miaa41•4d ago

Heard a guy at the lumber yard say he never uses a story stick anymore

I was picking up some maple for a kitchen job yesterday and overheard this older guy telling the yard guy he just uses his tape measure for everything now, that story sticks are old school. I mean, I get it, tapes are fast. But it got me thinking about this built-in I did about six months ago. I rushed it and just measured each cabinet opening with my tape. When I went to install, nothing lined up right because of a tiny bow in the wall I missed. Had to spend a whole afternoon shimming and trimming. If I'd taken the twenty minutes to make a story stick of that wall run, I would have caught it in the shop. Maybe it's just me, but that little stick of wood with all the marks saves me more headaches than anything. Do you guys still use them for big runs, or am I being too careful?

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luna5504d ago

Story sticks have saved me from my own bad math more than once.

olivia_anderson3d ago

Feel you on that. My brain just stops doing numbers after a long shift.