anodizing – Milwaukee Makerspace https://milwaukeemakerspace.org Conceive, Collaborate, Create Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:06:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Aluminum Anodizing Time Lapse https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2013/12/aluminum-anodizing-time-lapse/ https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2013/12/aluminum-anodizing-time-lapse/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:06:13 +0000 http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/?p=6733

If you saw the post about our Aluminum Anodizing Workshop, you probably wondered what the Metal Shop looked like with 20 makers running around prepping pieces of aluminum. Well, here’s a short time lapse video to show you.

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Awesome Aluminum Anodizing! https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2013/11/awesome-aluminum-anodizing/ https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2013/11/awesome-aluminum-anodizing/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:14:09 +0000 http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/?p=6683 Anodizing
On November 16th, 2013 we had an Aluminum Anodizing Workshop led by Frankie Flood. We had about 16 members in the workshop, which ran from 10am to 6pm. That seems like a long class, but the first few hours were really dedicated to learning all about the process, and about working with metal.
Annealing
We learned about annealing metal, about forming it and shaping it, and how to add texture, and ping it with a hammer, and buffing and polishing, and about the anodizing process, and the dying of metal, and how to add resist, and the sealing process.
METAL!!!
After Frankie dropped all the knowledge on us, we had the rest of the workshop to make things. Everyone got busy, first cutting pieces of metal, and then doing whatever they wanted with it. When a piece was ready it went into the first bath for 15 minutes, then a second bath for 5 minutes, and then it sat in a rinse until we had enough to anodize, which we did every 45 minutes or so. Almost everyone left the class with a few pieces (or one totally awesome piece.)
The Anodizing Bath
There was a lot of interest in the workshop, so we may run another one (if Frankie is willing!) and we’re also talking about permanently adding anodizing to the capabilities of the space.
Metal Shop
We also want to give a big thanks to Frankie for teaching us, and to Michael for organizing the class. Everyone had a good time, learned a lot, and walked away with some nice looking pieces of metal.
Orange Metal

Forming Metal

Buffing Metal

Dye Baths

Squishing Metal

Note: See Frankie’s post for a ton more photos!

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