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Marking blue best?
Jordan wrote:
Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. I use Canode dyes, they are water soluble. The real Prussian blue is almost impossible to get off anything. But, it does give a finer sensitivity to surface conditions. I suspect it only matters well below .0001" Jon |
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Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue?
Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. |
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In article , Jordan wrote: Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. There are two kinds of marking blue: There is a grease type like Prussian blue that is used for scraping and precision fitting that will transfer from one part to the next. Apparently Prussian blue is messy & very hard to clean up. I suspect there may be better options. I've never used Prussian blue, but have a home brew equivalent which is lamp black mixed with vaseline. The other kind of marking blue is more like what you would get with a marking pen, i.e. a thin dark material you can easily see a scribe mark in. A wide tip black marking pen works fine for this, and is easy to clean up with alcohol. I've used brush-on Dykem "layout fluid", but it tends to go on thick, it can chip, and it's harder to remove than a marker. If you have a large area you need to cover, you can get the best of both worlds by using a Dykem felt tip applicator, which is like a marker, but lays down a 1/2" wide stripe. It goes on thinner than the brush on stuff, so it dries faster and is less likely to chip. It's still harder to remove than marker. Doug White |
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:36:53 +1100, Jordan wrote:
Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Make sure that your "permanent" marking pen doesn't disappear or go soft when subjected to cutting oil. A lot of them don't seem to last al that well. Mark Rand RTFM |
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"Jordan" wrote in message u... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote:
Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes |
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:32:24 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Tom
Gardner" quickly quoth: "Jordan" wrote in message . au... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Who or what are you screwing, bluing, or tattooing, Tawm? ---------------------------------------------------------- Please return Stewardess to her original upright position. -------------------------------------- |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote:
In which direction? Well Prussian blue expands in all directions. Wes |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... "Jordan" wrote in message u... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Jeez, what are you doing, painting the plant with it? You must be doing a lot of manual layout. They have CNC for that now, you know. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... "Jordan" wrote in message u... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Jeez, what are you doing, painting the plant with it? You must be doing a lot of manual layout. They have CNC for that now, you know. d8-) -- Ed Huntress I think that with a drum of PB, one could eliminate all the "Red" states! |
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"Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? |
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:32:24 -0500, "Tom Gardner"
wrote: "Jordan" wrote in message . au... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Dear god why??????? Gunner |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message t... "Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? If you buy it in 55 gallon lots, you have enough on hand to expand in every direction, for as far as the eye can see. I swear, a drop of that stuff can cover an acre. Do readers understand that Prussian Blue and layout blue are not one and the same, and that they are not interchangeable? One will not substitute for the other. Harold |
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:15:03 -0800, Gunner
wrote: On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:32:24 -0500, "Tom Gardner" wrote: "Jordan" wrote in message .au... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Dear god why??????? Gunner Haha. The secret's out. It's not really sky. It's the ceiling of the spaceship and Tom makes lots of brushes too... Mark Rand RTFM |
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Gunner wrote:
Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Dear god why??????? Gunner That really does seem a lot. I'd probably one use one drum a month, if that. Jordan |
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:58:24 +0000, with neither quill nor qualm, Mark
Rand quickly quoth: On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:15:03 -0800, Gunner wrote: On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:32:24 -0500, "Tom Gardner" wrote: "Jordan" wrote in message m.au... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Dear god why??????? Gunner Haha. The secret's out. It's not really sky. It's the ceiling of the spaceship and Tom makes lots of brushes too... WHAT? Y'mean to tell me that we're living in Ringworld and don't know it? -- Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. -- Confucius |
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In article , Jordan wrote: Doug White wrote: There are two kinds of marking blue: I think the greasy variety is stuff I've seen described as bearing blue. The Dykem felt applicator sounds good. Is it happy to stay on the shelf for extended periods? I've had good luck with them so far. The bottles of brush on stuff tend to go bad long before a home shop can use one up. The applicator bottles are much smaller, and I suspect the ratio of time to use them up & time to gunk up is much closer to one. A 2 oz. applicator is ~$4, where a 4 oz. bottle is ~$5, so it isn't cheaper to buy the applicators by volume. On the other hand, if it goes bad before you can use up half a bottle, the applicator is cheaper. The other big plus is that you can't spill an applicator bottle. I've seen more than one shop where somebody knocked over a Dykem bottle. It makes a very big mess. Doug White |
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:23:04 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:58:24 +0000, with neither quill nor qualm, Mark Rand quickly quoth: On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:15:03 -0800, Gunner wrote: On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:32:24 -0500, "Tom Gardner" wrote: "Jordan" wrote in message om.au... Is there an advantage in using traditional marking blue? Seems a lot more fiddly than a marking pen. Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Dear god why??????? Gunner Haha. The secret's out. It's not really sky. It's the ceiling of the spaceship and Tom makes lots of brushes too... WHAT? Y'mean to tell me that we're living in Ringworld and don't know it? Ringworld? How did my bathroom get into the conversation? Gunner |
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:45:25 -0800, David Harmon
wrote: On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:39:07 -0500 in rec.crafts.metalworking, Bob Engelhardt wrote, Spray cans can be recharged with propane. 'Just need a fitting for a 14 oz propane can. Like this: http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhar...CanAdapter.jpg Cool. The cans I needed to recharge had valve tube projecting at the top. I used a butane can for filling lighters. So all I needed was a block with the right diameter holes drilled on opposite sides. Way cool! Gunner "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules. Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner |
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"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message . net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message t... "Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? If you buy it in 55 gallon lots, you have enough on hand to expand in every direction, for as far as the eye can see. I swear, a drop of that stuff can cover an acre. Do readers understand that Prussian Blue and layout blue are not one and the same, and that they are not interchangeable? One will not substitute for the other. Harold Remember "Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya"? I still have the same tube from 30 years ago. The 55 gal drums are just for pranks! |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message . net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message t... "Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? If you buy it in 55 gallon lots, you have enough on hand to expand in every direction, for as far as the eye can see. I swear, a drop of that stuff can cover an acre. Do readers understand that Prussian Blue and layout blue are not one and the same, and that they are not interchangeable? One will not substitute for the other. Harold Remember "Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya"? I still have the same tube from 30 years ago. The 55 gal drums are just for pranks! Tom (the mother of pranks)-------hasn't anyone told you that you need hair to take advantage of Brylcreem? :-) Small wonder you still have the same tube. Harold |
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"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message et... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message . net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message t... "Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? If you buy it in 55 gallon lots, you have enough on hand to expand in every direction, for as far as the eye can see. I swear, a drop of that stuff can cover an acre. Do readers understand that Prussian Blue and layout blue are not one and the same, and that they are not interchangeable? One will not substitute for the other. Harold Remember "Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya"? I still have the same tube from 30 years ago. The 55 gal drums are just for pranks! Tom (the mother of pranks)-------hasn't anyone told you that you need hair to take advantage of Brylcreem? :-) Small wonder you still have the same tube. Harold Hey, somebody was kind enough to send me some e-mails about some new miracle products that are guaranteed to regrow my hair! Any day now, the products will arrive and I'll be in follicle heaven! |
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Gunner wrote:
Ive got 4 cases of red and blue Dykem in spray cans. Not all have propellent however. Spray cans can be recharged with propane. 'Just need a fitting for a 14 oz propane can. Like this: http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhar...CanAdapter.jpg It screws into the valve of a propane torch. Press the upside down torch on the rattle can valve & open the propane valve. With a rag wrapped around them - some contents will escape & mess things. Bob |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:39:43 -0500, "Tom Gardner"
wrote: "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message . net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message . net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message t... "Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? If you buy it in 55 gallon lots, you have enough on hand to expand in every direction, for as far as the eye can see. I swear, a drop of that stuff can cover an acre. Do readers understand that Prussian Blue and layout blue are not one and the same, and that they are not interchangeable? One will not substitute for the other. Harold Remember "Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya"? I still have the same tube from 30 years ago. The 55 gal drums are just for pranks! Tom (the mother of pranks)-------hasn't anyone told you that you need hair to take advantage of Brylcreem? :-) Small wonder you still have the same tube. Harold Hey, somebody was kind enough to send me some e-mails about some new miracle products that are guaranteed to regrow my hair! Any day now, the products will arrive and I'll be in follicle heaven! Did you get a brush with that? Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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"Gerald Miller" wrote in message ... On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:39:43 -0500, "Tom Gardner" wrote: "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message .net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message . net... "Tom Gardner" wrote in message t... "Wes" wrote in message ... "Tom Gardner" wrote: Prussian Blue...I buy it in 55 gal drums, one or two a month. Could you expand on that? Wes In which direction? If you buy it in 55 gallon lots, you have enough on hand to expand in every direction, for as far as the eye can see. I swear, a drop of that stuff can cover an acre. Do readers understand that Prussian Blue and layout blue are not one and the same, and that they are not interchangeable? One will not substitute for the other. Harold Remember "Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya"? I still have the same tube from 30 years ago. The 55 gal drums are just for pranks! Tom (the mother of pranks)-------hasn't anyone told you that you need hair to take advantage of Brylcreem? :-) Small wonder you still have the same tube. Harold Hey, somebody was kind enough to send me some e-mails about some new miracle products that are guaranteed to regrow my hair! Any day now, the products will arrive and I'll be in follicle heaven! Did you get a brush with that? Gerry :-)} London, Canada I think I own a hair brush...I'll have to look. |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:59:57 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Tom
Gardner" quickly quoth: Gerry said: Did you get a brush with that? I think I own a hair brush...I'll have to look. Whatever for, Yul? -- The only difference between a rut and a grave...is in their dimensions. -- Ellen Glasglow |
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Gunner wrote:
Not all have propellent however. Sell those to Hawkie. He's FULL of propellant. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
Hey, somebody was kind enough to send me some e-mails about some new miracle products that are guaranteed to regrow my hair! Any day now, the products will arrive and I'll be in follicle heaven! Then you won't need a wig when you're playing lesbian? ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
Who or what are you screwing, bluing, or tattooing, Tawm? His competitors. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message ... Larry Jaques wrote: Who or what are you screwing, bluing, or tattooing, Tawm? His competitors. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Competitors? My competitors ceased production and buy my stuff!!! |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
Competitors? My competitors ceased production and buy my stuff!!! What did you think they would do after you screwed, blued, and tattooed them? ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message ... Tom Gardner wrote: Competitors? My competitors ceased production and buy my stuff!!! What did you think they would do after you screwed, blued, and tattooed them? ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida I only had to PB a few car door handles! |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
What did you think they would do after you screwed, blued, and tattooed them? ;-) I only had to PB a few car door handles! Peanut Butter? PB blaster? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:38:28 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Tom Gardner wrote: What did you think they would do after you screwed, blued, and tattooed them? ;-) I only had to PB a few car door handles! Peanut Butter? PB blaster? I'm guessing Prussian Blue. Damn, Tom, that's just downright mean! Pete Keillor |
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Pete Keillor wrote:
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:38:28 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Tom Gardner wrote: What did you think they would do after you screwed, blued, and tattooed them? ;-) I only had to PB a few car door handles! Peanut Butter? PB blaster? I'm guessing Prussian Blue. Damn, Tom, that's just downright mean! Pete Keillor GEEEZE! I was waiting for him to admit to his crime! -- My sig file can beat up your sig file! |
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:39:07 -0500 in rec.crafts.metalworking, Bob
Engelhardt wrote, Spray cans can be recharged with propane. 'Just need a fitting for a 14 oz propane can. Like this: http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhar...CanAdapter.jpg Cool. The cans I needed to recharge had valve tube projecting at the top. I used a butane can for filling lighters. So all I needed was a block with the right diameter holes drilled on opposite sides. |
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