Randy;
-Being a subsidiary of a Japanese company, Hitachi Instruments has
some rather unusual ( by U.S. Mfg. std's.) callouts on their drawings.
The one I dealt with most recently from a plating standpoint was Black
Chrome. No shops in the greater Bay Area (EPA air-quality regs.) were
doing this finish. Our parts had to be taken by courier to Sacramento
until we could get a new callout on the print.
Even Nickel-Chrome has to be "farmed out" outside of the general area
or done by plating shops that can afford the capital expenditures
required by the EPA-mandated pollution controls.
MY POINT: like our new compliance here with ISO-14001, maybe we all
should take a re-look at "stuff" like chroming bumpers. There's
probably some "way-cool" finishes out there that would be as
attractive, although not original, as chrome. How about red or blue
Alodine to match those nifty aircraft-style fittings under the hood?
Am I a "flaming ECO-terrorist? Hardly, just trying to point something
out to everyone on the list that we may all face eventually, without
any hysterical emotionalism creeping in.
Phil LeBrun
lebrun@hii.hitachi.com
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Subject: Plating
Author: "Randy Zimmermann" <RZIMM@hhh.umn.edu> at ~INTERNET
Date: 11/14/96 3:14 PM
O.K. Another in what is becoming a long series of restoration
questions-- it's so much fun having a Tiger completely apart and
knowing you need to have everything replaced or reconditioned:
Any good recommendations and experiences with chrome plating services
for bumpers that you'd like to share? And for those of you that
recently had it done, how much? I'm getting quotes of $160-190 each
for the bumpers and $40-50 each for the guards.
Thanks,
Randy Zimmermann
St. Paul, MN
66 Tiger MkIa (B382002349)
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