Video of from Rust to Rrroarrr Part two

From Rust to Rrroarrr Part Two As featured in The Shed magazine, February/March 2025 issue 119 A six-part magazine series on the restoration of a 1952 AJS Motorbike PART TWO – Metal plating: The secrets of successful nickel plating In part one of this restoration series, Peter described how he started rebuilding, as cheaply as possible, an old bitser AJS 500 motorbike, and discussed the start of his nickel-plating tasks. For this Rust to Rrroarr project, he has decided on a nickel-plating finish instead of chromium for his AJS. In this part two of the six-part series, Peter describes his nickel-plating process

From Rust to Rrroarrr Part Two
As featured in The Shed magazine, February/March 2025 issue 119
A six-part magazine series on the restoration of a 1952 AJS Motorbike


PART TWO – Metal plating: The secrets of successful nickel plating
In part one of this restoration series, Peter described how he started rebuilding, as cheaply as possible, an old bitser AJS 500 motorbike, and discussed the start of his nickel-plating tasks.
For this Rust to Rrroarr project, he has decided on a nickel-plating finish instead of chromium for his AJS. In this part two of the six-part series, Peter describes his nickel-plating process

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