kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNpkkpmZyt6ufoE.html I have had a few comments regarding the use of a compass to scribe the curve directly to the ply. As this will not create a curve that will fit I have done a video to demo why. Have a look. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNpkkpmZyt6ufoE.html Cheers Mike

The idea behind a tikerstick was for ship wright's to convey complex shapes and structures to other workers for milling. This was a great video. I first learned about this tool on another channel, see jane drill.

I shall now have a ticking stick in my shop. Thanks!

I’ve heard of ticking sticks, but never seen them demonstrated so clearly. Thank you 🙏 😊

Wow - so easy. I never heard of this technique before - using a ticking stick. I could have used this many times in the past, now I'll use it in the future. Nice explanation and demonstration. At first I questioned that the ticking stick wasn't kept parallel to other marks. You demonstrated that it doesn't have to, just follow the marks on the paper. Good job. 9/22/2023.

I've made covers for my shop tools like this. On the bottom surface in each corner of the cover I use a Forstner bit to make a flat recess, and epoxy in a small flat 6mm diameter neo magnet. These mags hold the cover in place, but make it really simple to remove.

Excellent demonstration made very clear, thanks

Thank you!! So simple it's genius.

Very helpful! This is a better technique than I typically use- a set of dividers. Thank you for sharing!

What a brilliant idea. Thank you for sharing this.

Brilliant demonstration on how to avoid gaps on curves.Never too old to learn.

I have always wondered how the ticking stick was used. This is beyond brilliant. Thanks for putting up this video!

It's true that you learn something new every day and this it the thing for today. Never seen or heard of this method and device before. When you said you were covering the ways on your mill, you had me stumped, because they are already covered by the table, but you meant the T slots in the table. They can't be 'Ways', because no other part of the machine 'runs' on them.

Nice Job, Mike. Nice to see us old guys can still pass on knowledge that may have been lost in this age of CNC machines and laser cutters. I'd rather use the ticking stick. To me, it seems more like craftsmanship rather than programming.

Very cool method. I think many would just grab a contour gauge nowadays, but this is a great alternative. Always nice to have multiple ways of doing things.

Marvelous. Heard of it, had no idea what it was or how to use. Thanks for the demo.

Worked like a charm. I have to admit I would have unbolted the vise and sat it on the plywood and marked it. But where you can not do that this looks like a great way.

You made me feel old! In the early 80's I remember using a similar - but much smaller - ticking stick when replicating complex moulding setups for a Wadkin four block moulding machine. I believe the mouldings were for some stately house restoration in Yorkshire. Three days of setup and HSS cutter grinding to get a precise match and then two days of running timber - I think it was Pearwood maybe - to produce enough material for the works. Our ticking sticks were very narrow and hand the pencil hole cut directly in line with the fine point to eliminate the need for offsets. I used a rough cut one a few years ago when doing some tiling for my niece - being old can be great :-)

So amazing! I had no idea watching this how it was going to work out! Thanks for sharing.

Wow! How cool. Thanks.

Great video Mike, I’m a shipwright and I use tick sticks or a variety of often. I usually use thin ply for my templates and tack it in place with a small nail and never thought to use paper and tape. I’ll be stealing that one. Cheers

An excellent video, well demonstrated, lots of useful tips. I will definitely try this method out soon. Keep up the good work.

Wow never seen before. At first I was worried about the stick not being parallel and those off-beat markers when tracing the bottom straight section. This is amazing technique. Thanks for sharing. You also earned a subscriber 🙂

Great little tool with huge outcomes and brilliant explanation.Thanks for sharing.

Ingenious. Love it for its simplicity.

Great little tool, love it 😊

Hello Mike, great! to see a good wholesome talented New Zealander producing some excellent videos on KZfaq. I'm getting geared up to make your extension leg for my sled. All the best for the new year. Jim Dean.👍

Definitely enjoyed it sir! Works like a charm.

Interesting, informative, educational. Well worth knowing. Pretty easy to make and easy to use. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

Just excellent !

For edges where smooth curves stay within 0.25" of the board you're cutting when they're pressed together, I love the "Washer" technique. Just put down a washer and run your pencil along the inner edge while the washer follows the curve. Glad to have found this for the bigger, trickier, irregular curves. Those are always such a pain, and the tolerance always winds up being a little off somewhere!!

Excellent video thankyou for the tips

interesting. 👍 I sent this vid to my brother whom does wood working.

Great idea

Thanks again!

Slick, mate!

See Jane drill did this I believe. Great tool!

VERY impressive, as all simple ideas are. Brand new to this wood working kaper, so absorbing as may KZfaq 'How To's' as I can find. The 'A-Ha' moment didn't click until you were transfering the marks on to the ply. Very handy trick, and thank's for passing that on 👍 Cheers Pete' Hokitika.

👍👍👍.Thank you

Here let me show you fine craftsmanship with just a stick! We do need need no ruler or tape measure! 90% of my automotive metal work is done this way! High precision with non calibrated stick every time!

Nice video about how to use a ticking stick. And I know it was merely to show how to make and use such a stick. However, in that situation, you equally could have slid the paper under the part and marked it so easily as well. But nice example of how to make and use such a device all the same... Thumbs Up!

Add a couple of runners under the bottom to key it to the mill table and voilà the cover stays neatly in place.

very interesting. But very long winded. I just use a compass with the pencil pulled up . I keep the orientation of the compass the same as I let the pointed leg trace while the pencil scribes. It works as long as you keep the orientation correct, which is usually 90 to part and then parallel to it's starting orientation after that. It works for something like you traced. I'll keep your info if I ever need it, I won't hesitate to use it.

Realize, a ticking stick is a DATA collection method. Where you put the tip of the stick, that location is then RECORDED onto the paper when you trace the edge notch. When you put the notch back there, the tip of the stick then REGENERATES the data point relative to the paper. It is very close to having a computer that can data collect where you put the tip of the stick, you're just recording it by hand onto the paper. You can use multiple sticks with different notches, and using different color pens helps too. You can have many overlaid lines on the paper, and still regenerate all the points. With sticks that curve back around, you can reach in and data collect the inside points behind something that you can't easily get to. Doing this you can plot the corners and edges of even irregular inside spaces. If you need a tight fitting shelf for inside a small closet or cabinet that you can't easily measure inside of, inside ticking sticks will let you make that tight fitting shelf in one pass. No more endless trial and error to make a shelf or liner fit where it's hard to get to. Likely what the ticking stick was invented for, doing inside tight spaces that couldn't easily be accessed when building ships back in the age of wooden ships.. SeeJaneDrill also has a good intro video, and searching ticking stick inside shelf should get some videos on using them for that.. One of the more useful ideas there is, especially once you understand that it is data collection, and use it for anything you're doing that needs point data collection and recording.

I've seen this before but haven't seen an advantage over just making a template by creasing a piece of paper down along the curve then cutting it out along the crease and transferring that pattern to the work piece.

Make a stick that’s got multiple V notches in it so you can do your layout closer to the edge or further away

Didn't Ken Dodd have one of these often wondered what he did with it

DDDDDddddddaaaaaaaammmmmmmm! This kind of thing is how the pyramids were made.

Is there a way to increase scale by modifying the stick or does that require a pantograph?

Jeez what a long winded way to make a scribe! Lay the ply on the ways and scribe round where the fit is required using a compass!

Another shipwright here, trouble is that they always get lost, I use an old credit card and keep it in my wallet. Makes for clean accurate lines.

Wow so many negative comments on what was some good information. Maybe you dont have a compass or a washer and need a way to do a fine measurement. Rather than being a critic (see asshat), appreciate that someone was willing to take the time to offer you some information that you may not have known. And if you don't like how he explained it and think you could do better make your own damn videos and don't knock others. Thanks for a well explained and helpful piece of information. I had never heard of tick sticks before this and can think of a number of times that I could have used one to make a better easier fit. As a question about the process, can/could you just put the markings directly onto the material itself if you have the room? Granted you'd have to sand it off afterwards if it was something you needed clean but it seems like it would remove a step or two. Thanks again for the video.

Looks like a compass would be a lot easier.

CLEAN YOUR CUTOFFS EVERY CUT ! AND SHUT THE SAW OFF WHEN YOU ARE DONE!!!!

Great tip but why do ppl call it a "ticking" stick? It's a Tick stick!

OK a tickingstick is an Irish idea of a ruler

If he doesn’t keep REPEATING HIMSELF, this woulda been a two Minute video!!!

5 minutes of very good info but the rest is just blah blah blah. Get an editor to review befor posting.

Any old strip of wood with a pencil mark is just as good. Hugely overrated

Why not use a washer with a pencil in the hole? It will follow the edge perfectly and only take a few seconds to accomplish.

wow how confusing