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Perfect, you and I are on the same page!! There would have been no extra steps required to recycle a crossguard. The gau stamped crossguards could have been put in a box with the rest of them and followed the same basic production process.
EXCEPT for the fact that once stock (material) is removed, it�s no longer there available for adjusting the fit.
As has been mentioned time and time again, finding parts that fit is supposed to be almost impossible task to accomplish. And you can�t grind down the nickel plated mouthpiece to fit without having to clean it up and re-plate it. So what are your options if there is not enough material in a crossguard to get it to fit properly?
My point being that in a manufacturing operation a certain amount of wastage can usually be expected because of one reason or another. But with a bunch of used, originally hand fitted parts, what do you think your rejection rate might be? And once they finished, why didn't they plate them to cover up any of the small imperfections in the surface finish that might have remained - to match the exceptional quality of the chain sets? Regards. Fred
