Relatively easy ways to remove chrome:
Sanding Sandblasting Beadblasting Soaking in muriatic acid (Muriatic acid is Hydrochloric acid. Available at pool supply places. If you follow the safety guidelines it isn't hazardous to use. One problem might be getting rid of the hazardous waste that you have created)
Dennis Young
Hotaka,Japan
> Hello-
> I know that this topic may have been cover before, but presently I have a
> slightly different approach to the question. What if you have nicely intact
> chrome plating on your fork stearer tube, but want it "removed" so that a
> thread
> cutting tool won't have to become useless in the process of cutting new
> threads?
> Basically, I know that a thread-cutting tool would work, but I don't want to
> destroy it. What is the easiest way to remove the chrom or at least weaken it
> so that I can cut new threads? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> cheers-
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT