Feb 062011
A way that I have found for making straight lines on your wood projects, without making any marks on the wood with a pen or pencil, is to use tape. I used some scotch tape the other day to make a template for cutting perfect rings around a walking stick.
I used scotch tape to go around the walking stick and then used my knife to cut above and below the tape, creating a border/stop cut at the same time. The tape was then removed and I roughed out the inside of the ring.