Jim Koepke
02-12-2015, 5:50 PM
Story stick that is...
It is time to make more potting benches for the farmers market. After having made a few the dimensions are pretty well determined with only a few to be worked out.
So a story stick with a locking head was made just for the layout of potting benches. The longest piece is 60" so the stick was made just a little longer than that.
Today cutting the slats for the top and lower shelf when rather well. No hassles with the measuring and the pieces came out more uniform in size than has ever been done before.
Here is the stick being used on the shelf slats:
306773
The head is against the end of the stock to be cut. The try square is butted up against the end of the story stick. A marking knife can also be used against the end of the story stick to mark the piece if so desired.
Here is the pile of 47 finished pieces:
306772
It is an odd number (and a prime number) due to a few pieces of scrap being used.
The pieces to the left are to be the legs.
jtk
It is time to make more potting benches for the farmers market. After having made a few the dimensions are pretty well determined with only a few to be worked out.
So a story stick with a locking head was made just for the layout of potting benches. The longest piece is 60" so the stick was made just a little longer than that.
Today cutting the slats for the top and lower shelf when rather well. No hassles with the measuring and the pieces came out more uniform in size than has ever been done before.
Here is the stick being used on the shelf slats:
306773
The head is against the end of the stock to be cut. The try square is butted up against the end of the story stick. A marking knife can also be used against the end of the story stick to mark the piece if so desired.
Here is the pile of 47 finished pieces:
306772
It is an odd number (and a prime number) due to a few pieces of scrap being used.
The pieces to the left are to be the legs.
jtk