layout dye recipe | Home Model Engine Machinist Forum Well now lads, as this year and decade thankfully come to a close I find myself in the shop with nary a spit of Dykem in the entire place Not wishing to travel to all ends of the Earth tomorrow and a long holiday weekend following that, I am now curious if anyone has a 'recipe' or two for
Marking or layout dye - Home Model Engine Machinist Forum Ok this one is for you beginners that are baffled as what to use to mark a piece of metal for layout work, like marking the intersection of a hole or marking the length of a piece that needs to be trimmed I'm sure a lot have heard about layout dye in a spray can or with a can and a brush Most
Dykem Hi-spot - Home Model Engine Machinist Forum My years old layout dye is still OK to use Perhaps the solvent has evaporated on yours As far as a merest trace of blue for scraping, that's what it all about If you read Connelly he suggests using a red oil based paint as an undercoat and of course a bright light to scrape to Connelly and his book has been raised and raised in this forum
Starret Scribers,Scriber sharpening and scribed lines Gus--I too am guilty of deep scribe lines I use layout dye and scribe lines on almost everything I do Then when the parts are finished I have to spend a lot of time sanding the scribe lines out For my money, use the shallowest scribe lines that you can still clearly see I have a cheap scriber that came with a set of squares from BusyBee tools
Easy build spider for small lathe - Home Model Engine Machinist Forum I put some layout dye on the edge of the piece and just scribed next to each jaw This will give a reference mark for the layout The center finder square is positioned to line up with the mark and then we scribe from the center to that line When you have all three done center punch where the three lines cross
Morse Taper with tang - Home Model Engine Machinist Forum If the above does not help, I'd advise you to get some marking dye (its not the same as layout dye - andis sometimes called "engineer's blue" or "prussian blue") to mark the tapers to see where things are not fitting properly
Layout Tools- Your Favs Please. | Home Model Engine Machinist Forum I always use an edge finder and the positioning dials to position work as I mill it, but my layout confirms to me that I have turned the dials the correct number of turns and partial turns I use red or blue Dyekem layout dye--not aerosol, because its too hard to control, is wastefull, and it stinks up the house
Building small carburetor with throttle - Home Model Engine Machinist Forum I took two pictures of this operation, and both of them tuned out blurry---and of course I don't know that until I download my camera to the computer after I have moved on and went to the next step --A hint--the portions with layout dye on them are the large diameters that will get squared off in the milling machine