Em 21/1/2013 01:07, Gerhard Fiedler escreveu: > Denny Esterline wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Mark Hanchey wr= ote: >>> 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 .=20 >>> >> 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....=20 > Yes, this was my doubt. The shops I was talking about don't have much of > a formal quality control, the production is more craft than industry > (much manual work) and the batches are typically small. Not sure > something like that even exists anymore in more industrialized countries > in this field. > > Gerhard I have a friend (in Brazil) that makes a living from electro-plating gifts, plaques, baby shoes, etc. Most of his work are one-offs. Perhaps this kind of service is available in US and Europe. Isaac --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .