Metalworker Mike wrote:
> Robert Hutchins wrote:
>> And didya notice he did PINS first?
> 
>   I used to do tails first.  It made sense if you wanted to gang-saw 
> your tails.  The problem is that marking pins from tails means marking 
> on end-grain, and that kind of sucks.

A slim knife with a steep bevel does it well enough.

If the knife has a low bevel, the mark is too narrow
to see well - I learnt this from the excellent mark
left by a tite-mark gauge.

For shoulders, a low bevel works well, since the cut
is deep enough for the cut to have width.

   BugBear
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