Hey Sean!!
Good to know it works with line rule...That awesome!!
One of guys in our group does machining and has made a few precision piece for going around edges and the like...He plans on making a few similar items now in metric...
I think the difference between a wood story pole and a flat tape isn't that great at all...Each has its vertus...things under 5 metres we often use wood...item that are longer get the tape and there is some mixing between the two.
We hardly do any "knifing" either and we too employ ink for layout...Doing mainly Asian and related "Folk Styles" and their systems of layout...everything is in traditional inking systems of marking...Many timbers laid out look pretty much like you would find in China, Korea, or Japan in overall line and inking layout patterns...
