i uploaded pics in my older post: virgin mary's and soon ill resize the blim fair pics and post them too. theres a funny and dumpy pic of me in front of my table that i wanted to show. heh.
but guess what was the highlight of my day?
we got a plating machine!
it was only 75$. found it on craigslist, and it was in langley. super far but simon helped me (duh he grew up there) :D we took the skytrain and borrowed his moms car. turns out the dude we got the plating machine from is neighbors with simons old friend svein tuft. !
the guy, anders, he was a goldsmith for 40some years and retired, so he had and was selling his equipment. the plating machine was built by his dad-in-law (?) who was an electrical engineer who bought the parts at radio shack! so i guess its considered 'vintage' and 'handmade' yay!
ya it works really well! i have plated a bunch of my charms silver now. i dont have a gold anode so no gold plating till i get one..and theres not much gold solution anymore.. im wanting to go look for newer plating solutions coz these ones i got contains cyanide and are like 20+ years old.. they still work (yay) but maybe there are not "as" toxic stuff? i dunno.
anyway heres a pic of the machine and solutions:
see the heart sparrow charms in the botton right of the tray- you can see a brass one and a silver plated one.
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