How to Set Up Your Power Supply and Calculate the right Current for Electroforming

[@karmeluka]

Thanks a lot! Is the BEST video in KZbin about electroforming! 😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽⚡

[@cuforming]

Thank you!!!!

[@GuymanShion]

Thank you so much, i was trying to understand how to change and use CC and not CV , I watched a lot of videos but none of them help me with that question until I found yours, Thank you very much

[@cuforming]

I'm glad I can help! Thank you!

[@braiz]

The best video that I've seen. I was fighting with electroforming copper and silver and your video its very simple to understand.... Last week i tried to take time to calculate area of pieces that very comolex. And the results was nice, but with your video i can start more more secure not only for.electroforming but with electropolish.

[@cuforming]

Thank you for your support. I'm glad I can help. If you need any clarification or you just wanna talk about electroforming feel free to contact me on my social media.

[@dredpanda]

Thank you so much for this video! The most simple explanation and so complete! 🖤

[@cuforming]

I'm glad you like it!!! If there is something you want to learn more about, feel free to ask.

[@travis.faircloth]

Thanks for the info! I can't wait to get started!

[@russb257]

Finally someone made note that it's a DC power supply, not a rectifier. There is a rectifier in the unit but thats just the part that changes AC to DC.

[@cuforming]

It bugs me every time they call it rectifier. And I always say: It's a Power Supply not a Diode Bridge Rectifier!!!!!!

[@orakeljoe9611]

this video is at the same time technical as it is easy to follow and to understand. THANK YOU!!! I have more than one power supply at home. One has the following specs: 3-15 Volt DC adjustable / 25 Amps (continous) It has only one adjuster knob just for the Volts. I assume this power supply is not suitable for electroforming in baths? It should be however suited for pen electroforming...? One last question: The manufacturer or my acidic copper electrolyte stated, that the ideal voltage for the solution is between 1 and 1.5 Volts. The current should be set between 1 and 2 Amps per square decimeter. I assume that 1 Amp is then analog to your miminum value you've mentioned and 2 Amp would be the max? Again - thank you so much!!!

[@cuforming]

a) You could use the 3/15V power supply with enough pieces in the bath to reach the minimum amperes required. I don't think, at 3 volts, you will have 0.1 amperes for 1 inch of cathode. It's gonna be way higher. b) Even if your electrolyte solution should be used with a specific voltage, you always need to make a calculation based on the surface of the pieces you are going to plate, If you use constant current. You can follow the manufacture suggestion only If you operate with Constant voltage. Does your power supply allow you to select CC or CV mode? Thank you for your support and appreciation!

[@orakeljoe9611]

thanks you for your help! the power supply I've mentioned does only have a regulator for the voltage, however it does indicate both, voltage and amps. There are no indicator lamps for CC or CV mode. My much weaker power supply (3A max) however has them. I've visited Gateros plating today and bought the eBook for beginners - great great stuff, thank you for mentioning them!!

[@cuforming]

@@orakeljoe9611 The more ampere a power supply gives, the better. You can use a PS with 100A, but if it can't be keep constant, is not good for precision. Buy one of these: amzn.to/3WjbeBK

[@jenn13magic]

Oh neat! Super simplified thank you so much! And to be clear, C.C (current) is for just copper while C.V (voltage) is if theres graphite paint present

[@cuforming]

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[@peppiino]

Thank you 👍🏾

[@cuforming]

Happy to help!

[@candidas_maciel]

Perfeito, ótimo vídeo 👏👏👏

[@cuforming]

muito obrigado

[@ijewellery.]

Please make video on 18 carat gold. Lots of people are finding a video and process. How can we apply 18 carat gold on 3d model

[@cuforming]

Sorry, I don't do gold.

[@anne-gretealbechnielsen5991]

How Can you make it that bright ? Nice video thanks

[@cuforming]

I use a brightener additive. Thank you!

[@anne-gretealbechnielsen5991]

@@cuforming thank you, it doesn’t seem to be possible to get in Denmark

[@cuforming]

@@anne-gretealbechnielsen5991 check Gateros Plating UK, they can ship to Denmark, but you need to contact them. They have a little issue with their new website.

[@anne-gretealbechnielsen5991]

@@cuforming tank you ❤️

[@matteobuaciao]

Thanks so much ❤

[@cuforming]

Thank you!!!

[@prontosinistri2939]

Hi, have any of you managed to get such a shiny result? I tried 14 times, being more and more careful but I can't get a super shiny product like yours when I extract it from the blue liquid after 4 hours, it comes out clear but opaque

[@cuforming]

Do you use brightener?

[@GIbo9mm]

Hello im from.mexico and im trying yo do electroforming, but i have a problem, why the blue liquid make cristals ??

[@cuforming]

You live in a hot place and the water evaporates quickly, especially in the summer season. You need to add water every time to top the solution to its original level, or more.

[@gejin-ex6xo]

感谢你分享知识❤

[@cuforming]

谢谢

[@qivarebil2149]

So....is it A or I? Would be nice if You use the same letter for it all the way through...

[@cuforming]

The letter "I" stand for Intensity, which is another way to name the Current in electric engineering, so they use the "I" to define the current, because the letter "C" is used differently. The letter "A" stands for Amperes, which is the unit of measure for the Current or the Intensity. So I = is a number x of A

[@ishwarworld3248]

What is the brightner sir

[@cuforming]

Is the additive to make the copper coming out bright. I use Gateros UK one

[@albertocastro4952]

Hello, what type of polish do you use?

[@cuforming]

In this video I didn't use a polishing material, I used brightener that goes directly in the electroforming solution. I've bought it at GaterosPlatingUK

[@nayanjagirdar8408]

👌👍

[@cuforming]

❤❤❤

[@electronicsandtechnology719]

What happened,if i electroforming same thing two times,

[@cuforming]

It will get thicker and thicker.

[@theputnamto3468]

i dont understand what im doing wrong, i set my power supply to c.c. i plug in my numbers(497mmsq) and turn that into cmsq so for medium i would do 49*.02 and that gives me .97 amps. yet, when i try to plate something at that amperage after five or so minutes the entire thing is covered in a poofy mushy red substance, almost like clay.

[@cuforming]

To convert from mm2 to cm2 you have to move the comma twice, it means that 497mm2 = 4,97cm2. So 4,97x0,02 = 0,0994A... so you need to go around 0,10A not 1A. You were using a lot of current for a small piece, that's why it was literally frying in the tank. Before you try again, filter your electroforming solution to remove those impurities.

[@theputnamto3468]

@@cuforming yes, I realized that about an hour ago. Brain fart, thanks for your vids! I'm learning so much.

[@cuforming]

@@theputnamto3468 Thank you for your support!!!

[@theputnamto3468]

@@cuforming well good thing im only out 100 bucks on this, i give up. every single part i gets the brown sludge all over it regardless of my amperage, i did the same part at .05 -.1 amps, and very little copper was actually deposited on the part, but it was under a few MM of brown sludge. and why does google have absolutely no help on this? am i searching the wrong things? i search electroforming, electroplating, electrolysis, and brown sludge, and a page and a half into google and theirs still nobody with the same problems, or even anything close to my problem

[@cuforming]

@@theputnamto3468 can you please send me pictures of your setup and power supply on instagram or facebook. Something else must be wrong there.

[@FravasTheBard]

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