On Saturday 04 July 2020 09:03:12 Ken Strauss wrote: > Another common term is "engineer's blue". If you don't want to use a > Sharpie then order > https://www.amazon.com/Permatex-80038-Prussian-Fitting-Compound/dp/B00 >0HBM86 Q/
prussian blue, when I finally get the link to work, broken word wrappers ought to be shot, and survivors shot again. Unforch, its probably broken at gmail, they've not got that right in 20 years and won't fix it. Its not even open for discussion, BTDT. Repeatedly. Anyway, I'll see if the local NAPA store has any Monday. Thanks Ken. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2020 9:50 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More BS-1 clone headaches.- > > > > On Friday 03 July 2020 20:46:46 andy pugh wrote: > > > On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 at 01:25, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Blue. > > > > > > > > I thought of that, but I don't know where I could src some of > > > > that locally. Is "diechem blue" the right search term to feed > > > > google?? > > > > > > Not really, Dykem is a marking out fluid rather than a contact > > > testing compound. > > > > > > You can see what happens with just a marker pen, though. (it will > > > work just as well as Dykem) > > > > If you can get it clean enough to stick, formerly greased steel is > > not a good candidate. Ink with acid etch might work but I've not see > > any of that since I was building titan sites around EAFB in 1960-61. > > > > > In the UK I would use "Stuarts Micrometer Blue" but I don't know > > > what the US version is. > > > > > > But the US version of "marker pen" seems to be "Sharpie' > > > > If you can get it truly lox clean. Or you can find one marked > > "permanent" which has solvents that can penetrate the lube film. > > > > This might be a place for candle smoke if it wasn't such a bitch to > > re-assemble for testing, I usually smoke rifle actions to get a good > > start on bedding them into the wood. It transfers to the wood on > > contact, telling you where to carve next. Another possibility on > > this side of the pond might be Birchwood-Casey's Cold blue, which > > can blacken clean steel. And its un-tough enough to show the > > contact pattern pretty easily. That I can get at Wallies. No clue > > if they'll be open tom. though as tom. is Independence day on this > > side of the pond. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
