Coloured Shims

[Sewdhull]

Cost!  That is a manual activity that would push the price up.  Even doing it for oneself would be tricky as it is such a small surface area.  I wonder how Begadi manage it at that price.

To me they look laser etched, which is probably done in batches

 

[ak2m4]

To me they look laser etched, which is probably done in batches

Yep batches of course but still expensive, even in China!  I've noticed a real hike in laser etching cost recently.  I asked one factory to do 500 nozzles and the cost was around 40p each, that's a huge addon to the end price and hard to justify.  

 

[Colin Allen]

To me they look laser etched, which is probably done in batches

Yes, they probably are, but it is still an expensive process.

 

[Rogerborg]

could never find a paint which wouldn't flake off

Plasti Dip?

 

[ak2m4]

Plasti Dip?

tried it, sadly can pick it off super easily but something like that is ideal, just dip each spring in a different colour and then hang up to dry, very quick process and cheap to do.  

 

[Egon_247]

I mentioned the spring thing to Luke a while ago but he did say something that does 20+ repetitions a second might trash whatever you put on it and it'll end up in the gears.

About the only thing I've colour coded is my mags using the resistor colour code. But then I'm old. ?

I just measure mine when I get them to make sure they're good and put them in different pots. 

Although I did get a packet of rocket ones that were different colours and I'm assuming, materials.

 

[ak2m4]

Although I did get a packet of rocket ones that were different colours and I'm assuming, materials.

Yes SHS get around the issue by using copper for a certain size.  I've never had any issues with the copper shims in a gearbox so that's when I thought of using aluminium shims since they can be annodized pretty cheaply.  I have come across alum shims before but never used them.  Only real way to tell is get some made up and then run in a gearbox for a 500,000 pews