We replaced the old and worn "Union" internal door latches in our
hosue with new ones, also made by Union. The mechanisms swaped in
nicely, but Union have changed the design of the striker plates. The
older 'bent rectangle' has been replaed by something with a narrower T
where the latch first strikes it. Union don't offer the old shape
any more and coul dnot suggest a source. Our doors have been chiseled
to take the old style plates of course.

We wondered if we could get the old plates chromium plated afresh, but
we found that there is typically a £50 minimum charge for doing this
by the larger comanies

Does anyone happen know of somehere, probably a small back yard
company, that would do 6 plates more cheaply than £50?

Robert

RobertL wrote:
We replaced the old and worn "Union" internal door latches in our
hosue with new ones, also made by Union. The mechanisms swaped in
nicely, but Union have changed the design of the striker plates. The
older 'bent rectangle' has been replaed by something with a narrower T
where the latch first strikes it. Union don't offer the old shape
any more and coul dnot suggest a source. Our doors have been chiseled
to take the old style plates of course.

We wondered if we could get the old plates chromium plated afresh, but
we found that there is typically a £50 minimum charge for doing this
by the larger comanies

Does anyone happen know of somehere, probably a small back yard
company, that would do 6 plates more cheaply than £50?

Robert


Pay the money..loads of places do chrome plating for motorbike bits.

If you look in yellow pages etc for local elecroplaters, just phone
around wand with luck they will pop them in with a batch off something else.

Try the uk.rec.motorcycles.classic group and search for chroming. It's
been mentioned a few times with various recomendations.

John

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RobertL wrote:
We replaced the old and worn "Union" internal door latches in our
hosue with new ones, also made by Union. The mechanisms swaped in
nicely, but Union have changed the design of the striker plates. The
older 'bent rectangle' has been replaed by something with a narrower T
where the latch first strikes it. Union don't offer the old shape
any more and coul dnot suggest a source. Our doors have been chiseled
to take the old style plates of course.
We wondered if we could get the old plates chromium plated afresh,
but
we found that there is typically a £50 minimum charge for doing this
by the larger comanies
Does anyone happen know of somehere, probably a small back yard
company, that would do 6 plates more cheaply than £50?
Robert


Pay the money..loads of places do chrome plating for motorbike bits.

If you look in yellow pages etc for local elecroplaters, just phone
around wand with luck they will pop them in with a batch off something
else.

Not as common as you might think after the new EU regulations came in

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geoff