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Platers/Plating Handbook

Q. When I worked at Bell Laboratories a little over 10 years ago, our shop supervisor used what I believe was titled the "Platers Handbook". Now I am supervising a research workshop at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and would like to obtain a copy of this handbook if it is still in print. Can anyone in the plating industry tell me if such a book is available? I have looked for through the web and in local bookstores, but am not sure that they carry books of this technical nature.

Thanks,

Michael E. Lindenmeyer
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy - Aurora, Illinois, USA
2001

Usually available on eBay;

sometimes on
AbeBooks or Amazon

(affil links) mfg_online

free pdf is currently available from academia.edu

A. You might be referring to the Metal Finishing Guidebook & Directory, which is still published as an annual issue of Metal Finishing magazine?

Or maybe The Canning Handbook [on eBay, Amazon, AbeBooks affil links] -- out of print since 1982, but quite available.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2001

A. I am not really sure which book you are referring to. I do remember that Macdermid used to give out a little plating handbook. Also, many platers refer to the Metal Finishing (Magazine) Guidebook as "the plating handbook". Hope this gives you some help.

Gene Packman
process supplier - Great Neck, New York
2001

A. There are several publications on the market that could be described as handbooks. I would direct you to NASF (nasf.org), Metal Finishing Magazine, and ASM International. The publications range in detail and content for most any type of plating processes.

Ira Donovan, M.S.F.
Kansas City, Missouri
2001

A. Like Gene, I think you are referring to MacDermid's Platers' Handbook. Although I am no longer affiliated with MacDermid, I can send you a copy if this is the one you need.

Bill Coffie
Warren, Michigan
2001

VERY RARELY AVAILABLE. These links are unlikely to locate a copy at any given time, but we'll maintain them just in case a copy become available on one of the sites ...

Platers Handbook (1960)
(LA branch of AES)

on AbeBooks

or eBay or

Amazon

(affil links)

A. Plater's Handbook 1960 by Los Angeles Branch American Electroplaters Society (1960) ... one copy now available on Amazon ⇨

Ralph Irvine
- San Diego, California U.S.A.
March 8, 2020

Ed. update Jan 2024: Someone apparently bought that one copy, as we've seen no more copies on Amazon, eBay, AbeBooks or anywhere else for a few years now :-(
We'll keep the link active in case one appears, but at any given time you're not likely to find it.

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