Postage: As you can appreciate there is a lot of work needed to bring these tools back to life and as a result I do get quite dirty when working in the workshop. So if on the rare occasion I do get it wrong it’s not intentional and i will do my utmost to put it right for you. Whilst I would like to think i’m perfect my wife would always say I had perfect intentions and was honest enough to hold my hands up when i get it wrong. Prior to selling online we used the web as a buyers for quite some time and although there was a hiccup or two by other sellers we found them all to be helpful when they were made aware, I aim to be the same. If in doubt please ask as we are more than happy to help. Items described as ‘Antique’ or ‘Collectable’ are not sold for the purpose of use, if the buyer uses them we regard the item as sold or intends to use them it is their responsibility for additional costs to upgrade. Whilst best reasonable efforts are made to ensure usable items are brought to a good standard, those expecting perfection from a used tools should consider buying new. All items are sold in an “as is”condition and have not been tested some reconditioning may be required according to buyer’s standards which can vary wildly. Any major defects will be pointed out in the description. Used tools are not perfect and may have minor flaws due to wear and tear. We sell collectable and old usable tools that are lightly cleaned before being offered for sale. Plumb-bobs have since been employed to transfer points in the construction of tall buildings so that, as each level is erected, the construction remains plumb and true.Vintage Monument Brand No: 0 brass plumb bob (Made in The UK) in good used condition. As buildings were built higher and higher, masons needed a tool that could accurately transfer a point from one level to another, and so the plumb-bob shed its roughly oval-shaped beginnings and necessity brought about the ultra-fine point of the modern tool we use today. The plumb-bob was almost forced into obscurity by the invention of the spirit level, a tool which has the advantage of being able to determine both vertical (plumb) and horizontal (level) surfaces.Īs technology progressed and better tools were invented, this gave a new lease of life to the plumb-bob. Some less frequent materials, such as bone and ivory, have been used for plumb-bobs, though these are typically antiques and may be purely decorative items not intended for day-to-day use. Over the centuries, the most common material for a plumb-bob to be made from has been a copper-tin alloy more frequently known as bronze In later ages, plumb-bobs were cast from lead, and it is from this that the plumb-bob gets its name. As technology advanced, wooden plumb-bobs were later replaced by heavier metal varieties. Since plumb-bobs needed to be symmetrical objects and have a string attached to their axis of symmetry, it was important that the material they were made from could be easily shaped. Some early plumb-bobs were fashioned out of dense hardwoods such as ebony, oak, or ash. Ancient civilisations used plumb-bobs for many applications and they made their tools out of the materials that were readily available to them. Even now, they are still the most effective and accurate tools for determining a vertical in construction. It seems they were used by the Babylonians, the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks and the Romans to make accurate vertical lines when building or marking the points of stars and planets. There is evidence that tells us plumb-bobs have been in use since the dawn of civilisation.
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