12-12-2015, 12:49 AM
What do you guys like to use to make sharp marks on darker woods like walnut. I use chalk for labeling but what about smaller lines to mark cut locations.
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12-12-2015, 12:59 AM
knife them in
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12-12-2015, 01:26 AM
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12-12-2015, 02:37 AM
If it needs to be a sharp line, you can knife it in, then follow up with chalkboard chalk rubbed into the knife line. I kind of like the baby powder idea, too. I also keep a white drawing pencil for less accurate marking.
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Allan Hill 
12-12-2015, 07:06 AM
Old standard tailor's chalk in the traditional form, but not color here. https://glittersoup.files.wordpress.com/...rkers2.jpg
Or as a pencil. https://img0.etsystatic.com/059/0/519871...2_ahom.jpg
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12-12-2015, 07:57 AM
Lay down a piece of painters tape. Mark on the tape
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12-12-2015, 08:09 AM
On walnut I use a fine point pen w/ liquid gel ink. Just don't put in your pocket, keep it strictly for this use. Or what Cecil said
Jim
12-12-2015, 10:05 AM
Go to an art supply store and buy a white pencil. Buy a couple while you are there.
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12-12-2015, 10:32 AM
I mark dark woods with a knife and follow with a light colored art store pencil. White works. I like light blue or yellow. They seem to show up better to me, YMMV. I like to run a sharp pencil point down the scribed line, then wipe off any of the mark outside the scribe, or hit it lightly with fine sandpaper, to remove all the mark except what remains in the thin scribed line. Talcum powder makes a mess on wood with open pores.
12-12-2015, 01:06 PM
You ever sharpen that chalk? Do it at the metal shop all the time. Have a pencil sharpener dedicated to just sharpening the round soap stones. If we have flat soap stones, then the belt sander works better to put a point on it.
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