Well, it's not really as simple as Rich is making it sound. No offense Rich. The basic process is very simple. Anodizing is just a layer of oxide, just like rust on steel, and all your doing is making it rust rapidly. So to speak. You do, however, have guidelines that need to be followed, thereby adding a bit of challenge. Temperatures have to be maintained, mix of baths have to be within limits, so on and so forth. All this is adding to more experience needed for the results you want time after time, and more money investment needed for proper equipment. In Rich's defense...it's not all that hard either. If you just want to meddle with it to see if it interest you, you could get results with less than 100 bucks. Probably less than 50. Basically what you will have is a science experiment. A decent anodize system on a small scale would be in the neighborhood of 500-1500 or more.
I don't see any wires coming from your tool setter
Yeah, I haven't wired it yet. I'm just gonna drill a hole in the side and epoxy a cable in it.
Do you just anodize for yourself
Yep, I don't consider myself experienced enough to not ruin others parts
Seems like the the larger plating outfits don't cater to the small guy with just a couple of pieces.
Yep, there's just no money in it for them, and the risk of dipping an unknown alloy in their tanks and costing hundreds or thousands of dollars is just to great for them to fool with. If your very flexible you *might* get them to run parts with another larger batch. Just tell them the series of aluminum you have, and get to it when convenient.
What are your capabilities
My tank is probably around 1 square foot. I have only done solid colors (no fading or blended stuff)
anything with a NIPPLE on it would do nicely
HAHAHA!!
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