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October 27, 2017, 12:14 PM
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Bluing tip
A student who was bluing some parts just lost a screw and took up a lot of time to find it. If you're going to do hot salt bluing, buy yourself a teaball. I bought mine decades ago from a small hardware store in San Francisco's Chinatown. It has never seen tea but has been used countless times to blue small parts. This one is from Blood Bath & Beyond:
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October 27, 2017, 12:33 PM
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You can find those in Dollar Stores. Looks like you have bugs as pets. snicker.
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October 28, 2017, 12:25 AM
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Yes, we also used to make little "envelopes" out of hardware cloth for the same purpose. Either works well. Just make sure the teaball is made of stainless steel and not aluminum.
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October 28, 2017, 04:56 PM
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Brownells sells a stainless mesh clam shell type holder of small parts for bluing. I use mine for Mark Lee Express bluing system.
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October 28, 2017, 08:56 PM
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I'm gonna check out one of those $ stores.
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October 28, 2017, 11:16 PM
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What’s a “blood bath & beyond?”
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October 29, 2017, 09:26 AM
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Tea ball
There is an available tea ball that is basically a round ball of stainless steel screen with spring loaded handles. It is split in the middle and opens when you squeeze the handles.
Works really really well and costs less than 5 bucks.
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October 29, 2017, 12:21 PM
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"...Brownell's sells..." Buy stuff like that in a dollar store. Cost you far less than anything Brownell's sells.
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October 29, 2017, 08:25 PM
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Blood Bath & Beyond = Bed, Bath & Beyond. Sorry, I thought everyone knew that.
BTW, wandering through a second hand store and I saw the aluminium versions Scorch warned about. Never seen one before today.
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