[Elecraft] Nickel Plateing

[stephen Farthing]

Andy,
            There is a company in the UK which sells DIY Nickel Plating 
kits. They target people in the vintage
 motorcycle restoration hobby. Its not that difficult to do. I have an 
address somewhere which I will post when i find it. you could also look in 
the yellow pages of find a copu of Classic Bike which Smiths sells there 
will be ads in there. There is a company called "Farham Electroplating" in 
Hampshire run by a very nice lady called Patsy Boullin who might 
help....dont have the phone number with me...

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy GM0NWI" <andy.gm0nwi1 at btinternet.com>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; "QRP-L Reflector" 
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Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 6:12 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Nickel Plateing


>
> Guy's..
>
> Just wanted to ask,...
>
> Does anyone on the list, know of a company in the the US, where I could
> enquire about having an item here in the shack (UK), re-nickel plated..?
>
> The item is, a "1924 Vibroplex Code Martin Junior" morse key, bought by
> myself on that site that can't be mentioned..
>
> I've spent the best part of a year of my life, "restoring" this key, back 
> to
> just about fully working order, although not a patch on the restorations 
> (I
> dont think so anyway) of our very own Chuck Adams K7QO, I'm very pleased
> with my results for a first time tryin'
> my hand at a resoration project.
>
> There are some who would say, "leave it as is", and others who say "yep,
> that'll be nice when shineing again"....believe me, I have been tossing 
> with
> both ideas for about a year now...after all you guys saying such things..!
> I "wondered" in the beginning if the key COULD
> indeed be "restored", but with a little bit of patience, and a LOT of 
> time,
> it is once again nearly "fully functional" as it was intended
> for back in 1924, all parts that were "stuck fast" are now free, and 
> working
> as they should be, ...the only thing is "cosmetics" really,..
>
> I feel that parts of the key could do, with some "restoration" on the
> nickel-plating side, as it wont be going anywhere in a hurry, and will 
> stay
> in my possession, so I think its worth spending the money to have it done.
>
> I have looked over the net, but don't have any idea from the names seen, 
> as
> to who might be interested in the job, mainly as the job will probably be
> seen as "small lot"..
>
> SO..! if there is anyone out there on the list who knows of such a company
> that might be interested in a "small lot job", or indeed someone who has 
> in
> the past gotten this done to one of their own keys, say a "ham" out there
> willing to help me (i.e an address to send the key and some payment to 
> where
> upon the subsequent "ham" could get the job done, and then send the key 
> back
> to me in the post (paid by myself of course) , or indeed a "ham" who can
> help themselves with the key through experience, please can you let me 
> know.
>
> Answers On A Postcard To The E-Mail Address Below..
>
> 72's
> Andy
> GM0NWI              andy.gm0nwi1 at btinternet.com
>
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