Put that vise on a table....lol...
I call it the monkey squat... :)
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Put that vise on a table....lol...
I call it the monkey squat... :)
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions about making the cut lines more visible. I have two of those halogen 500w work lights and I'm going to buy some paint marker. Tried soapstone before and it doesn't cut it.
Appreciatively,
Jerry
Hey, my vice is just like that also :).
OK here's one for ya, I've used day-glow kids side walk chalk, the sticks are a bit large but you can sharpen them up, when the UV light from the arc hits it it looks like a neon light, real cheep to. This has turned into quite a thread.
Great idea!
Here's some more pix. (Alex will love me now!)
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Sharpie makes a silver metalic marker that works quite well. You can get them at most drugs stores and super stores. Two pack is like $3-4.
Also I use $.50 white grease pencils as well. Pick up black as well when you get the silver, for aluminum.
The sharpie is great. I use those too. ( I have everything, even tungsten awl to scribe with). However, on new metal, the sharpie blends into the metal, though it does reflect light as a silvery glow when cutting.
Good point Mark, yes I only use them to cut and grind.
Great idea on the tungsten awl. I have some unsed packs of green tipped tungsten electrodes that have been laying around.
[gripe] I was gonna just give them away since Praxxair would not take my "sealed" packages back as I did not have my receipt. What is sad for them was that it was the fellow I normally buy "all" my TIG and O/A consumables from (knows me, I bought them from him and they are the only locals that sell this brand), wanted to exchange them, they lost a good customer that day. But I am lucky enough to have Welder Supply and Lake Welding a little further up the road with better pricing I found.[/gripe]