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30 January 2014 at 9:21 pm
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I find an HB fine for most woods but have harder pencils (2H and 3H) for when marking harder woods. I’ve tried softer pencils – 2B and 3B – which leave a nice dark line on pine, but they need constant sharpening (chisels are great pencil sharpeners) or you end up with too fat a line.
If an eraser doesn’t get all the marks off the timber, you can just plane them off. Take a super fine shaving and you’ll only lose a thou of thickness so likely won’t affect your joinery.
George.