>        I would want at least an 1/8 inch to give some room for surfacing

      > and resurfacing in the future and to give a more rigid plate to deal
      > with warpage.
      >   It may be more cost effective to buy a thicker piece they have in
      > stock and CNC mill it out and if the surface is to soft hard chrome
      > or cermachrome plate it.
      >
      >   Ken

 Ken, I understand the desire for a thicker steel plate to allow a
 "fudge factor" when machining. But the chrome plating mystifies
 me. Why not nitride the surface as is done on the standard Mazda
 plates? This is a simple reliable treatment, that is a molecular level
 physical change and doesn't flake off like most chrome treatments can.
 Bill Jepson

   I think that the nitride process would create too much heat and

warpage and may delaminate the bond between the plates.

   Ken

 
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