An electric hot air gun will produce enough heat for most jobs of this sort. No flames, no boiling oil, what more could you want? DB
brucerobbins wrote:
> Thanks to all for their contributions on re-plating the steel barrelled
> Campag hub. The general consensus is that it's not too difficult to separate
> the flanges from the barrel and have it rechromed.
>
> Chuck's suggestion of using a torch to heat the alloy flanges to make
> separation easier raised one or two eyebrows. It was suggested that this
> could make the alloy very brittle if not done carefully. A better solution.
> I was told, would be dipping the hub in a hot oil bath.
>
> I checked the inside faces of the cone lock nuts and the hubs appears to
> date back to 1961. What I still don't know, though, is if the hubs have any
> value or would rechroming them be a waste of money?
>
> Thanks, again, for all the information.
>
> Bruce