A good source may be a local lapidary supply house, they cary the motor bases
for rock polishers but I still think you could pick up a print tube w/base at
a reduced cost. Check used equip at photo stores ect.
As far as lampblack goes, you can always grind things finer but if it is
already fine enough for you, milling it is still the most efficient way to
mix it all up with no lumps.
Painters usually use a palette knife and their oil medium of choice and mix
an a piece of plate glass.
good luck in your search,
Michael Sandquist
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>> When
>>grinding pigment it is important to achieve the correct "charge"
>>in the mill: about 50-60% grinding media (high density alumina,
>>ALO3 is great and dosn't cost that much) then add your pre-mill
>>liquid sludge to a point just below the top layer of grinding
>>media in the bottle.
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>I recently tried mixing powdered lampblack with no luck, so have been
> thinking
>about trying the mill approach. However, I am wondering if the dried
> pigment
>actually needs to be "ground" or simply vigorously mixed? The pigments
> that I'm
>thinking of are already milled, so I kind of doubt that they will be
> ground much
>finer by this method. On the other hand, grinding could break up clumps of
>pigment particles. Do you suppose a plastic jar or piece of plastic pipe
> partly
>filled with marbles would work? What would be a good source for these
> mill, and
>grinding media here in the US? I am already familiar with Edmund
> Scientific and
>will check their catalog, but can you recommend others?
>
>I bought my lampblack at an art supply store, so presumably painters mix
> this
>stuff up regularly. How do they do this?
>
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