Brushed nickel/aluminium finish on chrome?

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

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Originally Posted by Chuck

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.

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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

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

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?

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

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?

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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!!!

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