So the Commando's top yoke is a little... unsightly. It's (I'm guessing)
cast steel, with a chrome finish. And the chrome is of finest British
quality, so it's rusting through.

I'd like to make it less ugly, without selling a kidney. I can get a
cast, raw metal one on Ebay for 30 / 40 quid, but that's pre-rusted. I
can get a "billet, yada, yada" one for 300 / 400 quid, but that's
****ing silly.

Norvil seem to want a ton or so.

Is there anything I can do with the one I have to make it prettier?

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I've always been a man who's open to persuasion

Champ wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:29:57 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> So the Commando's top yoke is a little... unsightly. It's (I'm
>> guessing) cast steel, with a chrome finish. And the chrome is of
>> finest British quality, so it's rusting through.
>>
>> I'd like to make it less ugly, without selling a kidney. I can get a
>> cast, raw metal one on Ebay for 30 / 40 quid, but that's pre-rusted.
>> I can get a "billet, yada, yada" one for 300 / 400 quid, but that's
>> ****ing silly.
>>
>> Norvil seem to want a ton or so.
>
> 1. Buy a cast, raw one from eBay.
> 2. Get it blasted and then chromed or painted
> 3. Fit
> 4. Flog yours on eBay

I'm confused by this thread. Perhaps I'm missing something but otherwise you
take the existing yoke to your local electroplater & polisher. Remove the
old chrome/surface imperfections and triple plate.

Ok so what had I missed.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
<(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>Champ wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:29:57 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> So the Commando's top yoke is a little... unsightly. It's (I'm
>>> guessing) cast steel, with a chrome finish. And the chrome is of
>>> finest British quality, so it's rusting through.
>>>
>>> I'd like to make it less ugly, without selling a kidney. I can get a
>>> cast, raw metal one on Ebay for 30 / 40 quid, but that's pre-rusted.
>>> I can get a "billet, yada, yada" one for 300 / 400 quid, but that's
>>> ****ing silly.
>>>
>>> Norvil seem to want a ton or so.
>>
>> 1. Buy a cast, raw one from eBay.
>> 2. Get it blasted and then chromed or painted
>> 3. Fit
>> 4. Flog yours on eBay
>
>I'm confused by this thread. Perhaps I'm missing something but otherwise you
>take the existing yoke to your local electroplater & polisher. Remove the
>old chrome/surface imperfections and triple plate.

Which is probably what I should do. What I don't know is how feasible
this is (I know nothing about electroplating). I shall pay a visit later
this week.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I've always been a man who's open to persuasion

Jordan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>
>>> take the existing yoke to your local electroplater & polisher.
>>> Remove the old chrome/surface imperfections and triple plate.
>>
>> Which is probably what I should do. What I don't know is how feasible
>> this is (I know nothing about electroplating). I shall pay a visit
>> later this week.
>>
>
> For structural parts like this, it might be worth a read on the topic
> of hydrogen embrittlement - something easy to avoid but bad to have
> in a plated part without post treatment. See for example:
> <http://www.finishing.com/1600-1799/1747.shtml>
>
> What is triple plate? Like, done 3 times? Better done once and right!

Haven't you ever worked in a materials science laboratory you spotty oik
copper > nickel > chrome

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Hog

Wicked Uncle Nigel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>> Champ wrote:
>>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:29:57 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So the Commando's top yoke is a little... unsightly. It's (I'm
>>>> guessing) cast steel, with a chrome finish. And the chrome is of
>>>> finest British quality, so it's rusting through.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to make it less ugly, without selling a kidney. I can get
>>>> a cast, raw metal one on Ebay for 30 / 40 quid, but that's
>>>> pre-rusted. I can get a "billet, yada, yada" one for 300 / 400
>>>> quid, but that's ****ing silly.
>>>>
>>>> Norvil seem to want a ton or so.
>>>
>>> 1. Buy a cast, raw one from eBay.
>>> 2. Get it blasted and then chromed or painted
>>> 3. Fit
>>> 4. Flog yours on eBay
>>
>> I'm confused by this thread. Perhaps I'm missing something but
>> otherwise you take the existing yoke to your local electroplater &
>> polisher. Remove the old chrome/surface imperfections and triple
>> plate.
>
> Which is probably what I should do. What I don't know is how feasible
> this is (I know nothing about electroplating). I shall pay a visit
> later this week.

The acid bath should do most of the hard work.
..
..
..
or so said John Haigh

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Hog

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:

> Is there anything I can do with the one I have to make it prettier?

Black paint.

Makes /anything/ pretty.

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Simon