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Leave a better handoff.

Pass on the materials, the constraint, and a next step the receiving craftsperson can check.

Two craftspeople transfer a project folder beside a finished wooden stool.

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A craftsperson checks a wooden stool beside its assembly jig.

Check what you are passing on.

Check the stool and the assembly jig before transferring the job. Separate what is complete from what still needs checking. Identify any detail that affects safe continuation, and do not present an unfinished check as an approved result.

One craftsperson points out the joinery while another listens.

Share the reason, too.

Show the joinery choice and the relevant jig setting. Explain why it matters to the next stool, then let the receiver ask and inspect. A folder is useful only if its contents resolve the question the next person faces.

The second craftsperson uses the jig to work on a matching stool.

Let the next person carry it.

Let the receiving craftsperson confirm the materials and next operation. Name who owns the remaining check and how to ask for clarification. Continue using the appropriate shop procedures; a visual story is not instruction for operating tools.

Before accepting a handoff, check the next operation, the unresolved constraint, and the owner.