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wongarsutoday at 11:36 AM1 replyview on HN

If you want to use a rope to get a straight line, your best bet is to turn the rope itself into the pencil. Coat it in chalk or other powder, then put it under tension and snap it on to the desired surface


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benatoday at 11:43 AM

This is actually a tool used in construction. A chamber filled with chalk and a coiled line. You hook the line to one end of your item, pull the chamber across, make it tight, snap the line.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-100-ft-Bold-Line-Chalk...

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