FS: Plumb Plvmb slider bars-weird aluminum

[fourfeathers]

Found a bundle of these weird bars.

They seem to be aluminum. Any interest? They are 3/8 drive. Plvmb.
Still working on my pics on this site, so I stole it from my ebay listing. I did learn how to resize though!

 

[philw]

Aluminum? If they are aluminum they should weigh next to nothing. Also you would never be able to take off a tight nut/bolt without damaging the bar.

Plomb had some coatings such as some of the cadmium plate that can look anwhere from dusty gray color to an aluminum color sometimes.

If they are truly aluminum I would be interested just to have as an oddity.

 

[fourfeathers]

Why I say alum, is that I used some chome polish on it, and the residue was black.
It weighs 5 oz, while my slightly longer SO weighs 5.3 so it is probably just a plating, as you said. I have one on ebay, but picked up 3, and can get more.

I had tried a fridge magnet on it yesterday, and thought it was not magnetic, but I used a real one today, and it IS magnetic.

 

[philw]

Is there a part # on it? If it starts with WF then they were gov't contract during WWII and usually had cad plate.

 

[fourfeathers]

WF 22 is the part number. It is from a surplus store.

 

[philw]

Yes, that's gov't contract. WF= Wright Field. The WF tools seem to be more common than the standard Plomb numbered tools. I already have a WF bar.

These are nice little sliding T's and can easily be a user.

 

[DaMaN]

how much do you want for them?

 

[Uncle Buck]

Found a bundle of these weird bars.

They seem to be aluminum. Any interest? They are 3/8 drive. Plvmb.
Still working on my pics on this site, so I stole it from my ebay listing. I did learn how to resize though!

It is not aluminum, as was already suggested it is cad plate and will shine decently enough, but give it a year and it will have the same aluminum look as it does now. I think they seem to be one of the more common Plomb tools you will find, at least I have found plenty. They work real handy with an extension and a ratchet adapter plus 8pt socket to run taps by hand with them.

BTW, I HAVE READ MANY CAUTIONS AGAINST GRINDING OR EVEN BUFFING OLD PLOMB TOOLS WITH CAD PLATE DUE TO THE HEALTH RISKS.

 

[fourfeathers]

how much do you want for them?

I don't need much, and I can put them in a bubble mailer to ship. Make an offer!

 

[DaMaN]

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