6x4

If your cuts are going to be all the same width, make a couple of parallel guides to set your track from, no need for any marks, plus...

Kinda, but i find that erasers can smudge and leave deposits in open grained woods. TBH my best answer is remove pencil with a fine set...

A broad pencil for face marks , eg HB carpenters pencil doesn’t bother me if I sand from 120/180 upwards, carefully, I realise oak’s...

I get that bandsaws can misbehave - a pass through a thicknesses, drum sander an/or work with a hand plane can still give good results...

I was going to say something like yojevol above so won’t repeat that. The thicker veneers allow a bit more scope to sand/plane albeit...