|
|
|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics39,503
Posts562,168
Members14,587
| |
Most Online9,918
Jul 28th, 2025
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 138
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 138 |
What are you all using to black metal for inletting? I've been using the paste variety but would like to find an alternative. Does anyone use smoke lamps? If so, where can they be found?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 13,883 Likes: 19 |
I'm using the paste type also. Works for me. But then, I'm pretty much a novice at this. I think the lamp would work as well without the greasyness.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,583
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,583 |
Covergirl Laser Red.
Take a small stiff bristle artists brush and poke it into the lipstick - dab the marking on the metal where you want it, reload the brush as needed.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,096
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,096 |
brite red lipstick... applied with a tiny paint brush...and...I get for free...from the downstairs bathroom...it takes a little technique to paint it on uniformly, but it's like inletteing disclosure for the visually impaired (me)...wipes clean from the wood...it doesn't cost anything to try it once...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 674
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 674 |
I use Prussian Blue for fitting wood to metal. I use a kerosene lamp for fitting metal to metal. I can get a better fit when smoking parts together.
I bought a little "alcohol lamp" on ebay for like $4.95. CHeck it out and you will fins a lot of them. I guess theuy were for folks who use hot knives to work wax or something. My dentist has one for heating gutta percha fillings. I use kerosene, not alcohol, in mine.
skunk out
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 72
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 72 |
I use Jerrow's inletting black from Brownells. It washes off with soap.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,522
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,522 |
You might like felt tip markers too.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 516
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 516 |
Another lipstick guy here. I use a bright pink. Shows up very well. Reds are good too, although sometimes it really depends on what shoes you're wearing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,698
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,698 |
I use only a candle to blacken parts to be inletted. Works just fine without a lot of mess. Same way as Purdey, H&H and American gun makers stocked their guns. Why fool with perfection ? Ken
Ken Hurst
910-221-5288
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,521 Likes: 574
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,521 Likes: 574 |
Dry erase (white board) markers are especially useful. I use nothing else. Blue seems to work better for some reason.
Brent
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/ ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
