The Ticking Stick (tool to trace large contours)
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My spin on a device that's used in woodworking to trace large contours on a small sheet of paper
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This is my spin on an old device that's used in woodworking to trace large contours on a small sheet of paper. I originally designed this last year, then I realized it's perfect for the contour duplication contest!
To use it, place a sheet of paper near the object whose contour you want to measure, then put the tip of the stick at points along the contour and trace the unique markings along the stick's edge for each one. Now you can reproduce the contour by lining up the stick with the tracings, or you can put an image of the tracings in CAD and use the distance markings to reproduce it (the width of the stick is 20mm which has to be accounted for if you use the Metric Ticking Stick 2.0 model).
Distances are marked by the straight edge of a wave in steps of 50mm and 2in for metric and imperial respectively. The number of waves indicates the multiple of that distance from the tip.
Inspired by this link that inspired the distance marking: https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/a-quick-tick-stick
And this video where I first learned about them