[sdiy] backplane connector recommendation?

[Paul Perry]

DIY gold plating?
It isn't easy, isn't cheap, and requires very toxic chemicals. I've seen it 
done.
Further, if you plate pure gold - all you can do, really - note that pure 
gold is very soft, as metals go.

paul perry Melbourne Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Gray-Eskue" > Good point, but there are umpteen ways to plate 
copper with gold, amateur
> jewelers do it all the time. There should be a cheap high quality  way to
> DIY gold plate the copper fingers.
>