Shops that do Anodizing?

[jamesavery22]

I have some 6061-T6511 aluminum mounts and bodies I've made that I want hard anodized.



Does anyone know of any shops(would be awesome if they were in the DC Metro area...) that I could send my parts to and have them hard anodized?

 

[jamesavery22]

Bumping an old thread of mine... Still looking for a shop to do this. Emailed alphametal.com. Anyone ever heard of them?

 

[Mattaus]

ukmidnite might be able to help, though he is UK based so I guess it depends on how big your parts are with regards to shipping rates. He has a titanium anodizing thread over here.

Another thing to try is doing it yourself.

Sorry I can't be of much more help. Try searching for places that make bike frames, or paint alloy wheels etc. They often do in shop anodizing. Or at least they do here in Australia.

 

[Hoop]

Look local. There are going to be shops in your area that do anodizing. If you can't find one in the phone book, call a machine shop and ask for a recommendation. They probably outsource their anodizing to a handful of local shops. Some machine shops also do in house anodizing.

 

[jamesavery22]

There is a local place in Alexandria(www.alexandriametalfinishers.com/anodizing.htm) but it looks like their minimum order is $150... I need a place that doesn't have a minimum $ order. The pieces I want anodized are very small. Only have 3 pieces and all much smaller than a 2" cube.

edit---
Just stumbled upon usanodizing.com. They happen to be in VA, deal with firearm accessories, and look to do small jobs. Emailing them now.

 

[cmacclel]

Every anodizer I have come across has a lot charge. My local guy right now is around $250 per lot for HA-III.

Mac

 

[jamesavery22]

Victor from http://www.usanodizing.com just got back to me over email. Very nice guy. They do small one off's. Quoted me $25 for a MIL-A-8625F Type III, Class 2 anodizing of one of my small pieces. Will send it to him this week and report back whenever I get the piece back.

 

[Dr Jekyll]

Do you have a follow up to your experience? Pics would be helpful too. Thanks!