Ticking Stick

[Ken H.]

GMCers are always needing to fit something into a oddly shaped space, me
included. Here's a trick I've just learned for making that easy and
accurate. With grandfathers, uncles, and a father who were carpenters and
cabinet makers, and a personal lifetime of such work, I don't know how it's
taken me this long to learn this trick, but maybe this will help others:

bit.ly/302DQTr
or
https://www.core77.com/posts/91426/Workshop-Hack-How-to-Use-a-Ticking-Stick-to-Duplicate-Both-Rectilinear-and-Organic-Shapes-Precisely

Ken H.

 

[Nick Chapekis]

Simple and effective, but I would never have thought of it on my own. Thanks for posting.
--
Nick Chapekis
Ypsilanti, MI
78 Kingsley

 

[Richard RV]

Ken,
I 've been using tick sticking for almost 40 years, didn't really think it would show up on a vintage RV cult website! I love showing good yeoman
carpenters how to do it. At first they're humoring me while I'm showing them how it's done, then when I cut the complex shape and fit it into place
they usually say, Hey show me that again! The light bulb went on.

"Remember - measuring, transferring and memory are all error prone, pencil marks are not."
- Hieronymus Ticonderoga (inventor of the No. 2 pencil)

Thanks for posting it!

Richard
--
'77 Birchaven TZE...777;
'76 Palm Beach with 18,477 verified miles;
‘76 Edgemonte

 

[Matt Colie]

The method can actually used for curved shapes. One just needs to make lots of points along that curved surface and then flex a batten to match them
when creating the template.

That is just one of the clever things that gets done when building ships and boats.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[jim gunther]

YouTube: Isn't it great!

Gives us all courage to try stuff.
--
Jim Gunther
www.LotusV6.com

now former owner - ;(

73 GMC-II 2600
by Explorer