Brushed nickel/aluminium finish on chrome?

[Chuck]

Good call Dave - I've just found a place in Brookvale that might be the go.

[Maddogm]

Sorry, that's 3mm aluminium. The only frustrating thing is the largest size I can get from the Green Shed is 50mm wide. Fine for a switch or telecaster control plate, but you'd need closer to 70mm for the plates used on a Jaguar (which is what I'm essentially looking at). I guess there must be more specific suppliers where I could get larger dimensions, but hopefully without needing to order metres of the stuff.

standard aluminium sheet is 1200mm x 3600mm (4' x 12') so the 1/3 of a sheet that Dave mentioned is still 1200 x 1200

[wokkaboy]

oh well Madddog, Chuck will have enough ally for about 50 guitar control covers hahah

[Simon Barden]

He better get building then!


Might it not be better to maybe cut the control plates from something like brass and then get them chromed? Or did you want a brushed finish look?

[Chuck]

Might it not be better to maybe cut the control plates from something like brass and then get them chromed? Or did you want a brushed finish look?

I really want something I actually do myself from start to finish - and getting a chroming machine might be a little beyond my budget!!

As it happens I went to the local aluminium place this arvo and got a 570 x 490 offcut sheet for $8!!!

[wazkelly]

Marine industry is full of aluminium bits and pieces too plus lots of really shiny and expensive stainless steel. All highly polished of course.