A single silver Sharpie fits in my pocket. Then again, I have enough to carry when I go on a job. If I ever remember to pick some up while I'm in an art supply store, I might do just that. I suppose I could have just bought a whole pack of Sharpies in fluorescent orange, green, white, and black. The Sharpie proved valuable because it was visible in low light and glaring sunshine on just about any color surface. When I started remodeling a 1950 Cape Cod home a couple of years ago, I needed to make marks on rusty metal, cast-iron pipe, tile, and lumber so age-darkened it was nearly black. Of all of those, I have special fondness for one: the silver Sharpie. Having said all that, if I had to limit my marking kit to four things, I would list a carpenter's pencil, a carbide scribe, a silver Sharpie and mason's twine. You could scribe the rounded threshold the thickness of the shoe mold and. Turf: Turf-marking spray paint, stakes and mason's twineīare ground, gravel: Turf-marking paint, stakes and mason's line These tips from veteran carpenters will show you time-tested solutions. Gutters, downspouts, aluminum trim: Carpenter's pencil, carbide scribe Plastic: Silver or black Sharpie for PVC, white or silver Sharpie for gray and plastics Wet lumber, freshly-sawed timber: Markal Pro-Ex marker or Lumber CrayonĬoncrete: chalk, carpenter's pencil, or a snapped off hacksaw blade to score a deep mark that will not weather away Metal: Scratch awl, carbide scribe, soap stone marker 2 pencil, utility knife, marking knife, scratch awl Solid wood lumber: Carpenter's pencil, No. So here's a crash course on how to mark just about anything. They're great for lumber, concrete, concrete block and some types of brick, but they're almost useless on other surfaces, such as asphalt, plastic pipe, dark-colored lumber, metals. These are contour scribes, center scribes, and marking scribes. There are several types of wood scribes designed for different purposes. I never head out without two or three carpenter's pencils. In addition, a wood scribe should be easy to hold and allow you to trace on both smooth and rough surfaces. That being the case, why are so few people properly equipped to mark accurately? It seems many people carry a stubby carpenter's pencil and that's about it.ĭon't get me wrong. By running the pencil along the timber you can mark the right amount to cut off so the timber fits perfectly against an uneven edge or surface. OK so youd need two to do this, but you can use the width of the carpenters pencil to scribe timber in for a perfect fit. "Measure twice, cut once" is no good if you can't see your measurement. You can use them to scribe perfect joints. A cut line that you can't see is no help, nor is a dull scribble that's supposed to mark where you need to drill. It seems obvious that you can't cut or drill accurately unless you can mark accurately.
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