Thread: Ever heard of a ticking stick?

Used one, never knew what it was called, or even that it had a name.

Certainly different to what I expected. Very clever and simple idea. Now I have to remember how it is done when the time comes to need a ticking stick!

Alan...

More commonly known as a joggle stick outside of the usa

Similar idea but I would use a stainless steel rule and mark a straight line from say 15 cm to 25 cm interval? If you can’t fit the interval on the paper than use others but write the numbers next to the line.

Originally Posted by AlexS

Used one, never knew what it was called, or even that it had a name.

Hi Alex

I have seen shipwrights here use a simpler version that they referred to as a memory stick or a scribing stick. Simpler in that instead of the knotch or knotches it had a few reference alighnment holes.

Memory Stick.jpg

They would also use it to transfer shapes and measurements from lofted plans to the workpiece. Stability and repeatability was ensured by screwing through the holes in the memory stick into a piece of plywood.


Cheers

Graeme

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

Hi Alex

I have seen shipwrights here use a simpler version that they referred to as a memory stick or a scribing stick. Simpler in that instead of the knotch or knotches it had a few reference alighnment holes.

Memory Stick.jpg

They would also use it to transfer shapes and measurements from lofted plans to the workpiece. Stability and repeatability was ensured by screwing through the holes in the memory stick into a piece of plywood.


Cheers

Graeme

Even better. I like it.

Yes. Its one of those tricks where when you see it done, it is so freaking simple.

More of a carpentry thing than a woodworking thing. Doesn't look like a precision tool at all

I could see where an Incra rule could be used for this and it would be very accurate.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

I could see where an Incra rule could be used for this and it would be very accurate.

Hi Chris

Could you expand on this?

The memory stick does not just measure the distance between two points, but the relative position of a series of points in two dimensional space. It is very accurate, hence its prolonged use and refinement by shipwrights. Remember, the memory stick is never used in isolation; it is always used with that plywood backing sheet.


Cheers

Graeme

Yep. A Joggle stick.

My grandfather, as his first occupation, was a shipwright. Built small boats, not sure what they were called, but they were kind of like covered runabouts. Schooner?

I saw him using these to put in bulkheads and do all the layup of things on the insides. He built many boats at home.

Haven't thought of it for decades until I happened across it by accident. It still amazes me as how accurate it is.

Originally Posted by woodPixel

Yep. A Joggle stick.

My grandfather, as his first occupation, was a shipwright. Built small boats, not sure what they were called, but they were kind of like covered runabouts. Schooner?
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Hi Woody

Definitely not a schooner. A schooner is a type of two masted yacht with the rear (main) mast taller than the front (fore) mast.

On small runabouts, every area had their very specific local names for them depending on size, design and intended use; launch was the main generic name. Here the names included day boat and fishing launch (neither had bunks), overnighter, cray dinghy and river boat. In that era, few had self-draining cockpits.


Cheers

Graeme

Originally Posted by yoboseyo

More of a carpentry thing than a woodworking thing. Doesn't look like a precision tool at all

I was always of the understanding that carpentry involved working with wood? Maybe I have been misled for 45 years?

Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.

Joinery, the work of the joiner, the fabrication and installation of fittings in buildings

So the structure is

Woodworking. Includes --
---- Carpentry = Building.
----Joinery = Fit Out.

According to Wiki