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[GMCnet] Ticking Stick [message #362521]

Thu, 25 February 2021 06:34

Ken Henderson

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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA

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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.
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Re: [GMCnet] Ticking Stick [message #362524 is a reply to message #362521]

Thu, 25 February 2021 08:59

nchapekis

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Registered: February 2004
Location: Ypsilanti, MI

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Simple and effective, but I would never have thought of it on my own. Thanks for posting.

Nick Chapekis
Ypsilanti, MI
former owner - 78 Kingsley

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Re: [GMCnet] Ticking Stick [message #362528 is a reply to message #362521]

Thu, 25 February 2021 13:02

Richard RV

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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 under construction; ‘76 Edgemont waiting its turn

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Re: [GMCnet] Ticking Stick [message #362538 is a reply to message #362528]

Thu, 25 February 2021 17:07

Matt Colie

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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan

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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

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Re: [GMCnet] Ticking Stick [message #362554 is a reply to message #362538]

Sat, 27 February 2021 05:21

JimGunther

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Registered: March 2007
Location: West Haven, CT

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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

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