bar stock painting question

[simko]

whats the stuff that you can buy in a tin that you bruish on and is purple to show scribe lines?

 

[mete]

Layout fluid or blueing available at places like www.mcmaster.com

 

[simko]

aaaah, now where can iget this in canada?

 

[jhiggins]

A permanent felt-tipped marker will work also.

 

[simko]

actually mr higgins i origionally drew out my design using a sharpie marker, and it quickly vanished.

 

[indian george]

Use a Magic Marker and put in on heavy.

 

[simko]

oh, HEAVY... hehe

 

[danfr]

i use high temp barbeque paint from wall-mart.(flat black)
the scribe lines are easy to see and they the marks don't burn of if you get it to hot while grinding.

 

[Burchtree]

If you use permanent marker, it won't wash away. I accidently used a "washable" marker for layout once. It didn't work out too well when I dipped the bladed in water for cooling.

 

[R. Lemmen]

Originally posted by aaron_simkovich
aaaah, now where can iget this in canada?

Look for industrial supply houses. Some names that come to mind are:

E.M. Precise Tool (My Dad's company, totally biased plug)
S.B. Simpson
J.B. Reid
KBC
KARR
SOWA

These are all local in the golden horseshoe area of southern Ontario.

 

[jhiggins]

Aaron, Layout Dye is cheap, and much better to use. However, if you get into a bind where you have none, a permanent marker is just fine. The idea is to color the areas you want to scribe then scribe over the marker. I have a friend who has been a machinist for over 40 years and he taught me that trick.

 

[mete]

I still can't find mine but did remember the name Dykem layout fluid.