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6th October 2020, 05:22 PM #91
Cheers Paul, I didn’t know about them before, I just watched the 2nd one, got a laugh.
With Macro Insect Photography, it’s all about the eyes, if you don’t get the eyes in perfect focus you might as well discard the pic. With this magnification, your focal pane is less than a millimeter deep, so takes a bit of practice when you are not using a tripod, and manually focusing.Brad.
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6th October 2020, 07:53 PM #92
Regards
Paul
Ps: I was too slow. The sign referred to SimplicityBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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6th October 2020, 08:07 PM #93
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6th October 2020, 09:00 PM #94
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6th October 2020, 09:15 PM #95
Not much more progress today, I did start to mark out the sole on the 6mm stainless, was using a red marking pen to paint the stainless for marking onto. It left a lot to be desired.
Very hard for old tired eyes to see the marks.
I tried making some marking fluid out of acrylic lacquer and mixing some blue fountain pen ink in, wasn’t real successful, the ink didn’t blend very well with the lacquer and needed a lot more ink than I was prepared to sacrifice for an experiment, so read that as a fail.
Next week when I get back from work I will try and source some proper marking fluid, maybe Blackwoods carry it.
I expect to get very little done tomorrow, maybe I’ll check out some timber out of the stacks. After that it will be another week before I get to do any more. But I will still be in planning mode while away.Brad.
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8th October 2020, 12:04 PM #96
Brad, Blackwoods do indeed have layout dye, or the one near me does, at least, but the smallest size they sell is a litre, which will cost you the best part of $50 with GST and would last you at least 100 years!
It's certainly better than blue felt pen, by a comfortable margin, but maybe a cheaper alternative like this, or even this might be more economical.
I like the idea of the spray can - easy, quick & clean and one can should do quite a few planes.
If anyone has used the spray-can stuff, how did you find it? If it does the job well, I'd like to be able to recommend it as a better less expensive alternative than a felt-pen...
Cheers,IW
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8th October 2020, 12:25 PM #97
Just a little cry from me,
I have a 20 year old bottle of engineering Blue sitting on my shelf at Home(approximately 1.45 min from we’re I am now.)
I would estimate I’ve used about 12 percent some of which would be spillage.
Ok Cry over with sorry.
cheers Matt.
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8th October 2020, 01:10 PM #98
Ian
The product in the first link is intended for marking out lines on the ground. It works well for that but I am not sure about layout on small items such as we are considering: It is a coarse type of paint spray. The second link came up with an error (page removed) for me when I clicked on the product description or how to use.
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PaulBushmiller;
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8th October 2020, 01:15 PM #99
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8th October 2020, 02:17 PM #100
Paul, the first link takes you to a place that has all sorts of spray inks, if you snuffle round the site a bit. Not sure what the difference is between the various inks they sell, but they do say that some are suitable for marking steel. Maybe they aren't the right stuff, but it could be a case of "off lable" use being satisfactory.
The second link is working fine for me - try holding your mouth differently...
Doug, I got my can of dye from H&F, & I'm sure I paid close to $50 at the time, but I can't find it on their site, anywhere. Surely they'd carry it!
Blackwoods price for a litre is a few cents shy of $40 GST inclusive, so I was a little bit pessimistic.....
Matt, cheer up, at this rate, you can of dye will last you even longer....
Cheers,IW
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8th October 2020, 03:41 PM #101
Ian, that spray can stuff in your first link is the same stuff I tried when marking my sides out. It did work to a degree, though I used fluoro orange on brass, so probably not the best in terms of contrast, it was hard to see the lines I marked in poor light, and now the baseplate of my jigsaw is bright orange .
At 40-50 bucks a litre, I might keep trying with some other options. I will look further at what I have available at home when I have some spare time again, next week.
Might even try mixing up a stronger batch of the lacquer and fountain pen ink.
I sent a message to a small business in Mackay that I buy some cutting tools for my metal lathe from, no answer yet.Brad.
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Brad, sort of glad i missed the spider photos but they can be fun to photograph when they are small enough
Nice macro work
Fairly certain the one in the link is purely hand held
006408-_8207418 by Phil Gartner, on Flickr
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8th October 2020, 07:08 PM #103
Brad, for some reason, the link doesn't go to the stuff I thought I was pointing to, it's going to stuff for making direction marks on cement walls or footpaths, as Bushmiller said. And now I don't seem to be able to find the one I wanted to link to originally. Bunnings carry a range of spray cans of the same brand but none of them seemed to be suitable.
Anyway, I kept on seaching & at last found some genuine layout dye in a sensibly small quantity for a home workshop. The unit price is higher than buying by the litre, but 100ml would last most people for many years. I've dealt with these guys and they seem reliable & prompt...
It makes it about a zillion times easier if you use the proper dye, the lines are easier to mark, easier to see, and stand up to handling better than felt pen. Also very easy to clean off - a bit of metho on a rag takes it off instantly...
Cheers,IW
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17th October 2020, 09:10 PM #104
I did the rounds of a few Engineering supply shops in Mackay yesterday looking for the marking fluid , all of them had just sold their last bottle apparently . Ended up getting a litre of red at United Fasteners, for $38.
I gave it a try on the 6mm stainless plate, I still didn’t find it easy to see the lines, but it was better than the marking pen. Will try cutting to the lines tomorrow.Brad.
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18th October 2020, 05:11 PM #105
I started work this morning in the shed cutting the dovetails in the sole with the hacksaw. The lighting wasnt nearly good enough to see where I was cutting, and as I should have expected, cut past the line on the second cut .
So I got a spare vice and coach screwed it to a sink cutout and clamped it on the tray of the Landcruiser out in the sunlight, much easier to see now.
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Next problem was the adjusting bolt on the hacksaw stripped the thread in the captive nut inside the handle, and I couldnt tension the blade.
I fashioned a new adjuster using a retaining bolt off the air filter cover off a D11 dozer, Just had to tap out the nut to 5/16 unc to suit the new bolt.
Back in action.
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I tossed up between drilling a lot of holes or heaps of hacksaw cuts to remove the waste. Ended up going with the hacksaw.
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It left an awful lot of filing to take it back to the lines, got the start of a blister on a finger .
I can see why the pro's buy a milling machine.Brad.
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