Cases are now bead blasted so assembly can start as soon as I get the plating back… I did debate Cerakote, but decided to leave them bare as I am going to polish the outer cases. I did buy some new bead, they came up really nice! I have also taken the wheels in for powder coating and the frame and swinging arm for dipping to remove the paint. I think it would have been OK to allow the stripper to go inside, but as the fuel is in the frame, and the oil tank is the swinging arm I played safe and blanked everything off… that took ages as there are some strange threads in places! I did use the apprentice to do some of the bead blasting but the hourly rate was far to high and she takes long breaks…
all the parts are back from plating… another superb job! I love to visit this company… they are easy to deal with and SO helpful. There were some really small parts in this batch and I said I was worried that they would fall out ot the drum… The guy took me into the factory and showed me just how small the holes in the drum were, which took away my concern. However, the smell of hydrochloric acid was overpowering! they have a flat fee per barrel… so one bolt, or 100KG is the same very reasonable price! I went for silver this time instead of gold…
