Originally Posted by
Jamonk Arturan
Thanks for the tutorials you've been putting out (I've subscribed to your youtube since finding it) they're very informative and your amazing work has been inspiring me to consider doing a crystal chamber of my own in the saber I'm currently in the early stages of.
I have a question about this technique that I did not see specifically addressed: What amount of additional tolerance have you found needs to be taken into consideration when using this plating technique? Obviously a 1.15" OD chassis sleeve would not fit into a 1.15" ID mhs part once paint+plating is applied. I realize the amount of space needed for the paint+plating will vary depending on how thick an individual builder applies it, but in your experience would you typically expect to need the chassis material to start out a couple hundredths of an inch in diameter thinner than what you need the finished result to be? Would you expect the paint+plating to be thicker/thinner than 0.02 inch?
Having a better idea of what to expect will be very helpful when making final decisions for my chassis material (especially since bettering my chances of having to only try 1 or 2 different ODs to find what works best for me will mean more money saved toward the next eventual project). Thanks for the help!
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