Mark, If you know of a gun shop in your area they may be able to help you. Some of the larger shops have bluing or rebluing services. The metal is dipped in lye at a certain temperature to hot blue it, but some places have a cold bluing kit. Just a suggestion, Rick Wilson. rwdw2...@yahoo.com P.S. (This would make it look like a gun barrel) it would still have to be oiled, but wouldn't be nearly as susceptible to rust. --- Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Mark Youkey wrote: > > > I looked in "The Science and Engineering of > Materials" and found that > > perhaps the best way is to zinc plate the steel. > > Hey, I have that book too! Guess I should have > opened it. > > Actually, I'm looking for something I can do at > home, but I may have to go > that way. I also considered powder painting it, > which is supposed to be > only .002" thick, but last time I had something > coated it looked more like a > .100", and had runs all over it. They make > home-brew kits, so that might be > an idea. But plating is a distinct possibility, > assuming they can handle > something 8 feet long. Waxing may just get me there > too, as long as I > inpect it every time the wings are off, and it'll > make it operate with less > friction. Call me optimistic on this one... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
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