A New? use of a story stick

[greymann]

I had one of those times when using a story stick was much better than measuring.  It was to get the width of the bottoms and tops for some heavy duty cabinets I'm making for my shop.  As I got my measurement something dawned on me that seemed so obvious that if it has been shown before, I apologize in advance.

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After squaring up the carcass as best as I could, I took my measurement on my Woodpecker story stick using the black stop which usually used at the end.

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Then I added a tab at each end to keep it parallel.  After that I simply slide it under the rail butting the stop against the rail and setting my stop block at the other end.

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Then I made my cut and here are the results.  I expect some variation on the other cabinets as this ply isn't too consistent from sheet to sheet but I thought it was worth sharing.

Dick

 

[mouppe]

That Woodpecker story stick is so darn useful! I've used it for a similar purpose, but for shelf widths not depths. I would say I use it more than a tape measure once I've rough cut my pieces.

 

[Kodi Crescent]

That new story stick is indispensable!  Very useful for marking repetitive marks for domino joints on multiple items.

 

[freddmc]

Do you have the storystick with the plastic tabs or the metal tabs?

 

[Paul G]

I'll be using this method soon, great times-aver and better results too. Thanks for posting.

 

[greymann]

I have the plastic tabs.

Dick