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The finish wiping off may be due to the prep. Etching and degreasing is key. Contaminates from the cathode can be an issue to. Don't know if copper plating over chrome would be easier, or harder.?

This is by no means as exact a process as electroplating. It is however an ancient form of plating that has been documented in Japanese and Egyptian texts over 1000 years old. I would assume a trickle charger style home rolled electrolysis set up could be added to this process to improve the...

I usually suspend the piece from a copper wire, and add enough vinegar to completely cover the piece. In addition I throw some scrap wire in the bottom, just for giggles. No idea if it helps. for this experiment the pieces are just laying on the bottom. After three minutes the surface has...

The first pic is a piece of mild steel (slug from an electrical panel with the zinc removed), and a 1085 carbon steel nail. Both were given a quick sanding, but it works on a polished piece too. These are known variables. I do this in my little lab quite a bit. The next is a scrap of extruded...

The majority of this info is well documented on the web, and is pretty common in the art/metal sculpting community to obtain patinas and coloration on different surfaces. The majority of my research has come from turn of the 20th century ebooks off google books. First step in the experiment is...

Can do, it is as simple as it gets.

I sanded the blades back down, but the jewelry pieces buffed up well. I don't have any pics, but could rig up a sample run pretty easily.

You too Brad, you too.

I use a vinegar bath to remove fire scale from steel blades after forging. I recently put a couple in a jar tainted with a small amount of copper by accident. The blades came out well plated after 24 hrs without any current. Since then I have done a several steel pieces by simply suspending in...

On the contrary, science tells you what you can get away with. Science helped a fuck all crazy dude skydive from space on Redbull's dime. You think Evil Knievel just hopped on a bike and said, piss off gravity, I got this. Nope, he (or someone more sane) did the math. For the record, I quit...

Sounds good to me. I have seen quite a few recently machined out of aluminum too. Flat stock would make it easier to keep everything square, too.

A lot of alloys loose hardness when taken to, or near to critical (non-magnetic). A mild steel like 1018 wouldn't suffer from the shaping within reason, but an alloy like L6 begins to loose structure at 400*. Even a mild 1018 cold rolled bar will begin to loose the rigidity of work hardening at...

I wouldn't be disappointed. Very groovy piece.

For now, I think I'll start with the forged kickstand I've been toying with. Less chance of fatality.

I saw a hand forged girder on the net somewhere that had some awesome scroll work. I'd love to do something ike that, just to see if I could do it with a hammer and anvil.. My concern would be steel composition, and the effect of the heat on the metal. The version you posted looks doable out of...

Yo mama so dumb she locked her keys in her motorcycle. There, happy?

It was a straight tequila night...

You could mount it next to the billet chrome live to ride cup holder, and run the wires along the the heated grip cable. Sorry, I couldn't resist. ;)

That's not her in your avatar? I could have sworn that's how I remembered her.

Good news, I just read the runes and the chicken bones. both say you're golden. Just send me a pic of your left palm to confirm.