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17th November 2019, 08:54 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Ever heard of a ticking stick?
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Give yourself a “why didn’t I think of that moment”
Basically, a way to reproduce complex shapes.
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18th November 2019, 07:43 AM #2
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18th November 2019, 07:48 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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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!
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18th November 2019, 09:48 AM #4
More commonly known as a joggle stick outside of the usa
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18th November 2019, 02:47 PM #5
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.
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18th November 2019, 04:04 PM #6
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.
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Graeme
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18th November 2019, 04:47 PM #7
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20th November 2019, 12:31 PM #8
Yes. Its one of those tricks where when you see it done, it is so freaking simple.
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23rd November 2019, 12:45 PM #9Senior Member
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More of a carpentry thing than a woodworking thing. Doesn't look like a precision tool at all
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23rd November 2019, 01:58 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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I could see where an Incra rule could be used for this and it would be very accurate.
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25th November 2019, 09:56 PM #11
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.
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Graeme
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25th November 2019, 10:02 PM #12
Joggle stick
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.
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26th November 2019, 10:57 AM #13
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.
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2nd December 2019, 01:55 PM #15Carpentry 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.
Woodworking. Includes --
---- Carpentry = Building.
----Joinery = Fit Out.
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