I worked for a short time with a Norwegian cabinetmaker (Knute Hakas) in the
70’s who worked in metric and used story sticks extensively.  He could put a
whole kitchen on a story stick.  Easy to put built in bookcases and shelving on
a story stick with no measuring at all.  I think the point is that any stick can
be a story stick, and it might just have a single use, or be hung from the shop
rafters with the other patterns for future use.

Here is something I believe they actually made for a while after the April Fools
- reusable

http://www.leevalle
y.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=65359 <http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/p
age.aspx?p=65359">http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=65359>

Boatbuilders have easy ways to make a panel that fits inside the boat against a
curved hull with curved deck overhead.  I learn best when I can see something,
and I had great teachers.


Ed Minch