In this video, I show how to electroplate using the COSWELL plating kit donated by Kevin. Watch my almost 900 other shop videos. Leave a comment & subscribe.
I used to plate silver on fishing lure parts with silver to give a spinning blade more flash as it traveled through the water. I used a salt water solution, a 9 volt battery and a piece of a silver spoon bought at a garage sale. It worked great and saved me much money making my own baits versus buying them at a sporting goods store.
@jimronchetto8592
4 жыл бұрын
I admired and miss my old shop teacher from 50 years ago. You are a great substitute for him. Thank you for all the videos. I just recently discovered your videos and am looking forward to watching every one of them.
@johnstrange6799
7 жыл бұрын
Really awesome of Kevin to provide you the kit to demonstrate for us. Thanks.
@majorpayne5289
2 жыл бұрын
👍That was cool! Thx for showing us. My 1st job (before my “real”’education) was @ a huge local downtown Louisville KY hotel in maintenance-engineering dept. The presidential suite plumbing was heavy nickel plated brass. Fittings were simply beautiful for plumbing & I learned that one can easily mar up a fine finish very fast if not using proper tools. I believe also used on boats-ships in salty climate. Since then I’ve kept a certain kind of appreciation for such high quality nickel, yellow brass & #1 copper sheeting that was used back in the day. Thank you Sir Lyle.
@murdojohnsmith
4 жыл бұрын
My complete and absolute joy at finding these videos is hard to express. Your commentary while on point is both soothing and informative.
@TreeTop1947
7 жыл бұрын
One of the many things I like about Mr. Pete's videos is, you never know what to expect!
@edhartgrove7552
7 жыл бұрын
Great video! I'd never seen that process done before. Yes, the highlighting of any imperfections shows what lengths manufacturers must go through, to insure that their products are as smooth as possible.
@gordonmorse663
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the demonstration! I used this technique to zinc plate the original fasteners and smaller steel pieces on the '1970 vintage Triumph Tiger I'm restoring. I used a solution of white vinegar, epsom salts and sugar (from a formula that I found on some plating how-to-group) and four 1.5 volt batteries or single 9-volt. All very inexpensive. The bubbling was quite apparent (more of an effervescent bubbling than a boiling bubbling) so I'm not sure why you didn't witness it except for possibly actually using only 2 to 2-1/2 volts. Take note that you can overdo it with zinc. If left too long (more than several hours) it will actually accumulate a zinc crust rather than a plating. Then you have to wire-wheel the any male threads and chase any female threads with a Whitworth tap and start over. The zinc plating does appear a little dull right out of the soup, but it quite easily buffs to a nice shine that lasts.
@Wooley689
5 жыл бұрын
I have been looking off and on at Caswell's products but never had the courage to try one out. Yours is the best video on how well it works, I might get hooked now.
@1svsoulmate
7 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your video. It just goes to show that we never get too old to learn new things. I really appreciate that you share these videos with everyone. Thanks and keep up the great work.
@ellieprice3396
7 жыл бұрын
Mr. Pete, greetings from N.C. and thanks for another great video. I worked in a plant for twenty years that did triple chrome plating on brass autoclave doors and a ferrous parts for medical equipment. The three are copper, nickel and chrome. Parts were highly polished, chemically cleaned and washed and came out of the final tank with a mirror finish. The best chrome plating always include nonporous nickel to seal the base surface to prevent corrosion. Cheaper plating on ferrous that omits nickel will eventually rust through the porous chrome.
@fall22123
7 жыл бұрын
Your story about the stolen nickel rods reminded me of an incident. A large machine shop stored a lot of their material outside. They secured it with a chain link fence. Someone broke in and stole some sheets of aluminum, several hundred pounds. I've observed in my life that most criminals are stupid. True to that, they took the aluminum to a nearby scrap yard and used their real name. The machine shop called around asking for plate aluminum. When they found it, they met the police there. They had all the printed info from the aluminum, heat numbers and whatnot to prove it was theirs. The owner of the yard was steaming mad but was forced to return it.
@mariomorales6257
7 жыл бұрын
hey my friends and I nickle plate brass jewery for a living and if you heat up the solution in a hot pan or microwave it helps it from flaking off and it gives it a very bright shine, also if u give it some circulation like with a fish tank pump it plates like in 3 or 4 minutes.. i think that the needle on reader was moving because the copper wire on wood stick wasent clipped on right. i hope this helps..
@TheFalconJetDriver
5 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Seeing the Simpson 260 is a blast from the past for me, the Simpson 260 was the first piece of test equipment that I ever owned. My father bought it for me at age twelve, I still have it today. An uncle gave me a Philmore crystal radio at age 10 and I was hooked on electronics, I still have radio also.
@ReadyUpGo
2 жыл бұрын
Your video is four years old now so I hope you’re still having fun at your bench. I’m just getting into this fascinating process in hopes of learning how to protect objects from oxidation as well as beautify, as you say. I am just into my seventies and had to laugh at your “living dangerously.” I suppose we both need to choose a bit more caution, but I’ve had a good life and tend not to concern myself as much about the long term so much anymore.
@ActiveAtom
4 жыл бұрын
Well here we are we are learning to strip and then to nickel plate with samples before we re-plate a set of tool components from well before you and us were even born mr.pete.
@stxrynn
7 жыл бұрын
WOW. I think I may have to nickel plate all the things you inspire me to make.
@MrAvjones
7 жыл бұрын
In 1968 after the Navy, I got a job working at an electroplating plant (small shop). Plating copper tips for soldering pencils with iron. After two years of experience in using this plating system, a new engineer became the overseer of our process. It was common to take a tip that has been plated with iron and heat it with a torch and bend it in a horseshoe shape. The engineer would example it via a magnifying glass to see if any imperfections. He insisted that there were imperfections on the tip. Now I had to completely remove all the iron via sulfuric acid from the copper tips and redo the plating again.
@Vladviking
7 жыл бұрын
Caswell sells a complete line of plating kits. Most every metal you could want to plate and more. I've been very happy with everything I've got from them.
@estefanyeromero7703
2 жыл бұрын
I love this dude.....hes lime the calm but grumpy ass uncle that you just didnt mess with....
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