On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Mark Hanchey wrote= : > On 1/20/2013 7:00 PM, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > > Here in Brazil I know places that do all kinds of electroplating, > > where I can throw in a piece or a few for a relatively small cost if > > they have a bath already set up. Maybe worth it to check your city for > > something like it, but I'm not sure whether these type of shops exist > > in the "first world". Gerhard > > Shops like that exist in the 'first world' but during the transition > from third to first the cost increases 10x and the customer service > degrades by 10x . > > Mark > > In a past life I did I.T. work for a company that made chrome plated plastic parts for the automotive industry. The idea of "throwing in your part" would probably been a firing offense for everybody involved. Not that anybody cares about _your_ part, but you just created a new process variable for the 10k other parts in that production run.... -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .