Just a quick poll. Do you use an awl, knife, or pencil to mark?
Bob
Awl, Knife or Pencil
Oct 13, 2003
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knife and pencil.
Mike Co> Just a quick poll. Do you use an awl, knife, or pencil to mark?
Pencil for most stuff, awl for critical marking.
-- Mark
95% Pencil 5% Knife
One double bevel or a pair of single bevels? I'd be surprised if anyone actually used pairs.
A Magic marker. . . . . . . . .
just kidding! Sharp pencil.
dave
Bob wrote:
YES!
And a Sharpie marker a few times in a pinch . . .
snipped-for-privacy@operamail.com (Bob) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:
Mostly a knife, double bevel...made by Hock...pencil for rough work...
DCH
I forgot: 3M blue tape. I use that to mark finished wood like baseboard, crown, etc. works great!
dave
Bob wrote:
Yes.
-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)
What????? you got no crayons? :-]
Depends on the application. For framing and rough work, a black Sharpie. For most everything else, a pencil. For the fine stuff, like dovetails and precise cuts, a single bevel knife.
JE
Marking knife for furniture projects, pencil for "carpentry-class" projects (sharpened really well)
All of the above.
Barry
Pentel 0.7mm Mech. Pencil.
Regards, Tom Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
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Just to add to the chorus here: Pencil for rough work, knife for dovetails and such.
Knives used:
Veritas double-bevel marking knife. I use this one for dovetails and tenon shoulders.
Crown set of left and right-bevel marking knives. I use these for cutting cardboard and linoleum.
Hock shiv with homemade cocobolo handle. I use this one for killing and field-dressing small animals.
Chuck Vance
ALL THREE ... But I usually mark with an exacto knife ...
Bob Griffiths
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