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Layout lines on dark cedar?
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 4/3/2001, 11:56 am

This is probably a really dumb question, but here goes. While making a Greenland "stick" out of a rather dark cedar 2x4, I had problems making visible layout lines without impressing them into the wood to the point that they were difficult to remove without taking off a lot of extra wood with them. I used the softest pencil I could find in the house, to no avail. Are there special layout pencils for this purpose? Markers won't work since the cedar would soak up the ink like a sponge. Is there such a thing as a fine line chalk pencil?

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Layout lines on dark cedar?
Brian Nystrom -- 4/3/2001, 11:56 am
Re: Layout lines on dark cedar?
John Monfoe -- 4/4/2001, 4:12 am
Try typist's friend: White-out *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2001, 9:41 pm
Re: Layout lines on dark cedar?
Dave Houser -- 4/3/2001, 6:24 pm
some layout ideas
mike allen ---> -- 4/3/2001, 12:09 pm
Re: some layout ideas
Ken Sarkozy -- 4/3/2001, 12:42 pm
Re: Layout lines on dark cedar?
Rob Macks -- 4/3/2001, 12:06 pm
Damn, you're fast!
Brian Nystrom -- 4/3/2001, 12:13 pm