have any tool factory rejects, blems, or mistakes? I'd love to see those. They might be worth more than NOS tools!?
Hi Alan! I too always liked those type of examples! Even when collecting coins I always liked error coins! =) I will keep an eye out!!!!!
it's still a pump plier LoL
LOL Yes! just smaller!