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Back when I was building custom kitchens step one was to go to the customers house and make story poles of the room dimensions...length, depth and height. Back at the shop the first order of business was ripping up a batch of 1 1/2" wide strips of quarter inch birch plywood to make story sticks out of. I'd use the story poles to make story sticks with the birch plywood strips. Depending on the size of the project it took anywhere from a few hours to a day or 2 to create complete full scale layouts of every component. Once those story sticks were created I never touched a ruler…the sticks were used to layout anything that needed to be measured. This totally eliminated mistakes plus once I was finished those story sticks got bundled up and stored and if down the road somebody needed something like a cabinet door replicated I wouldn't even have to go back to the job, I'd just go into the pile of story sticks and build with complete assurance the item would be correct. Story sticks rule! I'm retired now and will soon be moving and downsizing my shop. It has been really fun to look back through this inventory of projects...before I toss all that history on a burn pile. 😃

Ordered. I think I might inlay brass pins for common divider locations on mine.

"Clamp them, lock them, hold them, boil them, mash them, put them in a stew"

Thanks James

Snide comment (as requested) 😄 Nice video. I'll put this on my list of kits to buy...need a Pinch Rod kit first.

They look great! the boiled linseed oil really brings out the beauty of the wood. Thanks for sharing this.

Snide remark. As requested. And ... Thanks for another great project and video!

'Love the Drill-press ~ elegant functionality!

I like it as an idea for doing the rough layout, a lot nicer looking (and probably to use) than my art store yard stick (a floppy aluminum job)

That looks like a fun and useful project. You'll have to let us know in the Hive Mind how they measure up over time.

Beautiful work, James! Really well done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Nice job👊 really like all your content!!

Nice job as always. Also, you may have talked about in an earlier video, I really like the manual drill press(there may be a technical name for it but not sure what it is.😏)

Ain't watched yet just finishing up a reenactment hatchet handle n just wanted to shout out the card scraper, it's beautiful tiny curls and how well it cleans up tool marks for a gorgeous finish that's all lol

Love that drill press!

I love that Jeff is doing all of these projects and I really don't mean to be THAT guy but is there any news yet about when his planes will come out?

@reedplanes728

Ай бұрын

They are not that far away - late summer early fall. Truth is I like developing tools more than making them. I have one last project (critical to plane development) to finish before I offer them for sale. Thanks for asking!

Thanks for sharing that!

Thanks for sharing.

Great video! Thanks!!!

Cool project.

seems like a fair amount of space for a bit carving ;)

Very meaningful video

I think it would be cool to inlay brass on the inches and maybe 2 different contrasting woods on the 1/2 and 1/4. Make it a real heirloom looking piece.

James rules!

Best story ever! I mean even Pooh had sticks! LOL.

@Tensquaremetreworkshop

Ай бұрын

...and he threw his in the water.

@ianpearse4480

Ай бұрын

@@Tensquaremetreworkshop If it floats it's a witch! LOL.

@Tensquaremetreworkshop

Ай бұрын

@@ianpearse4480 Ahh, you twigged on to that...

Thanks

Interesting project- but I always feel that dark wood (mahogany type) goes better with brass. A brushed finish, and it is reminiscent of old cameras. I also like making my own brass parts- it is easy to fabricate such shapes by brazing sections together. More personal, and actually less work than filing castings. I tend to make all by projects furniture that way- difficult to get quality brass furniture at all, never mind at a reasonable cost...

Cbd love your channel!

Can you make a folding measuring stick?

That would be really pretty with a brass insert for the rule rather than the sticker. I know it's heresy here, but the brass would pop nicely with walnut instead of white oak.

What a lovely project! Your sawing skills are impressive! #sawinggoals

Hello, Mr. Wright; Very good video, James. Maybe like you, I try to avoid measuring & transfer dimensions. I appreciate your 'showing your work', as the teacher said. BTW, I'll email later, I want your help w/ a project. Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!

The king acquires a taste for collagen injections and becomes a Lipped Ruler

"Don't give me no lip", I can imagine your kids needing to say that to you.

You said "brass holes". 😏

Utterance in the lower area

Well, it’s a story to measure out all your work and better work means less useless work. But as it goes, our Dad Jokes just measure up to something, sometimes, somehow but that also is another story…

I love those Tshirts of yours I want one

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

I sell a new one once a month sales are only open between the 1st and 7th of the month. Www.woodbywright.com

Interesting. I was thinking of making yard sticks, and I was worrying about bowing in the boards. And it looks like you're saying it's not really an issue, beside esthetics.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

It is not great but as long as the bow is up it is not a problem.

Story sticks rule.

Would it be possible to make some kind of stencil for the measurements? Perhaps from .1" sheet metal that could act as a heat shield and then you hit the whole thing with a torch and the markings are burned into the wood where there is no metal covering it. When are you coming back to homemade BLO?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

That could be fun. Jeff is actually making a roller that you can push the rod through and it will cut all of the marks into the wood for you. I'm really interested to see how that comes out.

With those bent pieces of would, this put me in mind of that video you made on a bow file. Instead of a lipped ruler I think it wood be better to call it a "bow ruler". Does that count as a snide remark?

Planed it down to the brass? Yikes that scares me😮.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

surprisingly you can plane brass.

@jerbear7952

Ай бұрын

I'm stunned an find it freeing that the more I watch these plane videos on KZread the more I see these guys treat them like rental cars. Paul Sellers himself will practically use the end of one to open a beer bottle. I am shocked but relieved. The first time I ever whacked one of my antique planes with a METAL hammer I almost couldn't do it. Works fine though :)

@mrcheese3981

Ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo Really? But surely it bluntens the blade pretty quickly? Have you ever tried planing aluminium?

@reedplanes728

Ай бұрын

@@mrcheese3981 I use a chisel all the time when cleaning up before I file when an area is hard to reach. It is like working with Ipe, yup they dull faster. Cutting bronze or brass is done with HSS end mills that have the same hardness as a woodworking chisel or plane blade. I have not purposely planed bronze but I am not concerned if I hit it when cleaning up. The traditional metal working approach is to bring the metal to the level of the wood. I have done this as well by leveling the wood to the metal. Each method has pros and cons.

@mikesalmo

Ай бұрын

This is part of why I love using brass in general. It’s pretty soft. It also isn’t magnetic, doesn’t conduct electricity, conducts head poorly, and it doesn’t rust. I mean, it tarnishes slowly (and that looks kinda nice to me) but not rust rust. But it’s usually hard enough for screws, nuts, bolts, etc. When restoring stuff, sometimes I leave the tarnish. Sometimes I polish it back shiny. I keep a 1/8th inch rod around and use it like wood dowel sometimes for accents, or I can easily thread it. There are a lot of times steel is the right choice, but brass, bronze, aluminum, etc. are nice options to consider sometimes and less risky to chip a blade.

They’ll set things straight.

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Any chance that the brass mallet is blacktail studio/Cam Anderson's mallet? It really reminds me of it but I wasn't 100% sure either way.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

That is from DMT tool works.

@griffhawkins8909

Ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo Oh, okay! Good to know, thanks!

CDB - not to be confused with CBD, which is the medicinal ingredient of marijuana.

snide remark goes here.

Have you ever made a metric story stick?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

LOL I like that one. My story stick is on the Kelvin scale

Danish oil is Boil linseed oil ? huh ... my wife call it my garage cologne.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

Yup. What they call danish oil is just pure BLO

@SimonWillig

Ай бұрын

Hmm. I guess every manufacturer has its own recipe... Btw: is this linseed oil boiled or 'boiled'?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

This is traditional boiled linseed oil with out driers. So just super heated Linseed oil that has quickened the polymerization.

@mattelias721

Ай бұрын

Okay, dude, "garage cologne" goes into the hall of fame, along with "sawdust is man glitter" I think you win this comment section.

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Engagement

Have you ever tried a pullsaw? I could NEVER cut straight with the American style of saw - for whatever reason and had no issues with a pullsaw. But, everyone is different.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

Yes. They are great. And the Japanese style tends to be easier for the beginner to grasp. The western style gives you more control but that also means that any small twitch in your arm elbow or shoulder will send it off course.

DBC!!!

@cbryantbear6498

Ай бұрын

Oh man!!! I messed that up… it should be BDC, “Below Down Comment.” 😢😢😢😂. James thank you for all you do. It is a real encouragement to continue in this hobby (not sport. That is a debate for later) thank you!!!

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That's a great one day project that will be very useful. The drill press looks like a converted breast drill, especially with that wildly swinging forehead knocker. I'd love to know if I'm wright and how you made it. I have a breast drill that I'd like to convert. CDB = Charlie Daniels Band

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

It's not a breast drill. It was originally made but the pressing arm on top was added by a previous owner.

1:02 A crooked ruler? Color me shocked.

Snide comment, down there.

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I find peening fun as well.

This comment is a snide remark. Snide, I tell you!

CBD

Snide comment.

@jerbear7952

Ай бұрын

Woah woah woah man. Come on kids watch this.

@davidrustylouis6818

Ай бұрын

@@jerbear7952 😆

Not the type of tool I used,seeing as not much space in my little shed I think I’ll stick to storey sticks and a tape measure.

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