Marking darker wood

[jussi]

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.

[JGrout]

knife them in

[Steve N]

Yeah Bob Z got me in the pocket


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On dark woods after I strike a line I give it a shot of







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[AHill]

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.

[MichaelMouse]

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

[Cecil]

Lay down a piece of painters tape. Mark on the tape

[Halfathumb]

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

[Howard Acheson]

Go to an art supply store and buy a white pencil. Buy a couple while you are there.

[DieselDennis]

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.

Nowhere near as accurate as the knife, but may be accurate enough for you.

[Richard D.]

Silver welder's pencil.