| What is a carpenter pencil? | | | | Each type of wood will require a different pressure |
| Carpenter pencils have been around since the early | | | | to make the mark you want. If you are using pine |
| 1500's. A Carpenter's Pencil is large, flat pencil | | | | you won't have to use much pressure to make your |
| designed to mark wood for cutting. A perk of using a | | | | mark but if you are using hard maple you will have to |
| carpenters pencil is the lead is just about the same | | | | use more force to mark it. Try the your pencil on a |
| width as a blade of a hand saw or circular saw. If | | | | scrap piece first. I use the carpenter pencil in |
| you don't sharpen it to a fine point it works very well | | | | combination with a square or straight edge (ruler). I |
| to mark out the width of the blade when you are | | | | lay the square where I want to make the mark and |
| laying out your cuts on the boards. | | | | then pull the tip of the pencil along the edge of the |
| Do you need an carpenter pencil? | | | | square to keep the line straight. Here is a cute video |
| Most of the time when remodeling your house it | | | | showcasing the latest carpenter pencil. I use wood |
| really doesn't matter what you use to mark your | | | | pencils instead of the refillable ones mainly because I |
| wood or drywall before your cut it, because your | | | | leave them laying all over the place and I would |
| lines and marks are usually hid behind paint or trim. | | | | never be able to find just one pencil. |
| You will find most of the time though a pencil is too | | | | Which Carpenter's Pencil Is Best For You? |
| brittle, a pen skips, and a felt-tip bleeds too much. A | | | | I will let you decide how nice of an pencil you need. |
| Carpenter's Pencil fixes all of these issues and makes | | | | There are three for you to choose from. Basic |
| marking most construction items easy. The lead lasts, | | | | Homeowner Grade - You use it every month or so - |
| it doesn't break easily, it's cheap and will mark on | | | | Good tool at a good price. Remodel/Construction |
| most building materials. The lead is easy to clean off | | | | Grade - You use it every weekend - Better tool, will |
| the wood clean, especially if the wood you are using | | | | last you years. Professional Grade - You use it |
| is really porous and will soak up the ink from a magic | | | | everyday - When you only want the best. |
| marker easily. I use carpenter pencils a lot. I keep a | | | | If you are buying the wood pencils, buy 6 to 12 at a |
| dozen or so right with my tape measures. When | | | | time for the best deal. You can go my website and |
| they all get dull I like to use a carpenter pencil | | | | then order the right carpenter pencil for you. The are |
| sharpener to sharpen them, but you can quickly use | | | | dozens of companies that sell carpenter pencils but I |
| a utility knife out at the job. I use the taper drill to | | | | only show you companies to buy from that I trust. |
| mark and start holes and a carpenter's pencil to mark | | | | You know that my selections are based on many |
| cuts. | | | | years of using tools both around the home and at |
| Using One | | | | work. |