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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3267523" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I doubt it. He's going to have to find another shop which is a wrench thrown into his works too.</p><p></p><p>I fear that this is going to be a trend for plating shops. Metaloy has been in and out of accepting orders the last couple or three years. They had a fire (I think) and a tank go out on them. The hazardous waste costs of disposal isn't cheap. </p><p></p><p>There are vendors all over the country for automotive, aerospace, etc. that are NADCAP certified and doing individual guns just doesn't make them money. When one of us sends in a gun they have to have an FFL which has a cost. Also a gunsmith will disassemble it and it'll stay "kitted" with a work order in a locked (hopefully) room or cabinet until they get a dozen or more ready to go into the tanks. It takes that to justify firing up the tank heaters, aerators and rectifiers to even do them in a small specialty shop. When done, said gunsmith will have to reassemble and function check, and one that knows his stuff will get a nice living wage. For ROBAR, which also has an industrial business, comparing that overhead to the revenue that comes in from that "small side" of the business and then comparing that to the industrial side, well the numbers just don't make sense for them to continue to offer the service. It could very possibly be that they had more industrial coming in and they needed the tank capacity to fill those orders.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully Ford's and another one or two will see enough demand come in to hang in there and even branch into offering more finish choices. But I can see the day when we don't have much option if a manufacturer doesn't offer it. They can get a couple hundred FCGs (or whatever) done. Us just sending in one or two is going to be a heavy lift down the road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3267523, member: 3099"] I doubt it. He's going to have to find another shop which is a wrench thrown into his works too. I fear that this is going to be a trend for plating shops. Metaloy has been in and out of accepting orders the last couple or three years. They had a fire (I think) and a tank go out on them. The hazardous waste costs of disposal isn't cheap. There are vendors all over the country for automotive, aerospace, etc. that are NADCAP certified and doing individual guns just doesn't make them money. When one of us sends in a gun they have to have an FFL which has a cost. Also a gunsmith will disassemble it and it'll stay "kitted" with a work order in a locked (hopefully) room or cabinet until they get a dozen or more ready to go into the tanks. It takes that to justify firing up the tank heaters, aerators and rectifiers to even do them in a small specialty shop. When done, said gunsmith will have to reassemble and function check, and one that knows his stuff will get a nice living wage. For ROBAR, which also has an industrial business, comparing that overhead to the revenue that comes in from that "small side" of the business and then comparing that to the industrial side, well the numbers just don't make sense for them to continue to offer the service. It could very possibly be that they had more industrial coming in and they needed the tank capacity to fill those orders. Hopefully Ford's and another one or two will see enough demand come in to hang in there and even branch into offering more finish choices. But I can see the day when we don't have much option if a manufacturer doesn't offer it. They can get a couple hundred FCGs (or whatever) done. Us just sending in one or two is going to be a heavy lift down the road. [/QUOTE]
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