[SEL] Nickel Plating .....small items at home.

[peter ogborne]

Thanks Clint ,exactly what I was looking for .Thanks also to all others who 
responded.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clint D" <driggars at wildblue.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Nickel Plating .....small items at home.


> Paul
>
> In the links section is the Oldies1955 site which was created by the
> group owner, it goes thru all the basics of getting started on a small
> hobby status.
> here is a link
> <http://members.cox.net/oldies1955/electro/electro101.htm>
>
> Hope this helps
> Clint
>
>
> Paul Maples wrote:
>> I saw that Clint and regretted sending the notice out.Some of the groups
>> have instant approval and some I have subscribed to have actually taken a
>> couple of days to get approved. I assume this is because the moderator 
>> does
>> not monitor the site all of the time.
>>
>> Clint I surfed through some of the links and pictures but did not find 
>> any
>> instructions for building a simple basic system for nickel or chrome. Is
>> there somewhere on the site that gives basic instructions as to what
>> combinations of chemicals, their volumes needed, current requirements, 
>> anode
>> and cathode bars needed, etc.,  to have a small plating system say in
>> buckets or something similar. This info may be on your site and I just 
>> did
>> not see it.
>>
>> I worked for 35 years at a manufacturing plant and the plating guy and I
>> were good friends as well as I worked on his plating tanks a lot and I 
>> know
>> that on nickel plating the part went though a reverse current cleaning 
>> tank
>> that I think had phosphoric acid in it, then through a rinse thank and 
>> then
>> through a nickel bath tank that had electrodes on it. These were large 
>> 400
>> gallons bath. I think I remember about five or six tanks in the process.
>>
>> I just want a little small system for plating a few small parts for the
>> beginning.
>>
>> Thanks for all of the help.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Clint D" <driggars at wildblue.net>
>> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SEL] Nickel Plating .....small items at home.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> I approved you right after you signed up
>>> Clint
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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