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Some useful information for restorations:

NICKEL PLATING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-PtnwtOR24

RUST REMOVAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtDLQHjHBc

Thanks for posting this. Very helpful and saves you money.

Funny you should post that, I've been experimenting with nickel plating guitar parts I'm manufacturing using that video for the last few days, I can testify that it works, the part I'm plating is somewhat larger parts than that set up would usually handle, but it still works, just takes a bit more time

Thanks for the first hand review... glad it was helpful.

Thanks Curt. I would like to try this on my vv-IX tone arm which is in rough shape.

I have read descriptions of this process before but have never met with such a clear and detailed presentation. Many thanks.

I wish I still had my H.M.V. Intermediate Monarch horn gramophone. The woodwork was good but the tone-arm and back bracket had lost all their plating and looked about as lustrous as an elephant's hide.

Oliver Mundy.