Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Copper Plating
SemperFiGuy:
unfy..............
Wuz wonderin'..
How are you going to do your deposition thickness quality checks to make sure all your bullets have the same plating thickness and uniform symmetry of deposition all around the bullet??
Or will it even make any difference at all??
[ps - BerrysBullets website has info on their own plating thickness that might be of some comparative use to you and other plater guys.]
Also, I've used my 12v DC car battery trickle charger and Lincoln pennies to plate stuff for science projects for the grandkids. So if/when your present power source gives out, you can try your trickle charger and see if it does the job.
sfg
unfy:
donor tube smashed, dunno how well it'll work....
zepp desolving in the background.
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re: penny & trickle charge
yup, many ppl have done this with car chargers in the past :).
uniform thickness -- maybe if i get some way of circulating the solution i can garuntee a better coat. work in progress and all that.
this should be a good power supply... it looks like it's regulated and all of that.
for measuring thickness, calipers will do for now (before and after).
as far as all bullets having similar thickness, prolly just hope they do the same and base it off of time in the bath. again, circulating liquid would prolly help.
unfy:
Quarter was scratched up with a brush, bathed in acetone then distilled water, it's currently plating.
within the first 20-30 seconds you can WATCH it plate.
this may be *way* too fast.... we'll see after 10min...
unfy:
10min in the bath.
unfy:
indeed it might be too fast. it retains some a copper sheen, but a lot of it just rubs off.
prolly need to lower the power input.
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