Woodworker's Journal summer-2009, страница 61

Stumpers

In each issue of the Journal, we

present a stumper, a "what's this?" guessing game, where readers identify a mystery tool — and share their stories about it. it's one of our most

What's

This?

piece. The screw holds the level parallel to the framing square aid transforms the square into a level that can be used on-site to level or make plumb whatever it is that the person is building.

Willis C. Davis Wayne, Nebraska

If this tool is what I think it is, it could be used on the short edge of a carpenter's square as a plumb when the long edge is held against a wall or door. A very handy little tool!

Barbara Jeffers Voorheesville, New York

My dad used this tool in conjunction with straightedges of various lengths to establish a level between two distance pointers. The unit was fixed on the straightedge by tabs located on the side of each end and retained by the slotted head screw. I remember seeing my dad use it for determining levels on woven wire fence.

Sometimes, he would used it as a surveying instrument.

Dr. John Sellers Clayton, New Mexico

The tool could be attached to a framing square with the thumbscrew shown on the side of the

The tiny (33f long) tool Joe Wilkinson of Happy Camp, California, inherited from his grandfather is:

A. A Fortsner clamp

B. A caliper

C. A level

D. A child's toy

The mystery tool not only allowed you to stay level with your straightedge, but you could also use it to set pitches on roofs, etc.

George Rebarchek Deighton, Kansas

My dad said they used to have one of these on his farm and used it to level the threshing machine.

Janet Taylor Brighton, Michigan

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I use my miniature level frequently, since it can be easily attached or detached and stored right in my pocket, saving me many trips up and down the ladder with a larger level.

Michael Clayton Bakersfield, California

Answer revealed: It's C: A miniature level.

Handy to keep in your pocket — or to clamp to a square — the mystery tool at left can help to keep things plumb.

68 stumpers