Fitting Pinblocks... Jim

[David Renaud]

Blue powdered chalk.
I put some in a container with a little water,
Paint the stuff on the flange with a brush,
tap my rough cut with rubber mallet.

sand, paint, tap,sand, paint, tap, sand,
paint, tap...........ad nausium...............................

Don't forget to fit the top as well as the front flange.
Have a flexible 6" grinding wheel that works really well '
for shaping.
                                                     Dave Renaud
out@desupernet.net wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> I haven't tried chalk yet.  I started with a bottle of ink many
> pinblocks ago, and when the ink well dried up, I had to find something
> else... we had graphite, so that's what we used.  Actually, it sounds
> horribly messy, but it's really not as bad as it sounds.
>
> How does the chalk come?  Is it in a stick like what you would use to
> write on a chalk board?  Or is it in powder form?  Can you get it in
> different colors? Do you use it dry? or wet?  I'm curious.  If it's
> really easy, I think I might give it a try!
>