I use sticks (some people use wood rulers) with notches cut into them
to mark my cuts for spindle work on a lathe. I call these "marking
sticks". Do these things have a "real" name? Thanks.

story-stick is a term I have heard for the same thing
I believe.

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I use sticks (some people use wood rulers) with notches cut into them
to mark my cuts for spindle work on a lathe. I call these "marking
sticks". Do these things have a "real" name? Thanks.

wrote:
I use sticks (some people use wood rulers) with notches cut into them
to mark my cuts for spindle work on a lathe. I call these "marking
sticks". Do these things have a "real" name? Thanks.


A "story stick". See:

http://www.huntfamily.com/metz/storystick.htm

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On 31 Aug 2005 12:59:10 -0700, "
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I use sticks (some people use wood rulers) with notches cut into them
to mark my cuts for spindle work on a lathe. I call these "marking
sticks". Do these things have a "real" name? Thanks.

Don't know about woodturning - I think it's just called a gauge in
that case.

But for general carpentry my late Dad often used a piece of lath he
called a story stick - with measurements marked on with pencil or
occasionally a saw-cut for a specific job. He reused some, kept
others for repeat jobs.

He also used a simple adjustable sliding stick for measuring recesses,
which he called a pinch stick or pinch rod. With that, a bevel gauge,
and a profile gauge (i.e. his finger), he could fit a shelf perfectly
into an uneven recess in a few minutes - all with hand tools.

I still follow his advice to gauge rather than measure whenever
possible.

John

On 31 Aug 2005 12:59:10 -0700, "
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Some call them "story sticks"

I use sticks (some people use wood rulers) with notches cut into them
to mark my cuts for spindle work on a lathe. I call these "marking
sticks". Do these things have a "real" name? Thanks.

I recall some of the oldtimers used to call them shooting sticks.
Nowadays I hear story boards or story sticks. If you need to do a LOT of
one pattern, you can insert metal points in the edge of your stick (cut
the heads off brads, or, easier to adjust for even height, insert screws
from the back of the stick until the points protrude) and simply hold the
stick up to the spinning wood to make all your marks at once.

-mike paulson, fort collins, co


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I use sticks (some people use wood rulers) with notches cut into them
to mark my cuts for spindle work on a lathe. I call these "marking
sticks". Do these things have a "real" name? Thanks.

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(Mike Paulson) wrote:

I recall some of the oldtimers used to call them shooting sticks.
Nowadays I hear story boards or story sticks. If you need to do a LOT of
one pattern, you can insert metal points in the edge of your stick (cut
the heads off brads, or, easier to adjust for even height, insert screws
from the back of the stick until the points protrude) and simply hold the
stick up to the spinning wood to make all your marks at once.

-mike paulson, fort collins, co

Now that's a new twist on an old idea. Something new everyday on this
group and so little time :-)

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