Marking up steel

[spalders]

I use a permanent black marker pen - it makes a line about 5mm wide so I can black out an area really quickly then scribe through this leaving a bright easy to see line to work to. Don't get too high on the pens though

Spalders

[londonsean69]

I 'acquired' a nice thin permanent marker from work for writing on bits, then use a scriber to show the exact cut line.

Borrowing stuff from work is very locost

Sean

[Bonzo]

Very much the same with me.

CD marker to number the parts.

Thick permanent marker & scriber to mark the cut lines.
Every little helps when I can't see a bloody thing, close up without my glasses, these are never to be found when you need em

Any steel stock holder should be able to sell you a paint based metal marker.

[fluxcored]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Thick permanent marker & scriber to mark the cut lines.

I'm going to give that a try. Currently using marking blue and a scribe. I guess a permanent marker will cost me less.

For general marking out I used Omnichrome pencils - I think it's used by the clothing industry a lot, but cannot find them locally anymore so reverted back to soapstone markers. Saves me a few pennies as well.

Anything to save money. Recently quit buying WD40. Am just using a mixture of compressor oil and turps and spray it on whichever surface I want lubricated/rust protected. Seems to work.