Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 4, 6:19 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 4, 5:29 pm, Frogwatch wrote:



On Jun 4, 5:08 pm, jps wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:37:13 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:
Sales of expensive x-ray instruments is not going well in this economy
so I am starting a new business, Mobile Marine Plating, Inc. will
specialize in re-plating small marine parts with anti-corrosive and
decorative metal plating while the parts are in place via "brush
plating". This means we will go to a boat and coat corroded parts
with electroplated nickel or bronze or even gold. Larger numbers of
parts can be brought back to the lab for polishing en masse and re-
coating.
My specialty is nickel plating but one of the most interesting ones is
an electroless nickel coating that has hexagonal boron nitride in it
to give ti lubricating properties along with the anti-corrosion
properties. Think about steel or Aluminum parts that are subject to
wear and corrosion where a coating about .00020" thick would be
helpful.
I am getting tired of hanging out with scientists anyway and want to
hang out in marinas. Will probably start off coating local parts but
will branch out into offshore oil stuff.
That's cool. Best of luck to you in your new venture.
That coating on the Shimano reels looks like Titanium nitride Harry.
I can get that done by electron beam evaporation.
Am amazed I didn't think of doing this several years ago. No more
employees, YES. No more workers comp, no more company pension to to
spend MY money contributing to. No more product reps in F*&k*&g India
calling me at weird times. No more incompetents in Abu Dhabi asking
me to go fix their spectrometer (like F*&k*&ing Hell). No more
supporting sales people. No more IRS hassling me about why this guy
is an independent contractor or employee. FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST,
Thank God ALMIGHTY, I'll be Free At last" without employees.

My major worries are that:

!. I am terrible dealing with people and this will involve some of
that nastiness.
2. I have no idea how to set price.
3 Will I get bored?


Setting the price? Call others who do it, and find out what they charge.
My Shimano "gold reels" are small - the 200 series - and only one needs
to be refinished at the moment. I don't recall what I paid for it when
new, maybe $150? It works fine, has a small dent in the case, but isn't
as "purty" as it used to be. I'd pay at least $25 plus shipping if the
coating were durable.