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In this new instructional series learn how you can anodize and color aluminum at home or in your workshop.
Intended for the Do-it-yourselfer. This video will walk you through the steps and explain the process in easy to understand terms. Get fantastic results on your first try with our tips and tricks.
Protect and color the finish of your aluminum projects with this great new video
* Equipment Requirements * Setting up your Anodizing line * Safety * Time and current Calculator * Constant current and Battery charger methods (both covered) * Cleaning and parts prep * Professional quality results at home * Color dyeing and sealing
Step-by-step video of the entire process.
Great Video for the Beginner, start here and see how easy it can be.
You learn by watching. Training is as easy as pressing PLAY on your DVD player!
(about 74 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on April 13, 2007 in Firearms::General and Metalworking::Basic Skills.
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I really enjoyed this video. Anodizing Aluminum seemed like a complex process from what I had read, but with this video, it seems very easy to do!! With the step by step instruction, and with included formula's in PDF on the disk, with a little patience, great results are just a few steps away.
If you ever wanted to know what is involved in anodizing aluminum the right way this is a great start. From the content one can see how to do just a few parts or a small production run. I also liked the overall explanation of safety and disposal of the chemicals.
The DVD on Anodizing Aluminum was very well put together. Gives the basics of where to start. I would recommend this for the newbies who don`t know where to start.
The video on anodizing was well presented. Realizing the sequential steps that are involved in the whole process and the actual time it will take the video itself still kept my interest throughout. Covers the whole process in a way that a non-engineering person like myself actually could accomplish the process, but that's only if I would have remembered to make a copy of the PDF file, don't make the same mistake I did. Micheal Costello, instructor of ceramics and sculpture.
Excellent video! This one's so good I went out and bought it.
Lots of good information in this video. It tended to club you in the head repeatedly with what would seem to me to be simple, obvious things at times, though. Chances are, someone who knows enough to _want_ to anodize aluminum can do the very basic math required without all the repetition. If you're having trouble sleeping, watch it at bedtime.
Well, done video, good for the beginner doing their own anodizing. would highly recommend to the beginner!
Good information, very straightforward and well organized, good quality audio and video. Describes the "how" and "why" of each step as well as describing some alternate approaches.
I have been anodizing on a regular basis for about 4 years. I learned some new things from this DVD, but I thought some aspects of getting a good finish on the part and setting up were not covered adequately.
Nov 2008 While the video is excellent, and there is little doubt in my mind that I could anodize a small part following this process using the equipment demonstrated in the video, the video is very dated in regard to that equipment. After searching the Internet I was unable to locate a small spot welder such as the one used in the video, and it appears to be a key component of the process. I did find some rather klutzy plans, but the least expensive small spot welder I could find was close to $2,000. This is also true of the constant-current power supply that is another key component. While the video does say that a car battery charger can be used, they do not recommend it. The bottom line is that, at least for me, it appears impractical to invest the time and money that would be required to anodize on a small scale as shown here.
