Bob Thomas

I started purchasing Plomb tools as a student mechanic.  My first Plomb tool was an old 1/2" drive socket I found at a yard sale.  I bought it because it looked cool.  I soon learned that I could break a new Craftsman tool attached to an old Plomb tool while working on Ford drivetrains.  That was all it took to convince me to search out Plombs.

 

I began collecting Plombs to keep my tool costs affordable while I attended school and worked at a small auto shop after class.  I continued collecting Plomb tools after I left the mechanic's trade because of their artisic designs.

 

I met Ed Boudinot years ago when Wayne directed me to Ed's website.  When Ed was no longer able to work on his site, I offered to continue it for him.  I launched this site with Ed's permission, using material from his page.  It is my objective to continue the work Ed started.

 

With the advent of digital cameras, my interest in photography was rekindled.  Some of the photos were taken with my favorite camera; the Canon PowerShot Pro1.  The Super Macro mode was used to coax out the faint markings on the Packing Hook.  Have a look!

 

 

Artwork and Photography

 

Wayne Brammer

My grandfather, Amil, gave me my first Plomb tool when I entered junior high school. Over the years he gave Me more Plomb and a few P&C tools to Boot. Those tools came from a Garage That My Grandfather Amil, My Father Don, and His Brother Glenn owned and operated in Glen Arbor, Michigan.

 

That garage didn't last very long but the tools sure did.  I turned wrenches Myself for more than 30 years as an Auto mechanic In San Diego, California.

 

About 10 years ago I really started collecting Plomb tools.  Then In 1999 I met Ed Bodinot shortly after he started Up his Plomb web page.  He and I hit it off right away.  Ed's words and my graphics where a good combination.  Reed Armour came along and the webpage really started to hum.  

  

Photography is in my blood.  As long as I can remember, I've had a camera and have Enjoyed taking photos.  I've spent many hours in dark rooms mastering the fine points of developing And printing. Then When computers came along I mastered a Number Of Programs, By Adobe.  My Life With This technology, It's Just the best! I hope my photos open up windows for you. Giving you the vision you need in your Future Plomb collecting. I believe These Photos Can Be a great help, In Your search For Those PLOMB Tools.

 

Reed Armour

I started turning wrenches on over the road diesel trucks 30 years ago.  I had a pretty varied assortment of brand names in my set of tools, a lot of them acquired from my dad, and in the mix was a scattering of Plomb.  Now one of the first old timers I worked with had quite a few Plomb tools in his box and always swore by them.  My dad had been partial to them as well.  The years passed and the Plombs that hadn’t been broken or lost were retired to home garage use.

 

Having always been afflicted with a desire to collect stuff, one day I decided to hit some of the local flea markets and swap meets just to see if I could fill in some of the missing tools in my “set of Plombs”.  I mean, how hard could it be to finish off a few sets of sockets and wrenches?  That was 10 years and thousands of Plombs ago, I hate to even guess how many dollars, and there is no end in sight.  The first few years I had no idea what the WF and war finish was about, odd numbers kept popping up, different patterns, nothing made a lot of sense.  I knew Plomb and Proto were somehow connected and some of the numbers matched but that was about it.

 

Then I got connected to the internet, stumbled across eBay, and hooked up with Ed Boudinot, Wayne Brammer and a few of you other Plomb collectors.  I soon realized I was far from the only nut in search of this old crusty iron.

 

Working with Ed, Wayne and the rest of you guys we just kept learning more and piecing together more of the puzzle and we just generally had fun doing it.  Ed is gone now and I surely do miss him.  It was a great relief when Bob Thomas volunteered to pick up the web site and Ed’s wife Mary has graciously kept the original site running.  There is still a lot more of the Plomb puzzle to figure out so we’ll be working on it for a few more years.  Ed, I know you always wanted to finish off that WF tool list.  We didn’t quite make it but we sure put one hell of a dent in it.  Give us a few more years and we’ll get ‘er done.