Marking tools?

[Bill in Buena Park]

Like most have said, depends on the surface to be marked.

I prefer #2 wood (precise) & carpenter (rough) pencils for wood, or an Exacto when scribing through a pattern. Black Sharpie for metal, plastic.

[Bruce Cohen]

Peroxide removes blood from wood, clothes and just about anything, but it still will show under an alternate light source and Luminol. DAMHIK


Bruce

[Stan]

#2 pencils by the box. Put an electric sharpener in the shop and sharpen 'em a dozen at a time and then scatter them around the shop. About the time I can't look up and grab one -- I sharpen another dozen......

[Len]

I either use a .7mm mechanical pencil or marking knife, depending on what I'm doing. I also have a two pin marking gauge (not listed) for laying out mortises and tenons.

Len

[Wood_workur]

#2 pencils by the box. Put an electric sharpener in the shop and sharpen 'em a dozen at a time and then scatter them around the shop. About the time I can't look up and grab one -- I sharpen another dozen......

or put an x-acto hand crank sharpener and sharpen in like 1/4 the time of that.

http://www.staples.com/office/suppli...:CG11:CL110301

best sharpener I've ever used.

[dbhost]

Depends on the accuracy I am shooting for. For most projects I use carpenters pencil sanded to a fine edge. For any project requiring serious accuracy, I use a .5mm hard lead mechanical pencil. My dog is smart enough to know my mech pencils aren't food... Not smart enough to know carpenters pencils aren't...