JoeSmith

Somerset - Taunton/Wellington way. I'd be grateful for a recommendation - it'll be motorbike parts for a renovation so nothing too big! Cheers

Thanks all, I think my suspicions have been confirmed and I'll take the items down to a platers locally. It's the idea of getting rid of the chemicals afterwards in the UK that just isn't even worth considering. Thanks for the tip of asking them to put it in with another job to save money - nothing I do will be that urgent. I'll give them a call. Cheers Joe

Hi All I don't know if this is the right place for this but I'm wondering how feasible it is to try to achieve professional looking results from using electroplating to copper plate metal using a home set up. I've seen videos on youtube etc but haven't been impressed with the results. Is this because you need to go to professionals or can anyone point me to a good resource where I can learn to do it to a decent finish. The project I'm thinking of requires quite a bit of plating of small parts which I think is going to get costly hence trying to achieve results at home. Cheers Joe

Hello - I work in IT in an investment bank and have done for 6 years. My brain flatly refuses to understand what banking's about and why people find it interesting. So, last month, I went on a blacksmithing course run by Pete Parkinson because I've wanted to be a blacksmith since I was about 5. I loved every minute of it - even down to the blisters and I'm going to stick with it. I'd love to run my own forge one day so, no doubt, I'll be asking for a lot of help from you experts out there and I apologise in advance for the basic questions! Cheers Joe