"Refreshed" studs...

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scoobyaz

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Decided to redo the worn out anodizing on the thumbstuds of my sebbie users.

Not bad for my first attempt at anodizing I think...

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The BG42 blade on the left was run at ~29.5volts & the other two were run at about ~33.5volts.

Here's a spare sebbie clip with some testing... I think my small sebbie will get some color after it comes back from beadblasting.

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The lummi wee in the picture has been redone after this picture.
In future sessions, I'll spend more time with the prep work on the pieces.

Overall, just a good amount of fun with coloring ti.

-Scooby
 
Very nice work!:D How do you determine what color the part anodized will turn out?
 
My solution was to choose silver anodizing instead of the standard blue. This also applies to the spacer, though it is not susceptible to wearing like the thumb stud is.

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wade _s said:
Very nice work!:D How do you determine what color the part anodized will turn out?
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Thanks! I google a color chart to see what voltage is needed for a color. For instance 20volts will give put you in a violet range, 100volts for green, etc.

lunde said:
My solution was to choose silver anodizing instead of the standard blue. This also applies to the spacer, though it is not susceptible to wearing like the thumb stud is.

Nice. Without me having to looking it up, what voltage range is silver?
I doubt I will keep all of these as-is. When I have time to buff out some other pieces, I'll redo thee as well.

JNewell said:
Nice! How involved/expensive is the setup for that?
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As a procrastinator, the final part took me months top pickup... A bottle of diet coke :p
Other than that, I had everything else. I used a spyderco titanium salt clip as my cathode & for now I wire up a few 18650 lithium ion batteries as my power source (with a multimeter)

A good variable power supply (~$100) that can go up to 100+volts would be ideal for a basic anodizing setup but for the moment, I'll make due with what I have.

Thus the biggest cost in my setup was the diet coke :p
Scooby
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lunde said:
My solution was to choose silver anodizing instead of the standard blue. This also applies to the spacer, though it is not susceptible to wearing like the thumb stud is.
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Nice. If you don't mind, without me having to looking it up, what voltage range does silver fall under?
I doubt I will keep these pieces as-is. When I have time to buff out some other pieces, I'll redo these as well. Will think of some color scheme depending on what I decide for the scales.

Thanks,
Scooby
 
Great Work Scoobyaz, I like it.....................:thumbup: :D:D:D
 
Great work!
I really love that blue clip:eek: That fits perfectly imo, wish CRk would do them like that.
 
Very nice job. They appear to be pretty much indistinguishable from how they look brand new.
 
scoobyaz said:
Nice. If you don't mind, without me having to looking it up, what voltage range does silver fall under?
I doubt I will keep these pieces as-is. When I have time to buff out some other pieces, I'll redo these as well. Will think of some color scheme depending on what I decide for the scales.

Thanks,
Scooby
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Pretty sure he got it from the factory like that.
 
unwisefool said:
Pretty sure he got it from the factory like that.
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LOL, thanks for the confirmation...

During the day, I was a bit slow scratching my head on how to silver anodize the ti for that look & then it occured to me that it was just plain ol bare titanium. :p
-scooby
 
Is there a link to an easy description of how to do this? I need to do my thumbstud, too.
 
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