where can I get my worn winch drums re-texturing and re-anodizing

[falcon5]

Hi, has anyone had the winch drums re-textured and anodised? I have Harken drums that the sheets are starting to slip on.

 

[bigwow]

Put another turn on then, it's cheaper

 

[moodycruiser]

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Put another turn on then, it's cheaper

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..... there's always one, isn't there ?

Have been trying to find out myself as I have the same problem. There was a guy on here some time ago who had a friend who was setting up a local business to rechrome drums and although I enquired I heard no more from him. If you find anyone, please let me know and I will do the same.

 

[falcon5]

Thanks for that, If I find someone I will PM you.

 

[chas]

Would Winch Servicing (www.winchservicing.com) be able to help?

 

[Venus]

Any small machine shop would be willing to re-knurl the drums for a price but your putting a high value object at risk if they cock it up. I had some Lewmar 40 winch drums straight knurled a few years ago. these were bronze so I did not bother to re-plate them & they're are still going fine. If your drums are aluminium as you seem to suggest re-anodising could possibly be done by you local plating company but if the drums have any steel inserts of fasteners fixed to them I think they would need to be removed first.

 

[SvenglishTommy]

When I was refurbishing my winches, I was recommended to try winchservicing.com Cliff is very helpful, maybe they can help.

 

[Topcat47]

Mine were re-done by SilverBronze in Surrey. Not cheap and I had to ask them not to polish the bodies prior to plating, their surfaces weren't too bad but the chrome had started to flake.

 

[najsmith]

I spoke with Lewmar UK about mine.

They refered me to a small firm, can't recall the name, who

1) Stripped the remaining chrome
2) Re-Krurled the drums
3) Sent them off for replating.

Some people just replate them, but it can leave the drums significantly smoother...