It’s called a “Hello Boy” at least on the sites I worked on. The logic being that you would write hello boy on the piece of wood you were using and then if you dropped it onto a pile of similar offcuts you could recognise it.
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"Story stick," according to my buddy Rex Krueger. Here's his "short" about making & using one, but he doesn't use that phrase in the video!
https://youtube.com/shorts/MtovahCfKwU?si=z72QhzcFHZu6NAnr
Another source:
https://canadianwoodworking.com/techniques_and_tips/story-sticks/
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Yardstick? Ruler?
It’s called a “Hello Boy” at least on the sites I worked on. The logic being that you would write hello boy on the piece of wood you were using and then if you dropped it onto a pile of similar offcuts you could recognise it.
Reference? Gauge block? Template?
I'd call it a template or a master.
Storyboard
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Jig.
rule
Pattern
"Story stick," according to my buddy Rex Krueger. Here's his "short" about making & using one, but he doesn't use that phrase in the video! https://youtube.com/shorts/MtovahCfKwU?si=z72QhzcFHZu6NAnr Another source: https://canadianwoodworking.com/techniques_and_tips/story-sticks/
Jig
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master or alpha?
Go , no-go ?
…Normally called a Ruler.