[norson]

this may qualify as the dumbest question offered here

What pencil do you guys use?

Wood with lead which you sharpen?

Mechanical?

Regardless what # lead?

Thanx

-neb

 

[norson]

Thank you one and all.

At times these sticks need "extensions" - they simply are not long enough - yet very salvageable - to be used for a cane. So I simply attach with a dowel screw and wood glue another piece. But that requires some clean/clear cuts with my fine tooth draw saw.

To accomplish that I have found it's best to lay the two pieces side-by-side on my work bench and using a T-square make a cut line across both pieces. Doing that on raw wood, some of it with a good underbark layer remaining is not always easy to see to make those cuts.

I will prob continue using the #2 pencils.

-neb

 

[norson]

I have both #2 pencils and wax markers sitting around. Some of the woods I try to mark are hard enough and slippery enough that pencils don't work.

In some cases, I just lay the straight edge on the wood, and use it as a guide to start the saw cut. I use this saw a lot.