Nickel Plating A Mag

ScrapIron · 02-26-2007, 03:07 PM

I guess my questions are...

Who does nickel plating?

and

How much would a benchmark frame and a classic body cost me?

thanks

Azzy · 02-26-2007, 03:37 PM

Check a local cycle shop or engraver, they may have a local plater. Just talk to the plater first to see if they can do aluminum.

ScrapIron · 02-26-2007, 03:47 PM

Thanks, Azzy

I just found a place called "Chrome Reflections" here in Des Moines that says they do nickel plating, brass plating, chroming, etc...

I guess I mostly wonder if anyone has had similar size work done before and how much it had cost them. Since this is something that I haven't really shopped around for before.

Schmitti · 02-26-2007, 03:48 PM

Aluminum can be plated... just needs to be copper plated first... you may want to check if the tolerances will still be okay after the plating is added.

E

ndupuis06 · 02-26-2007, 05:12 PM

I do Nickel Plating. My father owns D&S Plating Co in Holyoke, MA. I might be able to help ya out with what your looking to get done. PM me.

ScrapIron · 02-26-2007, 05:16 PM

By tollerances I assume you mean, that the the plating won't change the outter diameter of the parts to the point that they won't fit together?
am I right?

sending PM to ndupuis06

Schmitti · 02-26-2007, 05:24 PM

I was told some time ago that you needed to be careful when plating or powder coating a mag body that you had to watch the distance between body and trigger frame so that it didn't increase so much much that guts no longer worked correctly. I was told with powder coating that the best thing to do was mask the area on the body that the frame adapter fitted to.

Hope this helps.

E

DarkStar · 02-27-2007, 03:13 PM

The mag design if very sensitive to changes in tollerances, especially with the way the body and valve sit in the rail. As Schmitti indicated with Powder coating you should not apply powder to the top side of the rail, or the bottom of the body. You should be OK with a plating process but it's still sensitive. AGD does not recommend having your X-Valve re-anno'ed for this reason.

You might want to throw this question over to AO (ww.automags.org), also, I know Gruntbull has done a lot of ano service on mags. He might be able to answer some of your questions regarding tollerance issues.

Good Luck, can't wait to see the finished product.

-MR

Mstrtal · 02-27-2007, 04:19 PM

Thats whats so cool about mags. Even the old ones hada tight tolerance. Compaired to some of the stuff put out now a days its refreshing.

He Scrap you gonna have that done before Arturious or do we have to wait until Transformers for its unveiling?

ScrapIron · 02-27-2007, 04:38 PM

Just posted on my original rescue thread,
I hope to have it completed by the end of March, so yes, it should be done in time for Arturius.

Heading to ICU tomorrow to pick up the screws for the grip pannels, and my HPA tank, 72/3000. Unfortunately they are out of stock on the vertical adapter, so I'll have to get one from MCB's BST section.
Then I'll stop by Ye Olde Gun Shoppe this weekend and see what 45 grips they have in stock. Essentially I'll be adding about 250-300 dollars worth of parts and labor to rehabilitate an automag that only cost me 50.00

02-26-2007, 03:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
ScrapIron Cobra Paintball Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Iowa	Nickel Plating A Mag I guess my questions are... Who does nickel plating? and How much would a benchmark frame and a classic body cost me? thanks

02-26-2007, 03:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Azzy Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA	Check a local cycle shop or engraver, they may have a local plater. Just talk to the plater first to see if they can do aluminum. __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 "It is my right to be uncommon—if I can. I seek opportunity—not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say, “This I have done.” - Dean Alfange

02-26-2007, 03:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Schmitti Red=Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY	Aluminum can be plated... just needs to be copper plated first... you may want to check if the tolerances will still be okay after the plating is added. E __________________ Gone fishing

02-26-2007, 05:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
ndupuis06 Active Member Join Date: Jan 2007	I do Nickel Plating. My father owns D&S Plating Co in Holyoke, MA. I might be able to help ya out with what your looking to get done. PM me. __________________ Team K.o.K 5Man Novice Team www.freewebs.com/teamkok High Defiance www.freewebs.com/highdefiance National Organization Members Against AGG Metrosexuals http://mstrtal.googlepages.com/main My Feedback http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=1844310

02-26-2007, 05:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Schmitti Red=Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY	I was told some time ago that you needed to be careful when plating or powder coating a mag body that you had to watch the distance between body and trigger frame so that it didn't increase so much much that guts no longer worked correctly. I was told with powder coating that the best thing to do was mask the area on the body that the frame adapter fitted to. Hope this helps. E __________________ Gone fishing

02-26-2007, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
ScrapIron Cobra Paintball Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Iowa	Thanks, Azzy I just found a place called "Chrome Reflections" here in Des Moines that says they do nickel plating, brass plating, chroming, etc... I guess I mostly wonder if anyone has had similar size work done before and how much it had cost them. Since this is something that I haven't really shopped around for before.

02-26-2007, 05:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
ScrapIron Cobra Paintball Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Iowa	By tollerances I assume you mean, that the the plating won't change the outter diameter of the parts to the point that they won't fit together? am I right? sending PM to ndupuis06

02-27-2007, 04:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
ScrapIron Cobra Paintball Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Iowa	Just posted on my original rescue thread, I hope to have it completed by the end of March, so yes, it should be done in time for Arturius. Heading to ICU tomorrow to pick up the screws for the grip pannels, and my HPA tank, 72/3000. Unfortunately they are out of stock on the vertical adapter, so I'll have to get one from MCB's BST section. Then I'll stop by Ye Olde Gun Shoppe this weekend and see what 45 grips they have in stock. Essentially I'll be adding about 250-300 dollars worth of parts and labor to rehabilitate an automag that only cost me 50.00

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