historicalarms
Ultra Member
The oldest form of marking for fitment is still used and is usually the handiest, soot coating from a candle flame has been used in gunsmithing since somebody thought up "hey lets make gunpowder"
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Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!
Supplies Dykem blue
- Thread starter joefrombc
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Supplies
An update on the Sharpie Magnum marker. I ordered a 12 pack from Walmart for $33.26. I received 1 marker yesterday. So I sent an email to the supplier. They advised that there was an error on the website and the quantity is for1 marker not 12. They've offered a refund of the balance. The final price was $7.58 . I also double checked with Amazon link that David-R8 provided it indicates a count of 1 marker.
So be careful to check the units per package before you order.
So be careful to check the units per package before you order.
I'm in a battle with that Amazon seller because of their misleading (IMHO) product listing.
Amazon refunded return shipping costs but I'm waiting for the seller to get the return to see if they will refund.
In the mean time I bought these:
Grizzly Adams
Active Member
I've been using the Blondiehacks thing, an over sized felt pen, works well. Cheap like borsht at the dollar store.
I have a couple of problems with Dykem:
- I really like the smell (I don’t expect help with this one…)
- When I use oil cutting fluid, I seem to have trouble seeing the scribe lines through the blue Dykem.
My work around is to partially cut the surface with my bandsaw, and then add oil cutting fluid.
Which leads me to my question:
- What the favourite colour to use for layout?
- Is there some trick for increasing the visibility of the scribed line when using cutting fluid.
- I really like the smell (I don’t expect help with this one…)
- When I use oil cutting fluid, I seem to have trouble seeing the scribe lines through the blue Dykem.
My work around is to partially cut the surface with my bandsaw, and then add oil cutting fluid.
Which leads me to my question:
- What the favourite colour to use for layout?
- Is there some trick for increasing the visibility of the scribed line when using cutting fluid.
TorontoBuilder
Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas
Yeah but they dont check the list... ChatGTP helped plan a terror attack, and the NSA ignored it.
Why is a psychopathic corporation making a AI Osama Bin Laden available for consultation to a populace of malcontents and aholes anyway?