[Shaun @ Tru6]

Some pics of what I'm trying to have made. First they sent a plate. Then the narrow wall frame. The dash panel is for a Singer style project. The person who made the one in the pic TIG'd the plate together but used Al soldering rod for the frame. The problem is, as I found out, Al soldering rod is 97% zinc and 3% Al. And electroless nickel plating dissolves zinc. So I reworked it with silver solder but the whole thing is a bit of a trainwreck so I need to make one from scratch. A 1/8" Al plate is easy to get, I will just have to bond the flimsy frame on with a proper epoxy that will survive the plating process for a perfect piece.