[CR]Chrome plating and Sand Blasting

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From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:02:38 EDT
To: gillies@cs.ubc.ca, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Chrome plating and Sand Blasting

Hello- I know that this topic may have been cover before, but presently I have a slightly different approach to the question. What if you have nicely intact chrome plating on your fork stearer tube, but want it "removed" so that a thread cutting tool won't have to become useless in the process of cutting new threads? Basically, I know that a thread-cutting tool would work, but I don't want to destroy it. What is the easiest way to remove the chrom or at least weaken it so that I can cut new threads? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
cheers-
Dave Anderson
Cut Bank MT