Hi MF and others,
Well after dropping all my fasteners and associated originally Zinc plated components off at the Electroplaters on Friday morning, I was shocked when I went back 3 hours later to find that they were all black and messed up. I was told that they would have another go at them on Monday morning. Honestly I couldn't believe it, what a mess they all were.
Anyway I decided to drop in again first thing this morning and ask if I could do them there myself as some of you might know that I'm actually a retired Electroplater by Trade. The owner of the shop said I'm most welcome to if I want and hey ! who am I to knock back an opportunity to get back into it after not doing this type of work for over 35 years. Nothing has changed and after 3 hours I walked out with all my gear noicely plated and looking like brand new nuts and bolts etc.
Sadly I didn't take any photos of all the 5 long strings of wiring up after it came out of the bath and as such I've already sorted it all out ready for re-assembly of the chassis. I just now have to polish the handle bars so that they can go to a different shop to be chromed again as the shop I went to today only do Zinc Plating and nothing else.
Regardless, it's all coming together nicely and will certainly outshine all my other machines, that's for sure.
Cheers,
BB.
PS. regarding the paint tins one could drill a very fine hole with the can laying on it's side, but make sure you've got a good large absorbent rag on hand, maybe a second operator would be helpful in this instance with the rag / towel.
