Story Stick and Tape Measurer

With age comes habits, some good and some bad. My bad habit is not measuring
things when I'm building a project, avoiding a tape measurer or ruler as much as I can.
Story sticks have been my building process for as long as I can remember, I mark it
out in the being of a project and never look back with any doubt or wondering if boards 
are the same size or second guessing joinery locations. 
My first job in woodworking was in a cabinet shop were they built custom cabinets. 
Gluing up panels for whatever the project was is where it all started. Eventually I
was constructing cases and during this time period is where I learned about 
story sticks, there really were not many tape measures if any to be found. There
was a wall in the back of the shop with measurements laid out on it and from this
story sticks were made for the various projects. Looking back I realize how
great of a system this was and think about doing something like this in my own
shop if it were not for the lack of wall space I have in my little shop so I tend to use
a yard stick to lay out my story sticks.
Ultimately do what works for you or or whatever you're comfortable with, for me I will
be using story sticks probably till the day leave this place.   

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