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DeereGuy:
Kenneth,
Ron's link is where I was going to point you.  It sounds like you have the necessary chemicals and power supply.  I would recommend you also pick up a PH meter.  This stuff is far more sensitive than I thought with PH.  I got this one off of ebay and it works very well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230419320028&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT


I messed about for some time with different dyes and power supply.

I now use the Clairiant Dyes and mid temp nickle acetate for sealer.  I have a couple of products I will be selling and wanted to make sure I got a good anodize job done.  Here is a nice deep black I am getting now.

DeereGuy:
Kenneth,
Everything I am doing now is 6061 T6.  Different alloys will take the color differently.  So long as I keep all parameters the same through each step I get the same results.  I went to a commercial dye and sealer at the same time so I can't comment as to what helped the most.  I will need to invest in a chiller this summer.  At 12 ASF I have to keep a close eye on the ano solution to keep it below 75 degrees. 

DeereGuy:

--- Quote from: Corvus corax on November 28, 2010, 10:27:21 AM ---I've been using this little gadget for a while now and I'm pretty happy with it.
Finally managed to get the wife to take pictures of it. :)
I was inspired by:
http://9x20lathe.blogspot.com/2007/11/saddle-stop-and-dial-indicator-mount.html
After redrawing the diagram in Metric I attacked one piece of Aluminium scrap with the Einhell Mini Mill. Which resulted in this:

Hopefully in the next year I will get my anodizing set up going and anodize it.

It's not much as far as a project goes but it's very useful and I highly recommend it to anyone with a 9x20 lathe.

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Corvus,
Very nicely done part.  I like how you took the time to round the edges and it looks like you might have sanded the surface also.

Jonny:
Lovely work Ken bet that took some time.

Gone totally off track here lets start a new thread in http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=4275.0

Corvus corax:

--- Quote from: DeereGuy on January 23, 2011, 07:28:13 PM ---
Corvus,
Very nicely done part.  I like how you took the time to round the edges and it looks like you might have sanded the surface also.


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My Industrial arts teacher was a Swiss and really full of it about rounding edges as well as de-burring
It was a good habit to pick up for later use especially when working on firearms.

I did hand sand it with some 400 grit paper. I have the dyes and other chemicals and will do my anodising soon, now that the weather is starting to warm up.

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