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NEW PROJECT CB750 K1
royhall:
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on August 18, 2018, 09:17:39 AM ---Fantastic progress Paul and all coming together nicely.
Interesting you mention John Street Platers, as that's the firm that a friend of mine has used for many, many years.
The place I always use took 5 weeks to do the plating below and he told me on Wednesday that if I give him some more it will be at least 4 weeks (he told me 3 weeks last time - 5 weeks in reality). Can you share prices please ? As an example this stuff cost £65 (paid him in readies).
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Blimey Ash, I would be happy to pay £65 for that lot. Did you have to do any prep work yourself. If not, that's cheap as chips.
Laverda Dave:
I thought the guy I use is cheap but I doubt if he could better £65 for all that! I would be tempted to stick with him Ash and maybe pay him an extra tenner to knock a week or two off the timescales.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on August 18, 2018, 10:07:15 AM ---I thought the guy I use is cheap but I doubt if he could better £65 for all that! I would be tempted to stick with him Ash and maybe pay him an extra tenner to knock a week or two off the timescales.
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Well he likes me because I solvent degrease, then use my alkaline 'Witches Brew' (described in full on here) to remove the old zinc plate then I dry bead blast with 0/44 glass beads. Even though I am a tight Yorkshireman it's not the price it's the lead time that is stretching out. It used to be 2 weeks. Last time I gave him twice as much as that and it was £80 !! Problem is, if you are short of an odd bit 5 weeks is too long to wait. Guess I should get my old home plating rig out for the odd bits I need in a hurry. I tried to get him to sell me a couple of litres of plating electrolyte but he said that he couldn't due to H&S reasons.
royhall:
I had a feeling he was only doing the plating at that price. Stick with him he's cheap. I had the linkages for a 750F2 carb set done at Lancaster Bronze that cost me £30 and I had to wait 9 weeks for them to post back as agreed. That never happened so it was a 65 mile round trip to go and get them. They won't be getting any more work off me.
paul G:
Ash pricing Hmmm
I have been twice now and bartered with them on both occations.
If you just turn up it is a cash job don't know on how it goes if its sent in and booked in.
First lot was took in Monday and I collected Friday.
The second job I took in Monday and picked it up Wednesday.
Looking at what you have in that tub I would say through the door cheaper !! ;D
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