You don't intend to mark the entire distance of the depth of the tails do you?
You'd be stuck with cut-in lines between the tails, use a pencil for that line.
But I think it would be better to use the kind of gauge that uses a wheel cutter
instead of a pin, which would do some shredding of the wood. My suggestion
is buy this one:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...33&cat=1,42936
or their 3-in-1, don't make one.

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Alex - "newbie_neander" woodworker
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:13:49 -0800, "AAvK" wrote:

You'd be stuck with cut-in lines between the tails, use a pencil for that line.

Many makers cut that line in deliberately, even for routed dovetails.
Sme years ago one of those strange orange-skinned TV antiques chappies
said that "good dovetails were marked out with a knife" and so ever
since then this has been seen as a sign of "genuine" work.

I admit I leave the lines in place on drawer sides, but not on the
outside of a carcase.