Conductor562 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Being something of a history buff and a big fan of Proto tools, I felt compelled to share this article. The gentleman spent several years researching the history of his favorite brand of tools. He is now terminally ill and I felt I owed it to him to share this. Not sure if the link works so you may have to copy and paste the address. Enjoy.http://www.vannattabros.com/plomb/plombtool.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Wow that is pretty cool. I am going to read through this site. Do you know him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Never met the guy. I just stumbled upon this during my Internet tool quest. Having known that Proto descended from plomb it caught my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Great find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Very interesting. should be submitted to Wikipedia as well, so it will live on.If you all like old wrenches you should know about Alloy Artifacts http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/index.html One of those websites that can easily kill an afternoon or evening...There are a bunch of old tool websites if your interested. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted May 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Now that you mention it, I bumped into that site when I was researching that Lakeside pipe wrench. Meant to go back and browse around but I forgot about it. Guess I'll have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Vintage Machinery AKA Old Wood Working Machines is another good site. http://vintagemachinery.org 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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