A buddy made a flange ring out of brass for me and I polished it up and had it chrome plated. It replaced the plastic one. Not a big change, but I like little tweaks like this.

that looks nice and clean, thanks for my next project

looks great!

Thanks guys!

Hey Bill, how's the river level outlook up there so far? Hopefully it is a lot better than last year!

Looks very nice. You could even have it powder coated or annodized to match your bezels.

We were a bit over flood stage (15 ft) a couple of weeks ago. As of Friday night, was down to just below 10 feet and is supposed to be down around 8 by next weekend. So, actually, low for us for this time of year. But I am not complaining, last year SUCKED as you well no!!!!

To a good season!!!

Thanks and that's a good point.

I found a local guy (who happens to be a boater) that does chrome plating and he did this part for 30 bucks. Not bad.

What took the longest time was getting the part perfectly smooth. It was machined on a lathe and I removed the turning marks wet sanding starting with 400 grit and progressing up to 1500 grit. Finally then polishing it on a buffing wheel to a mirror finish. Any imperfections will show-up big time after chrome plating.