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Basil

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Caswell sells a "Copy Cad" system for finishing metal parts in Cad-like finish (either dull, silver, yellowish, etc). It is not tru CAD but looks very good in pictures. I was wondering of anyone had any experience with this system and how difficult it is to use?

Basil
 
what is cad? Is it like anodized aluminum?
 
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From the looks of some of the pics the parts come out nice with good prep work.

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Isn't that true of almost every type of project? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Hi Basil,
Most of the Caswell nickel plating I did was in June ’05. The finish is holding up nicely so far. The process isn’t difficult at all. If you want a mirror finish on your parts, you’ll spend more time sanding and polishing than the actually plating. Basically, you clean and degrease your parts, wire them and the anode up to a DC power supply, put them in the plating solution, and start cooking.
 
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what is cad?

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Cadmium.

Bruce
 
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Hi Basil,
Most of the Caswell nickel plating I did was in June ’05. The finish is holding up nicely so far. The process isn’t difficult at all. If you want a mirror finish on your parts, you’ll spend more time sanding and polishing than the actually plating. Basically, you clean and degrease your parts, wire them and the anode up to a DC power supply, put them in the plating solution, and start cooking.

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Yep, sounds just like anodizing aluminum. I've done that on the cheap before.
 
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