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I have a friend who worked for a while in electroforming, where you make a shape in something easy like styrofoam, cover it with a conductive paint, and electro
by convolvatron 10y ago
I have a friend who worked for a while in electroforming, where you make a shape in something easy like styrofoam, cover it with a conductive paint, and electroplate the styrofoam.
The results looked alot nicer than this link, since its a uniform deposition and my guess is that they are trying to apply a localized current.
The real question I have is disposal. My friend had to quit, since even though he never dumped his solution, he mistakenly registered with the federal EPA and they wanted to see his solution disposal paperwork.
The best plating processes seem to involve the nastiest chemicals (i.e. cyanide). Is this a process that wont require me to get special licenses or worry about poisoning myself, my dog or my tomato garden?
- dwirth9 10y agoInventor here. We are cognizant of the chemical waste disposal concerns and have taken steps to mitigate those hazards in our design. The parts are rough because our current prototype has a very low resolution. Imagine trying to display a picture with a monitor only 8 pixels by 8 pixels. Our next version will have much higher resolution.
- Iv 10y ago> electroplate the styrofoam. Doesn't that produce hollow pieces?
- convolvatron 10y agoyes, it certainly does. the pieces i've seen always had a void or a hole to extract or burn out the base form. but unlike most other plating i've seen he deposited a couple mm of copper, so the result had plenty of strength