Oops! This is for electro nickel. Electroless is less practical (but doable) at home. Both have their pros and cons.
I did this. Ive had some great results and some not so great. I used a phone charger and put clips on the leads.
That was one of the videos that I watched and probably one of the most helpful and informative. Very well done.
As soon as my power supply arrives, I plan to copper plate some brass pistol and/or rifle cases, and then apply nickel plate over the copper (which is supposed to be more robust). I also plan to nickel plate some of the cases without the copper to compare the results. I've got tons of brass cases to play with before I submit any of my brass razors to the process.
And a bit serendipitous - I already have a magnetic stirrer. I plan to put my beaker on the stirrer to agitate the plating atoms to hopefully get more even coverage. I suppose I will try both: with and without the stirrer, to see if it really makes a difference in the plating result.
As I said earlier, I'm expecting spectacular failure at first, but will post some pictures of my results.