Marking metal

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I was wondering what to mark metal with I have been using a blue marker but sometimes it is hard to see.
Reply:You can use a chalk stick or paint marker found at any weld supply store.If its for a layout I use a carbide insert scratch awl.J P Streets Welding LLC
Reply:Ask for some soapstone or the silversteak markers work good.You get them both at the welding supply stores.
Reply:Originally posted by Jerry You can use a chalk stick or paint marker found at any weld supply store.If its for a layout I use a carbide insert scratch awl.
Reply:I got a 10 pound box of chalk i mark everything with.... Just sharpen a piece with ur bench grinder and go to town...
Reply:Ok thanks I guess I have some different choices I will try them all at somepoint I will look at those markers at the welding store and I will try chalk too.Thanks, Don
Reply:And, if you use a carbide scriber equipped with a magnet, you can really screw up floppy disks with it.Appreciation Gains You Recognition-
Reply:For fine marking I used pens that write on glass. They are a fine paint pen. They come in gold and silver. Get them at your local office supply or craft store.
Reply:With old eyes, I find that for machine work, Red layout dye is easier for me to see. For cutting and marking for welding, I use a Soap stone sharpened on a grinder. Attached Images
Reply:With old eyes, I find that for machine work, Red layout dye is easier for me to see. For cutting and marking for welding, I use a Sopa stone sharpened on a grinder. Attached Images
Reply:Sharpie markers.   Black for bright steel and silver for the rest.
Reply:Originally posted by sb62 Sharpie markers.   Black for bright steel and silver for the rest.
Reply:Sharpies for me(even when the tip goes flat, I just put the grinder to em and sharpen it back up to get the last drop out of them), but when the metal is too dark I go for yellow paint pens, even though they are a bit wide for my tastes.  Soapstone works great if the metal isn't covered in oil. A scribe rarely fails unless your cutting with plasma, the line likes to run off somewhere. Burnt a few tapemeasures up cause I was too lazy to find another method.  Oh yeah, small pebels work also. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Reply:I forgot to mention that I love metal marking pencils but I always manage to snap or crush them first day out so I've thrown in the towel on those things.Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Reply:Black Sharpies for cold rolled steel, Stainless and Alum.Berol Silver art pencils for hot rolled steel.
Reply:For me it's yellow paint pen, or silverstreak marker.  And when those runout  - soapstone.  It also depends on how fine a line you want and can see.Here in the Great White NorthMosquitoes can't fly at 40 below
Reply:sharpies and paint pens, sometimes on wood i'll use a boxknifeStangnetShop Full Of Stuff. Joey