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steve I use that one we made in Trinidad that one at Lowes looks good but like SKB don't drop it
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That'll do it. that one at Lowes looks good but like SKB don't drop it Living in a house with granite countertops for the last 15 years has taught me to be careful about handling everything!
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I am a bit surprised at the amounts of comments on this subject, and if you look back up the line of the comments, I suggested that the French "pigeon" lamp is my choice. Not only is it my choice but it is the choice of European gunmakers who work daily using a lamp to black surfaces. An excellent video example is in the link below, starting at about 2 minutes 25 seconds into the video. You will notice that this lamp has the ability to be turned down to a very small flame, while it is not in direct use. This is a feature most useful and also this lamp has a safety feature that mostly unknown to Americans and that is that the entire (or mostly entire) fuel canister has a internal wool fill that soaks up the fuel oil when the canister is filled. The lamp wick fits down into this wool fill and "wicks" fuel from the wool fill to keep the flame going. Because of this wool fill if in the event the lamp is tipped over or dropped onto the workshop floor, no fuel spills from--a great fire safety feature. Sometimes what works, works the best and trying to reinvent the same is without merit. Not only is the ability to turn the Pigeon lamp flame down a good fire safety feature, but a good cleaning feature as you reduce the amount of soot floating around your workshop. In the past I used similars type of homemade blacking lamps that one sees in shops, but then I learned better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1k2jMYhuc
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bush, as the OP, I also am surprised at the number of comments. I guess each post revives an idea from someone else. Maybe there should be a feature on this forum that the OP can close a thread after the original question is answered.
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I'm not a big fan of open flames in my shop and don't enjoy the fumes from some of the various fuels either. I do use them, but rarely. As a simple, cheap, and quick alternative, blue colored White Board markers work just as well if not better.
Give it a try if you don't want or have a lamp.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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I use the blue chalkboard chalk for inletting metal the into wood. I coat the wood with the chalk then rub a light coat of very thin oil on the metal. When you press the metal into the wood you see the spots that need relieving by the way the oil darkens the blue chalk. I was shown this trick by an old tool and die maker who built m/l rifles.
For metal to metal I still favor the lamp soot.
SRH
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So what's the benefit of lamp blacking vs. Prussian Blue (bluing in) or inletting black for stocks?
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I use inletting black from Jerrows for woodwork. Benefits? Not sure really other than that is how I was taught in gunsmithing school. I do like not dealing with the fumes. I still smoke metal for most fitting but do use a marker and Dykem as well.
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Mike, It's mostly a matter of preference. Mike
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Neatest one I saw was made with an empty 8oz can of PVC primer. Remove the dauber from the inside and drill a hole the same as the OD of a, let's say, 30.06 case at the base above the rim (use favorite rimmed cartridge). Drill out the primer hole to open it up to the ID of the case, leaving the rim intact, and push the case through the hole in the cap from the inside. Then use some plumber's solder around the case/cap joint. Push cotton wick up from bottom. Fill with fuel of choice and light. The brass case just looks right on a bench... and I see that Steve already mentioned it...
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. - Errol Flynn
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