Marking tools for easy readability

DerbyDad03 wrote:

One handy device inherited from a dedicated handiperson is a fluorescent
lamp with a magnifier in the center. PIA if you need to move it, but
the lighting and glasses bit doesn't always work.....my condo has large
windows on all sides but the lighting is often not sufficient for older
eyes and fine work. New prescription, so that's not an issue.

On Nov 3, 3:03*pm, "[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
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I have a lamp similar to this mounted on my workbench. Mine has a flip-
up cover to keep dust off of the magnifying glass.

And yes, I have used it to determine socket size many times!

Also great for removing splinters, especially tiny metal ones.

http://www.nettally.com/palmk/MagnifyingLamp.jpg

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:56 -0500, Robert Green wrote:

You could possibly notch the vertical face of the most common ones for the
types of job that you do using a hacksaw or a cutting disc in a grinder
(e.g. 1 notch for 3/8", 2 for 1/2", 3 for 9/16"). Maybe spacing the
notches at 90 degree intervals (or 45) will make them far enough apart to
avoid ambiguity.

Personally I've found that if I'm using sockets a lot I can just look at a
bolt and know what size it is, and look at a socket bit and do the same. I
seem to lose that skill if I'm not using them often though, and it all
falls apart given a mixture of AF / Whitworth / BSF / Metric sizes (which
often applies to old British cars :-)

cheers

Jules

Bill wrote:

Here's a trick. On my last annual visit to the eye doctor, I got a
prescription for 2.25 mag contact lenses.

I wear ONE.

I can easily read without glasses (through one eye of course) and I can
drive because the magnifying lens doesn't interfere with depth perception
even if the objects are a tad fuzzy through that one eye.

The ONLY downside is precision depth perception at arm's length or less.
Most of the time it's no problem but in the case of putting teeny gears back
inside a ladies antique watch, I drop on a magnifying headset.

These AccuVu constant-wear lenses are good for one-two months and cost about
$30 ($27 at Sams) for six. YMMV.

Robert Green wrote:

I've had fair luck with "Brother p-Touch". It makes a labeling tape similar
to a Dymo but very, very thin - it's a thermal printer rather than an
embosser. It's advertised purpose is to label file folders and the like. I
would think the label's thinness would make it less vulnerable to being
knocked loose in the tool box.

Here's an example, although cheaper models are available.
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On Nov 3, 4:02*pm, "HeyBub" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

You are the third person in as many months from whom I have heard the
one-contact-for-reading trick.

What did your eye doctor say about doing that?

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On Nov 3, 4:02 pm, "HeyBub" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

You are the third person in as many months from whom I have heard the
one-contact-for-reading trick.

What did your eye doctor say about doing that?
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my wife does this. it was prescribed by her optimologist. it's pretty common
now.

You might want to try a paint crayon. Here you smush the paint into the
engraved markings to improve the contrast. As a locksmith we used these on
safe dials.


--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.




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On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:56 -0500, "Robert Green"
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Use a brand of paint marker.

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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:

Degrease real well, and paint the engraved letters with a junkyard pen,
then wipe off the excess.

Does Sears still sell the Giant Type socket sets? I haven't looked at
their displays lately, since the only socket I have used in last couple
of years is a spark plug wrench on the yard equipment.

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aem, who is getting to have trouble seeing stuff like that myself, sends....