This is probably one of those ideas from a long time ago, but I thought I would put it out anyway.
When I resaw, I find it harder and harder to see the resaw line. So I use my rolling cutting marker to mark the line and then fill that in with a fine Sharpee - red here, but any color helps to highlight the cut line.
You can see the marked line beyond the red fill but the red line is much easier for me to see.
Forrest
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Forrest
Huntington Beach, CA
1985 500->510->520, bandsaw, jointer, planer, PowerPro, double-tilt, 3" casters,(now obsolete) speed increaser
forrestb wrote:I used a rolling head marker from Lee Valley and it left an indent deep enough to follow with the Sharpie without needing a straight edge.
Forrest http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.a ... at=1,42936
Very nice! Christmas is just around the corner, and it just got added to my wish list. (The marking gauge, that is. I'm pretty sure that pocket change will suffice to buy the Sharpie ).
I've never seen one of those markers before - it looks pretty useful. I also like the mortise gauge heads and collars they sell as an accessory - this set up would make laying out mortises a snap and looks simpler and more accurate than the old square wooden marking gauges I have:
'78 Mark V 500 #27995 (my Dad bought new)
'82 Mark V 500 #96309
Two '47 10E's (serial#4314+6149) - one a dedicated drill press and the other a lathe
Two 10E/ER in parts slowly being restored…#26822 and #????? (SS plate missing)
SPT's: Bandsaw, Belt Sander, Strip Sander, Jointer, Jigsaw, Biscuit Joiner
dgale wrote:I've never seen one of those markers before - it looks pretty useful. I also like the mortise gauge heads and collars they sell as an accessory - this set up would make laying out mortises a snap and looks simpler and more accurate than the old square wooden marking gauges I have:
While you're at it you may want to browse the company that came out with the beveled cutting disc, Bridge City Tool Works. (I had my first one from them long before Lee Valley started selling (Veritas?) theirs. Not that they're any better (I dunno), just that they have something alike but different. Some of them are discontinued, but people sell the old ones from time to time. I think there's a blog...
The double arm Mortising/ Marking Gauge MG-2 in particular is a joy to behold, to hold, and to use.
Mark V 520, Power-Pro!; Speed Reducer; B/S; Jointer; ShopMate DCS; SS Tenon Master; Rip-Strate; Incra; BCTW; DW734; var. SS sanding systems; Wood River;
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