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Anodized Goggles, Crafters Fair this weekend

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Posted 06-02-2010 at 07:05 PM by GPSHardware

Hello from GPSHardware,

We finally got around to getting some of our hardware anodized! Anodized aluminum is awesome for a couple of reasons. first and foremost, you can dye the aluminum once it has been anodized, so you get colored metal, but the layer is microscopically thin, so you dont' lose any of the look and feel of the metal. When you paint metal parts, you build up a relatively thick layer of paint that kind of separates you from the metal, but with anodizing, even though the part has a deep and rich color, you are still seeing and touching the surface of the metal directly.

The second reason anodizing is great is that the mico-thin layer it produces on the surface of the aluminum part is very hard and so provides a protective shell for the part. The down side of anodized parts is that it can be somewhat pricey to do it - if you have a lot of parts to get anodized, you're probably looking a few bucks per part. When you're talking about goggles that have two parts to them, you can see how it can add a handfull of dollars onto production costs. At any rate, the results are worth the money :)

Dont get me wrong, powder coating produces a great finish as well, but like I say, it adds a layer of seperation between you and the metal surface. You can't anodize steel, only aluminum, so for the steel hardware it's not an option. You can give steel a "black oxide" finish, which would be about the equivalent appearance wise, but that is also expensive and something we probably wont look into for awhile.
Anyhow, we anodized our goggles, and you can take a quick look at them here,

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3iGOL0fUED...lack_tab_4.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3iGOL0fUED...lack_tab_4.jpg

and for a more in depth look, go to the goggles page on the website here.

Last week we put up a page that shows how we make our goggles, you can see that here.
This week we added a short video showing how we turn the points on our1.5" stainless steel cone spikes on our lathe. You might find that interesting, and you can see that here.

Finally, if you are local to Albuquerque or are going to be in town this weekend, friday june 4th through sunday june 6th, there is going to be a crafts fair at the Kosmos Coffe shop and 5G warehouse/studio space down on 5th street just south of I40, and we are going to have a booth there. That should be fun. There will be a lot of other artists and crafters there, so it should be interesting, and you can take a look at our stuff up close. The website for the studio is here.

Thanks as always for your interest in Gothic Punk Specialty Hardware - Ben C- Owner/designer
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