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    Quote Originally Posted by morningtundra View Post
    I'm feeling bold and foolish enough to give this a try. Not sure how to remove the pushers though.


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    depends on movement would need to see a pic of the movement take the 3133 have a few never strip one yet but on the pics from the thread I link to looks like there's a dimple that you would push in gentle and at the same time as pulling out the stem
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    I found these guys online, and am also curious if any one has used their services.

    http://www.replateit.com/home.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dimman View Post
    I found these guys online, and am also curious if any one has used their services.

    http://www.replateit.com/home.html
    Wow. Prices look very reasonable.


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    Quote Originally Posted by morningtundra View Post
    I'm intrigued by this idea. A lot of manual work I presume to sand and polish down to the copper...

    Is there a risk of deforming the case by sanding the chrome plating off?

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    sorry missed this post.. depends I did it to some Russian divers and a big clunky swiss 70's case depend's on the case and what it is made of

    plus I used a face mask and hand sanded it ... have seen it done on a sander but one slip and it's done for
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