What do you use to mark your stock?

Chalk? Crayon? Marker? Pencil?

Scott in Eastern Iowa

>All of those listed.....plus a marker, tape...whatever it takes really.

Its all getting sanded or planed off anyway.

Scott

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arw01

>Sharpee on the ends or pencil (really what ever I can find in that mess) to write the species and size.

Rough stock is a piece of chalk

Triangles is chalk

Cut marks is .5mm pencil.

Alan

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Robin Corell in Atascadero, CA

>For all layout and cut lines I use a knife I don't mark lumber acording to size or spiecies. I mark all templates and jigs with a fine line sharpie and include info about refrence lines or any thing else I might forget.

Robin Corell

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Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>I use a marking knife for marking lines to cut too, a .5 mm mechanical pencil for thin careful lines and a carpenters pencil for marking fat uncareful lines. I detest getting ink on wood because it is so hard to remove.

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JL

>Green lumber - crayon or "ink" pencil (think hard water color pencil) - Sharpies and ordinary pencils don't seem to take very well on wet wood :).

Rough lumber - pencil - it's going to be planed or sanded away.

Finished lumber - 0.5 mm mechanical pencil or marking knife.

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Barry Irby

>I have been using chalk lately to keep the project organized. (Triangles and labels like "left side top".) Thank you Dvid Marks. This is a really nice thing for me and it comes off easily, does not stain the wood and does not seem to reappear in the finish. The chalk was really helpful on a recent chest of drawers and bed of walnut. On dark woods I find I sometimes leave a pencil line behind which then stands out like a road sign when the finish is applied.

Pencils for "fat lines" and a knife for fine ones.

Sharpies occasionally, but usually on jigs and rough work. Sometimes on bowl blanks, but you have to be really careful to be sure to cut it away.

soft white chalk

bill tindal, E.TN

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Coloured Sidewalk Chalk-Pencil

Jim Shaver Oakville, Ont.

>Hi,

I use my daughters side walk chalk to mark out parts on rough stock prior to cutting. I also use the coloured pieces of chalk if I want to mark specific differences that I want to keep in mind. I often then switch to tape and pencil once the parts are milled. I also use pencil on end grain for assembly sequencing a lot.

take care,

Jim

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Jesse in New Mexico

>Chalk for rough layout of pieces on the board and for rough crosscut.

While still rough, a sharpie for triangles, reference sides, etc.

05mm pencil for cut lines (blue lead for dark stock like walnut). Scribing knife or marking gauge for fine work like dovetails.

What I would really love to figure out is some system that would remind me to remark those triangles after sanding - so I would know which part goes where at glue up time.

Don't use colored chalk!

Doug in Denver

>I used some pink chalk to mark some door parts of tiger maple and birdseye maple. Would not come off. The more I tried the more it went into the grain. I basically dyed the wood pink. Had to remake the doors.

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Donald Pierson

>Most of my marking is done with my inkjet printer. Most of my projects are small boxes. I wrote a windows program where I input the width and height of a rectangle and it is printed on my printer. I glue the paper rectangle onto the wood with waterproof glue sticks like kids use in school. I then rough cut to these lines before using a hand plane to finish. The remaining paper is easily removed with a wet sponge or sandpaper.