Author Topic: Show your Proto Sets (Read 14024 times)

DeadNutz · « **on:** August 28, 2018, 10:26:14 PM »

First is a Challenger by Proto 3/8 drive 6pt set. I had found that someone had slipped an off brand one in so I had a Matco 6pt the right length. Set is like new.
Second is a Proto 3/8 drive set. Again like new except for the sockets I added.
Third is a Proto 1/2 drive set. Like new except for sockets I added.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2018, 10:56:01 PM »

Those are very very nice.

gtermini · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2018, 11:19:09 PM »

I don't have much Proto, but one of the things is a set of service wrenches. Very handy for hydraulic fittings and other difficult access stuff. I have quite a few Proto punches and chisels. They never disappoint.

Greyson

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2018, 12:30:13 AM »

Proto/Plomb line wrenches circa 1952.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2018, 12:49:13 AM »

Proto 3/8 set.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2018, 12:54:29 AM »

Yes, I do like Proto tools.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2018, 01:17:45 AM »

$:-\$ Wow! Most impressive.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2018, 07:31:08 AM »

Those 500 wrenches are cool.

skfarmer · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2018, 07:53:20 AM »

why did i know cruiser would slide in here and blow this thread out of the water?

bonneyman · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2018, 08:06:57 AM »

Quote from: gtermini on August 28, 2018, 11:19:09 PM

I don't have much Proto, but one of the things is a set of service wrenches. Very handy for hydraulic fittings and other difficult access stuff. I have quite a few Proto punches and chisels. They never disappoint.

Greyson

I've seen Martin, Bonney, and Wright (I think) of those but never any Proto's. Nice!

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2018, 06:10:44 PM »

Very early Proto 3/8 socket set. most of the pieces are marked Proto LA, but some are stamped Proto/Plomb.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2018, 06:59:56 PM »

A friend has that box he's trying to sell but he has a whole bunch of Plomb he wants to sell as a group. That is a very hard box to find. And those tools look great in it!

DeadNutz · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2018, 09:35:54 PM »

I love that logo. We need our drool and thumbs up smileys back.

CRTDI · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2018, 11:55:15 PM »

^^^^^^This. Sweet box and tools....Wow!!!

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 01, 2018, 09:50:17 PM »

Not really a Proto 3/8 socket set, but it’s predecessor.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2018, 10:21:20 PM »

That is quite a remarkable set.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2018, 10:38:23 PM »

Thanks Steve, I'm surprised the cardboard box is still intact.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #17 on:** September 01, 2018, 11:05:04 PM »

That's pretty amazing for a box about 70 years old. I hope I look that good at 70.

Just not as yellow.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #18 on:** September 02, 2018, 12:19:45 PM »

Proto long combo wrenches. The 9/32" isn't part of the set but it is the same length as the 1/4" so I keep it with the set.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 02, 2018, 01:18:31 PM »

That’s one sweet set, Snaparxon. I have an early Proto-Plomb version of long combos.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 02, 2018, 02:35:16 PM »

1/2 and 1/4 Proto LA sets from the 1950’s.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #21 on:** September 02, 2018, 02:52:55 PM »

Cruiser808, you have some nice Proto and Plomb stuff. Did you find most of it on the island?

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 02, 2018, 03:08:06 PM »

Hi Snaparxon - about half and half. Pearl Harbor shipyard workers used a lot of Proto tools that have ended up in swap meets or garage sales. The rest I got from eBay or friends. And, it’s taken decades to acquire this stuff. I was introduced to Proto tools in 1984 and have been a fanboy ever since. They’re not as well chromed and as nice as Snap-on, but much more affordable and convenient to get. This is important when you live in a high cost of living, high taxed, liberal hippie State like Hawaii. But, bottom line, Proto tools are tough as nails.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #23 on:** September 02, 2018, 04:13:17 PM »

Quote from: Cruiser808 on September 02, 2018, 03:08:06 PM

Hi Snaparxon - about half and half. Pearl Harbor shipyard workers used a lot of Proto tools that have ended up in swap meets or garage sales. The rest I got from eBay or friends. And, it’s taken decades to acquire this stuff. I was introduced to Proto tools in 1984 and have been a fanboy ever since. They’re not as well chromed and as nice as Snap-on, but much more affordable and convenient to get. This is important when you live in a high cost of living, high taxed, liberal hippie State like Hawaii. But, bottom line, Proto tools are tough as nails.

I learned a lot about you from that post

I live in a state with similar issues

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #24 on:** September 02, 2018, 05:01:30 PM »

Quote from: Cruiser808 on September 02, 2018, 01:18:31 PM

That’s one sweet set, Snaparxon. I have an early Proto-Plomb version of long combos.

That must have been pretty hard to find.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #25 on:** September 02, 2018, 05:04:31 PM »

One at a time for many years.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #26 on:** September 02, 2018, 05:09:42 PM »

I'll bet. There can't be many sets around.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 02, 2018, 05:23:07 PM »

I think there’s a guy on channel 3 that has one.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #28 on:** September 02, 2018, 06:45:34 PM »

Has to be a pretty exclusive club though.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #29 on:** September 03, 2018, 04:27:27 PM »

More of a collection than a set

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 03, 2018, 04:35:23 PM »

Sweet!!!!

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 03, 2018, 05:06:45 PM »

A very old Proto LA combo set circa late 40’s - early 50’s. 1/4 - 1-1/8 wrenches. Not a collectible, but a full user set.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #32 on:** September 04, 2018, 03:59:37 PM »

Back in the day, Proto Tool Co. also had the ladies in mind when they created the “Diligent Duchess “ tool set. Not very PC in today’s world.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:01:22 PM »

One more pic.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #34 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:20:39 PM »

Those are very hard to find but you seem to specialize on finding the hard to find. Well done and cool set.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 04, 2018, 04:28:57 PM »

Thanks Steve. I found that set on eBay for cheap and couldn’t resist. Lots of sparkles, but not very practical. This particular set will remain a collector and not a user.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #36 on:** September 04, 2018, 05:41:38 PM »

I have one of the screwdrivers and to me it was a score. I think you need to name your garage Wonderland.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #37 on:** September 04, 2018, 06:11:16 PM »

And you need to be named the Ratchet King.

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #38 on:** September 04, 2018, 06:53:58 PM »

I don't know about that there are some awesome collections out there.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #39 on:** September 04, 2018, 08:21:43 PM »

Cruiser, are the scissors branded Proto ?

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #40 on:** September 04, 2018, 09:14:27 PM »

Hi Snaparxon - no, the scissors are not marked Proto. It is a Wiss Trimline. I could be wrong, but I don’t believe Proto ever made household scissors. At least I’ve never seen them in the catalogs.

hickory n Steel · « **Reply #41 on:** September 04, 2018, 09:16:09 PM »

I guess this constitutes a set.

These were my dad's which he gave me because he hardly uses tools anymore.
According to him he bought them together but I don't really know.

d42jeep · « **Reply #42 on:** October 23, 2018, 07:22:58 PM »

Here are my ignition wrench sets.
-Don

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #43 on:** October 23, 2018, 07:50:27 PM »

Very nice sets.

I have a soft spot for these.

d42jeep · « **Reply #44 on:** October 23, 2018, 09:31:42 PM »

I like them too. One set is in my car toolbox, the other has been in my fishing boat tool container.
-Don

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