Got roughly three hours of work in today, and somewhat along on the project – kids got all the x’d pieces cut to length. Ran out of 2×4 even. Tomorrow plan on getting the rest cut down, and find a quick and kid-friendly way to create the lap joints and dadoes.
For those of you wondering, this project will be going very very slow. Its a tad quicker when a person don’t have to explain to/manage twenty children at the same time.
First time techniques – I taught the kids how to create a “story stick” – ain’t that what it’s called? Anyways, we transferred all measurements to a length of 2×4 and they are measuring off that. So, whatever that trick’s called.
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rikkor
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posted 680 days ago
Good job mentoring kids. And yes, “story stick” is an appropriate name.
cpt_hammer
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posted 677 days ago
Can someone tell me what a story stick is? I keep hearing about it, but really have no clue.
GaryK
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posted 677 days ago
It’s used to mark things rather than measuring them. For example you have a bookcase that you want to
duplicate. Hold the stick next to it and mark all the shelf locations on it. Then you use this to cut the locations for your new bookcase rather than measuring.
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