Cor, with all that blackening I bet the room smelt of rotten eggs !!!!

Martyn.

Hey Martyn... I have to admit, there is absolutely no smell at all from the product that I use... only smell you get is from the bottle itself, and still it's still not that bad, though of course, I try to not to indulge in my habit of solvent sniffing

Only joking kids... don't try that at home.. :icon_thumbsdown2:

JB.

Chemical black is a great idea for a shortcut.

So does whatever chemical black you are using cover/blacken brass, whitemetal and solder?

It will blacken any ferrous metal, brass, nickel, steel, whitemetal.....

I'm very curious to see how well the pain holds..

JB.

I've got a minicraft "drill press" stand - where you slot in the drill. It's a pain to get the drill in and out, but with care (i.e. using a square to ensure the drill is truly vertical), it works well. The downside is that the pressing down action isn't that smooth.

Thanks for the info Richard.

I had my eye on something similar to this http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/7/product-Axminster-SIEG-Axminster-SIEG-X0-Digital-Readout-Micro-Drill-366133.htm twinned with this http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Axminster-Compound-Table-for-Micro-Drill-376146.htm

The chuck will only go up to 6mm, but I can't see any need to go bigger unless I finally one day build something in 5" gauge

JB.

Thanks for the info Richard.

 

I had my eye on something similar to this http://www.axminster...rill-366133.htm twinned with this http://www.axminster...rill-376146.htm

 

The chuck will only go up to 6mm, but I can't see any need to go bigger unless I finally one day build something in 5" gauge?