What kind of store would sell marking out dye "Dyekem?", used for machining metal?
I live near a NAPA distribution center that usually has everything, and the counter guys looked at me like I had two heads. I can't seem to find it in my Grainger catalog.
I'm not having much luck with Google, so even a brand name would help.
It might help a whole bunch to tell us where you live. I purchase it at K&P Industrial Supply that specializes in machine tool bits and supplies. Look in your yellow pages for machine shop, make a cold call and ask them where they get it. Grainger has it:
In last night's mail (yeah, my mail comes at night, 'nuther thread!) I got the latest Highland Woodworking catalog. Highland carries Starrett dye! This might be new, as I don't remember seeing it there before.
I use both red and blue layout dye, but you can use a felt tip marker just as well. If you are going to use the dye for scribing lines, etc., then that is what you need. But, if you are using it to test a fit or to test flatness, you need "High Spot Blue" which is a blue paste that comes in a little tube, like toothpaste. MSC has that. I have often wondered why one couldn't just get a tube of prussian blue oil paint, instead.
Not a pro mach> I know we have a few pro machinists here.
Dyekem India - Textile Dyes Manufacturer & Textile Dyes ... Lading Textile Dyes Chemical Manufacturer & Exporter.
formatting link
- 12k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Dyekem India in Leather Chemicals - Rajasthan | India Premium ... Details of Dyekem India. ... Name of Firm, Dyekem India. Kind of Business, Leather Chemicals. Year. Contact Person, Director ...
formatting link
- 38k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Dyekem India Dyekem India , Udaipur - ... Dyekem India. Business Owner. Update my listing. 845, Gyannagar, Sector-4, Hiranmagri, Udaipur 313 00 Rajasthan ...
formatting link
- 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this DYEKEM INDIA DYEKEM INDIA - Indian Supplier and Manufacturer from India. suppliers.jimtrade.com/69/68484/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Karur DyeKem Karur DyeKem. add your comment in English. Place 2010391 Place 2010392 Place 2010393 Place 2010394 Place 2010395 Place 2010396 Place 2010397 Place 2010398 ... wikimapia.org/254469/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Dyekem India, Udaipur, India - Member IndiaBizClub Dyekem India established in year 1986 , started with production of Sulphur Blacks & Sodium-thio-sulphate. With time, we diversified to Sulphur Colours which ... chemicals.indiabizclub.com/profile/1882256~dyekem_india~udaipur - 17k
- Cached - Similar pages - Note this Dyekem India DYEKEM INDIA - Manufacturer, exporter, supplier from India.
formatting link
- 8k - Cached - Similar pages
- Note this Home | Leather | Leather Chemicals | Dyekem India -Expo Era ... Arts, Crafts, and Gifts, Art Supplies, Pottery, Porcelain, Ceramics, Wood, Wicker, Bamboo, Musical Instruments, Jewelry, Gifts, Native Art, Services, ...
formatting link
- 51k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Dyekem India : B2B Portal India Manufacturers, Exporters ... Dyekem India : B2B Portal India Manufacturers, Exporters, Suppliers, Trade Leads, Buy Sell Offer.
formatting link
- 32k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this Dyekem India - Bombay Harbor, Directory of Outsourcing to India ... Bombay Harbor,Manufacturers,Suppliers,Exporters,Importers,products,inquiries,selling leads,buying leads,harmonised codes.
We use a big chisel-point sharpie for casual layout scribing all the time in the shop -- it's handier, neater and dries faster than the layout blue. But the official stuff is tougher, stays visible even as it gets hot while grinding to the line and so is still used quite often.
And yes, artist's oil Prussian blue is not only usable for high-spot marking but is often preferred by machinists claiming that some brands have more pigment.
Just a comment but dentists get it on prepared plastic film, used to check bite when they're doing fillings. Don't know what it costs or where they get it, but next time you go it might be worthwhile asking.
I've been a machinist for 38 years and never heard of using artist's Prussian blue. Not that it wouldn't work, but it will dry. Just never heard of it. And always had 'regular" PB. I guess it depends on what part of the country your from.
HomeOwnersHub website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here.
All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.