Recent content by GrahamN

Many thanks. So, just to clarify, if I buy a bottle of layout fluid from Chronos or GLR, would I then use a standard paintbrush to apply it? And how long would I need to leave it before starting work? Graham

Hi I'm getting slightly confused about marking out - in particular the use of blue dye to paint the metal so the lines show up. The last time I did this was over 40 years ago, so my memory may be playing tricks, but I seem to remember using a paintbrush to apply the dye, then leaving it for a...

Many thanks for your help. I think I'm going to wait and see for the moment. I have enough saved to buy a mini lathe and a (very) small mill, and they seem to be the most important things. I will see how I get on with hand sawing (or possibly get my son to cut some bits when he visits!), and...

Hi Unfortunately it would be a long time before I could afford one of those! I have been saving for quite a while for the lathe as I am on a fairly small pension, so even the cheap bandsaw is probably 6 months or more away - hence my question about using my existing one to keep costs down at...

Hi I'm very new to metalworking (hoping to get my first lathe by Christmas), and I'm currently putting together my 'wish list' for tools etc. One of the items I definately want is a small bandsaw for cutting thin steel, aluminium, brass etc. as I'm not able to cut using a manual saw for very...