Cor3ys, whoa man I didnt know you was working on a terminator. You, Braddock and I need to meet up for a beer soon, bring all out T800 parts and we should make a full terminator lol.
Conz, great video link. Loved seeing the T800 arm, reminded me of my one which I should finish haha.
The plating process which they refer to is standard " electro plating ". There is a series of dip baths, first copper, then nickel then the chromium plating on last. Dip bathing used to be done by hand ( still is in lots of places ) but big factories are all mechanised dipping booths now.
ABS, which our lovely printers can print, is a great plastic for electroplating!!