on 7/10/06 11:35 AM, Tom Forhan at fourwdvw@yahoo.com wrote:

> There is a do-it-yourself plating option..
>
> http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/copycad_hmn.pdf
>
>> cost down, although any threaded piece is
>> problematic as the plating changes
>> the thickness of the threads, etc. & you will have a
>> very hard/impossible
>> time putting a nut on the bolt, etc.
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> Tom B.

Hmmmm,

Maybe I mis-spoke on the problem w/ threads?  I don't plate anything w/
threads, but was basing my assumption(ASS-sumption) on when I have had stuff
powdercoated, & had the problem w/ threading a nut on studs that had
powdercoat on them.  From the look of the website pics, it looks like it is
commonly done. How does the plating process work that it doesn't make the
bolt threads to big or the nut threads to small w/ plating?

My Bad,

Tom B.-garbage in, garbage out