karl ruiter

I love it. I have my own plating system but have found the zinc plate holds up only about one year in honolulu. Very interested in something that might last longer.

Dundertaker

I’m using the Caswell “CopyCad” system with great success. Process is glass bead or aluminum oxide blast the part, degrease, rinse, acid etc, rinse, zinc plate, rinse, yellow chromate, rinse and let dry for 48 hours. I built this exact rig. Only thing I made a mistake on was the power supply, should have bought a larger one. I have the smallest 3amp and it does most parts, but if I’d gone bigger I could do larger or more at one time. That said I can now zinc Andy small parts and yellow chromate to copy the Cadmium process without sending it out or getting cancer. This allows me to refurbish original parts in similar fashion to new And not wait or have parts lost, etc. the only way to do “everything” without this set up is to send it all after a complete tear down...and realistically who does that unless it’s a total restoration. I also don’t have the knowledge or skill to figure out what goes where if it were all mixed up...which happens.
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link to the setup I copied
some parts I just did. Feel free to ask questions.



Bonus if you know what these are.