RoverLTD, we'll face the heat together, because I agree with RoverLTD. Chrome plating is good for decorative parts, but not parts that will be stressed. I've even had problems with cad plating of stressed parts, causing welds to become brittle & crack.
The powder coating industry now has a powder that comes out of the oven looking like polished aluminum, can't beat it.
your "cracked" friend on the PIBB, George
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