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Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: TLGriff on October 02, 2013, 12:24:57 AM ---Thanks Eric.
You should grab a copy of Ron Newman's book from focuser.com. There is a ton of good information in it.
Tom
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I have been meaning to order his PDf... This thread coming up again reminded me to go over there. Alas, looks like he isn't selling it anymore.
Eric
TLGriff:
Eric,
I think if you do a Google search for "anodizing guide newman", the third hit down should get your attention.
Tom
Dawai:
Chrome plating is just different chemicals.
Silver plating, very good videos on youtube..
I love the bench-plater.. (I don't have room to copy) I always had open 5 gallon buckets I had to "set up each time" i used them.
Alkaline Drain cleaner (sodium hydroxide LYE) makes a good etchant. Some are sulphuric based and make the electrolyte.. (cheap and can purchase in the middle of the night at wal mart)
TLGriff:
My lack of room was why I designed the bench, it just replaces a bench I already had. It's nice to have in the middle of the shop to lay out projects and work off of.
Sodium hydroxide and sulphuric acid are indeed the easiest chemicals to get. Lye is a common ingredient in soap making and the acis is just battery acid from the local NAPA. The dyes, de-smutting solution and sealer are the only part you can't skimp on and those came from an anodizing supply.
A nickel plating set-up is next on my list for the ferrous projects.
Tom
Dawai:
I have room for a barber chair, it gives lovely naps while the cnc is running, not room for a bench.. I do have a roll around gang box.. but it is full of tools. That would be a excellent start.. a old gang box purchased at auction.. My gang box is also a great layout table.. too.
Liquid RIT clothing dye works.. It all does sun-fade thou..
You can shoot automotive clear coat over it, seal it, and it has UV protection in the clear. THE motorcycle parts I did got "chalky before I started going through this step.
HOW are you sealing? boiling in water, or got a sealer step??
I Learned, the anodic layer builds up like a group of "straws" standing on end, the dye sights is like fabric, you load the dye into the dye sights, then must close in the ends over the dye.
I did a tattoo coil winder, anodized it, the owner set it into his show window cause it was so pretty.. and the sunlight faded it to near stock aluminum color.. A set of blue-prints did the same thing on my service truck dashboard on a job in the 70s.. me being a newbie, thought someone was playing a trick, disappearing prints??
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