Love that bandsaw.

I was reading bacck through this thread, and came accross this old post. I had to reply, as nobody has corrected it and I hate seing misinformation about producuts.
 

Forgotton Also nickle is a mix of metals because of this it's nearly impossible to get "Pure" nickle, Silver or copper is another matter entirely.
edit 2: decided to add proof of this and reference what "Pure" nickle is generally used for in addition to how it would react as I stated. see link below

 
Nickel is a base element, which means unless it is used in an alloy it is pure. It might be difficult to purify, I don't know about that, but it is certainly an element, so cannot be broken down into other elements.
 
Your "proof" of what Pure Nickel is is actually proof that an alloy called Raney Nickel is not pure nickel. The link gives information about the production and use of Raney Nickel, a nickel/aluminium compound. Most watercoolers know not to mix aluminium and copper in a loop, so Raney Nickel would not be good for plating a block. Nickel, OTOH, is good, but only if properly plated (or a block of pure nickel is used) as it's inert enough to not have a galvanic reaction with most other metals.
 
As for whether it would flake or not. The EK blocks that had nickel flaking off them were, as I understand it, creating using an electroless nickel plating, which by it's nature does not create the same level of bonding that electroplating gives (I worked with electroplating some years back, so  I do know what I am talking about). Properly electroplated nickel would not flake off as it forms a strong bond. I accept that the flow of water would cause the metal to undergo wear and tear, but the same is true for any substance.

I finally finished reading the whole thread. Awesome job! I look forward to seeing what you produce for the SR-X. I'll be in the market for a block then :)

Updates:

 
Still not finished, but Its nice to see everything still works since I last broke it down some time ago. 

Sweet!

One gallon of resin, 2 gallons of sand.  Makes a nice thick, sturdy, waterproof basin floor.


 
Now some column to wall reinforcements, and it can be fired up and tested.

Thanks!  welcome to the forums!

Thanks! & welcome to you as well!

Thats uber sexy...

would 2lbs of silver be enough for something like that

I would gladly supply the silver when I can afford it LOL. Just need to know how much silver I'll need and how thick it needs to be.

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dragon_27

I would gladly supply the silver when I can afford it LOL. Just need to know how much silver I'll need and how thick it needs to be.

WOW. If you do buy that much I can not wait to see the finished product.

 
Ya I would send him the silver grain and shots if he has a furnace and the molding. And if he doesn't that's fine I have a friend I can put to work who has the stuff.
 
Industrial silver isn't at a bad price really 800 bucks for 25oz of industrial silver.

Not sure if I ever posted this picture?

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Don't think you have. Love the contrast. What did you do, hose it down after you got done with it?
Reminds me of what Martin used to do when he got done with making your Cable Extensions. That was before he got his own website.

I plan to have my own website as well.  Once I finish the second machine (not the one I am fixing up, but the brand new CNC)