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c10crazy · 07-06-2003, 12:38 PM

I want to get my stock door panel retainers chromed to look similar to these. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ADME:B:LC:MT:1
Where would I go?

casey · 07-06-2003, 12:54 PM

try your phone book look under electroplating

*Randy70C-10* · 07-06-2003, 12:58 PM

Or just "plating". Where are you from? Royal Silver in Norfolk VA is one of the best in the US.

Longhorn Man · 07-06-2003, 01:58 PM

In reality, if you act in the next 4 hrs on that e-bay auction, you'll come out WAY ahead than if you tried getting your parts chromed.
99% of the time, new and sometimes even good NOS stuff is cheaper than re-chroming.

krue · 07-06-2003, 02:00 PM

My buddy does chroming, he's gonna chrome mine for me. Pm a picture of your's and I'll get you a quote.

Longhorn Man · 07-06-2003, 02:20 PM

I think that is the only exclusion to what I said.
I had a connection for a chrome shop, but h kid just up and joined the marines the other day.
Huge bummer. He was gonna get my GMC grill prepped and dipped for 100 bucks.

jef5150 · 07-06-2003, 02:58 PM

heres a little shop tip ///===if your going to have parts plated by a plating shop,theres gonna be what appear to be a few[small] marks on your parts when you get them back that didnt "plate up" . These are called "racking marks",this is where they hold on to the part while dipping your part into the different plating tanks.Pick an area on your part that wont be easily seen after its installed,and tell the plater that "racking marks are acceptable" in that area.you'll thank yourself later.these "racking marks" are only about the size of a slotted screwdriver tip,,but when they're staring you in the face,they're really noticable...

*Randy70C-10* · 07-06-2003, 04:25 PM

99% of the reputable shops will know where "not" to rack em.

krue · 07-06-2003, 06:14 PM

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SO NEXT TIME you think your gonna "slam " some ones advice,,,,,you should make damn sure you know what your talking about,cause it only shows your ignorance on that topic...jeff

Dude Chill Out. The man just made a comment and you flipped.
I don't know about the "industry", but a friend of mine owns a chrome shop and he has sense enough to know what shows and what doesn't. I am pretty sure that's what Randy was talking about.

*Shane* · 07-06-2003, 06:36 PM

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Originally posted by jef5150
First of all,,,,,,YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT!!!!...NONE!...Ive been in the machining industry for 18yrs,,,ive had entire jobs "REJECTED"from HEWLETT-PACKARD, MEASUREX & VARIAN. Inc, for the simple reason that the plating vendor did not follow the plating instructions on the blue print leaving "RACKING MARKS" on a critical surface...SO NEXT TIME you think your gonna "slam " some ones advice,,,,,you should make damn sure you know what your talking about,cause it only shows your ignorance on that topic...jeff

Whoa-Whoa-Whoa there fella ... I don't think Randy was "slamming your advice." I too have been in the Machine Tool Technology

trade for close to 20 years & now sell some of the most expensive and the best quality CNC machine tools built (insert shameless plug here - OKUMA).

As a matter of fact, if the VARIAN you speak of is the Oncology equipment manufacturer (radiology/cancer treatment equipment), then I too have done work for them ... and agree you do have a valid point about "rack marks" when speaking of industrial plating techniques. But, I believe Randy was referring to automotive plating (grilles, trim, wheels, brightwork, etc) ... which any bonehead with common sense will know which side is which when it comes to brightwork plating.

BTW - C10Crazy ... email me, I have a really really good connection for chrome plating at Graves Plating ... and they DO know how to rack 'em as to NOT show marks!

jef5150 · 07-06-2003, 06:37 PM

i re-read it/////i deleted it/

..again i apologize

the type of parts i make are extremely close tolerance,,,,,,hole diameters are usually [+or-].0001 ,like you said theres different types of platers........jeff

krue · 07-06-2003, 08:57 PM

No problem man!

RipMeyer · 07-06-2003, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jef5150
the type of parts i make are extremely close tolerance,,,,,,hole diameters are usually [+or-].0001

Curious as to what you use to measure the hole to make sure it is right.

Thanks

*Randy70C-10* · 07-06-2003, 09:30 PM

No appology necessary, all is well.

I was making a statement based on past experience with Royal Silver. They did some stuff for my moms Harley about 8 years ago, and their work is absolutely flawless. They deal mostly with show bikes and cars, so they are familiar with what they are plating. It's family owned, and the youngest girl has a top-fuel funny car that is outragious. The entire cage is polished.

jef5150 · 07-06-2003, 09:58 PM

we have gauge pins that have a .0001 graduation....ie- .030, .0301, .0302..also to make sure the diameter remains in tolerance throughout the entire length of the hole we have a computorized zeiss...we had to buy this machine to check parts,or hewlett-packard wouldnt give us certain jobs,,,,,the second pic is a "waveguide" we make for them, its solid copper ,except for a couple of threaded hole,& counter bores, most of the holes are about .020 in diameter

jef5150 · 07-06-2003, 10:15 PM

oops

*Shane* · 07-06-2003, 11:27 PM

Hey Jeff,
No apology needed for me either. I re-read my post and realized I sounded like I was attacking you personally ... that wasnt my intent ... I apologize as well if this is how it was taken.

The Zeiss is very very nice line of equipment, high quality and a very good name ... unfortunately for me, I compete against them with the Brown & Sharpe line of CMM's ... I wish we could represent the Zeiss line.

What brand of CNC equipment do you guys use? Haas? Mazak? Okuma? Cincinatti? Mori Seiki?

jef5150 · 07-07-2003, 05:33 PM

we have mostly KITAMURAS, 5 kitamura pallet changers, 1- mycenter2x [the pallets rotate c'clockwise ], 5-my1's, 5-my3's. We have 5-kitamura 4th axis's w/tailstocks for "A"axis work.3-Hardinge Ultra Precision CNC Lathes. 3-DMG CNC 5-AXIS machines.We sometimes use "REINSHAW PROBING"- in the middle of the cnc program,to re-adjust the table location,for temperature deviation in the shop.....I've linked my shops website,,,so check it out some time,theres some short mpg's & pics,,oh,we also have a couple of "HAAS" indexing heads.

jef5150 · 07-07-2003, 05:36 PM

mid-program probing

jef5150 · 07-07-2003, 05:49 PM

this is an optical-cmm w/probing. With this machine i can set the part i want to check,ANYWHERE on the glass surface,and it establish's the datumn's by itself.It can check the surface finish,check radius size,champher sizes,hole diameters,depth's,and wall locations,and it will give me a paper printout telling me any deviation from the blueprint dimensions,,,, check out the website, jeff

casey · 07-07-2003, 09:51 PM

Looks like you could build just about anything with that equipment, I seen a truck the other day and top rail around the door glass was chromed how do they do that?, just dip the door deep enough to chrome the window frame, who knows

jef5150 · 07-07-2003, 10:16 PM

you can buy those ,,,,,,"if im thinking of the same thing as you are"..there for keepin out the rain,with your window down,,,,,,,,

*Shane* · 07-08-2003, 01:43 AM

Kitamura is nice equipment too ... FORTUNATELY for me, I don't see them much around here! Although the DMG stuff is practically everywhere in one particular part of my territory. That part of the territory seems to specialize in mold & die work ... particularly aluminum die cast and aluminum extrusion. Next time "The Boss" looks at new 5 axis equipment, tell him to look at the Okuma MU400 or the Hermle C60 ... we give DMG fits with those two lines!

Thanks for the link ... nice MPG's of the 5 axis machine ... I love multi-axis work!

Here is a link to our company ... let me know if you ever get down this way and need any equipment!

R.O. Deaderick Co.

GMC JUNKIE TOO · 07-08-2003, 02:02 AM

Thats some nice equipment The week before last I went to the national vica competition I was competing in the automated manufacturing technology we used a prolight 1000 and they checked our parts with a starret cmm. At vo-tech we have a haas mill and lathe and a emco mini mill.

We kind of got off subject

*Shane* · 07-08-2003, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GMC JUNKIE TOO
Thats some nice equipment The week before last I went to the national vica competition I was competing in the automated manufacturing technology we used a prolight 1000 and they checked our parts with a starret cmm. At vo-tech we have a haas mill and lathe and a emco mini mill.

We kind of got off subject

They really need to get ya'll some nicer equipment to learn on!

07-06-2003, 12:38 PM	#1
c10crazy Like a Rock! Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,092	where can you get stuff chromed? I want to get my stock door panel retainers chromed to look similar to these. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ADME:B:LC:MT:1 Where would I go? __________________ 69 LWB Runs great - work in progress Mess with me and you mess with the whole trailer park!

07-06-2003, 02:00 PM	#5
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	My buddy does chroming, he's gonna chrome mine for me. Pm a picture of your's and I'll get you a quote. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

07-06-2003, 06:37 PM	#11
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	sorry///// i re-read it/////i deleted it/..again i apologize the type of parts i make are extremely close tolerance,,,,,,hole diameters are usually [+or-].0001 ,like you said theres different types of platers........jeff Last edited by jef5150; 07-06-2003 at 07:21 PM.

07-06-2003, 08:57 PM	#12
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	No problem man! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

07-06-2003, 09:58 PM	#15
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	checking diameters we have gauge pins that have a .0001 graduation....ie- .030, .0301, .0302..also to make sure the diameter remains in tolerance throughout the entire length of the hole we have a computorized zeiss...we had to buy this machine to check parts,or hewlett-packard wouldnt give us certain jobs,,,,,the second pic is a "waveguide" we make for them, its solid copper ,except for a couple of threaded hole,& counter bores, most of the holes are about .020 in diameter Attached Images Last edited by jef5150; 07-06-2003 at 10:14 PM.

07-06-2003, 12:54 PM	#2
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	try your phone book look under electroplating

07-06-2003, 12:58 PM	#3
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	Or just "plating". Where are you from? Royal Silver in Norfolk VA is one of the best in the US.

07-06-2003, 01:58 PM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	In reality, if you act in the next 4 hrs on that e-bay auction, you'll come out WAY ahead than if you tried getting your parts chromed. 99% of the time, new and sometimes even good NOS stuff is cheaper than re-chroming.

07-06-2003, 02:20 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	I think that is the only exclusion to what I said. I had a connection for a chrome shop, but h kid just up and joined the marines the other day. Huge bummer. He was gonna get my GMC grill prepped and dipped for 100 bucks.

07-06-2003, 02:58 PM	#7
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	heres a little shop tip ///===if your going to have parts plated by a plating shop,theres gonna be what appear to be a few[small] marks on your parts when you get them back that didnt "plate up" . These are called "racking marks",this is where they hold on to the part while dipping your part into the different plating tanks.Pick an area on your part that wont be easily seen after its installed,and tell the plater that "racking marks are acceptable" in that area.you'll thank yourself later.these "racking marks" are only about the size of a slotted screwdriver tip,,but when they're staring you in the face,they're really noticable...

07-06-2003, 04:25 PM	#8
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	99% of the reputable shops will know where "not" to rack em.

07-06-2003, 09:30 PM	#14
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	No appology necessary, all is well. I was making a statement based on past experience with Royal Silver. They did some stuff for my moms Harley about 8 years ago, and their work is absolutely flawless. They deal mostly with show bikes and cars, so they are familiar with what they are plating. It's family owned, and the youngest girl has a top-fuel funny car that is outragious. The entire cage is polished.

07-06-2003, 10:15 PM	#16
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	pics backwards oops Attached Images Last edited by jef5150; 07-07-2003 at 04:25 PM.

07-06-2003, 11:27 PM	#17
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Hey Jeff, No apology needed for me either. I re-read my post and realized I sounded like I was attacking you personally ... that wasnt my intent ... I apologize as well if this is how it was taken. The Zeiss is very very nice line of equipment, high quality and a very good name ... unfortunately for me, I compete against them with the Brown & Sharpe line of CMM's ... I wish we could represent the Zeiss line. What brand of CNC equipment do you guys use? Haas? Mazak? Okuma? Cincinatti? Mori Seiki?

07-07-2003, 05:33 PM	#18
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	cnc machines we have mostly KITAMURAS, 5 kitamura pallet changers, 1- mycenter2x [the pallets rotate c'clockwise ], 5-my1's, 5-my3's. We have 5-kitamura 4th axis's w/tailstocks for "A"axis work.3-Hardinge Ultra Precision CNC Lathes. 3-DMG CNC 5-AXIS machines.We sometimes use "REINSHAW PROBING"- in the middle of the cnc program,to re-adjust the table location,for temperature deviation in the shop.....I've linked my shops website,,,so check it out some time,theres some short mpg's & pics,,oh,we also have a couple of "HAAS" indexing heads. Attached Images



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07-07-2003, 05:36 PM	#19
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	probing mid-program probing Attached Images

07-07-2003, 05:49 PM	#20
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	another CMM inspection machine this is an optical-cmm w/probing. With this machine i can set the part i want to check,ANYWHERE on the glass surface,and it establish's the datumn's by itself.It can check the surface finish,check radius size,champher sizes,hole diameters,depth's,and wall locations,and it will give me a paper printout telling me any deviation from the blueprint dimensions,,,, check out the website, jeff Attached Images

07-07-2003, 09:51 PM	#21
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	Looks like you could build just about anything with that equipment, I seen a truck the other day and top rail around the door glass was chromed how do they do that?, just dip the door deep enough to chrome the window frame, who knows

07-07-2003, 10:16 PM	#22
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	you can buy those ,,,,,,"if im thinking of the same thing as you are"..there for keepin out the rain,with your window down,,,,,,,,

07-08-2003, 01:43 AM	#23
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Kitamura is nice equipment too ... FORTUNATELY for me, I don't see them much around here! Although the DMG stuff is practically everywhere in one particular part of my territory. That part of the territory seems to specialize in mold & die work ... particularly aluminum die cast and aluminum extrusion. Next time "The Boss" looks at new 5 axis equipment, tell him to look at the Okuma MU400 or the Hermle C60 ... we give DMG fits with those two lines! Thanks for the link ... nice MPG's of the 5 axis machine ... I love multi-axis work! Here is a link to our company ... let me know if you ever get down this way and need any equipment! R.O. Deaderick Co. Last edited by Shane; 07-08-2003 at 02:14 AM.

07-08-2003, 02:02 AM	#24
GMC JUNKIE TOO THE QUICKER FIXERUPER Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ok Posts: 615	Thats some nice equipment The week before last I went to the national vica competition I was competing in the automated manufacturing technology we used a prolight 1000 and they checked our parts with a starret cmm. At vo-tech we have a haas mill and lathe and a emco mini mill. We kind of got off subject

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