What is this?

[LBCarpentry]

A gift from an elder.

But what is it?

 

[Trevanion]

Weird looking thing, I'm sure someone on here knows exactly what that is though. Must be quite important/delicate enough to warrant having a bespoke fitted wooden box for it!

If you google "Stanley London" it brings up a company which makes compasses, telescopes and nautical instruments, so perhaps it's something to do with that?

 

[Cabinetman]

That’s a very good question, and the correct answer is :-



I haven’t got the foggiest idea. But would love to know so I hope you do know the answer !

 

[Droogs]

a wide format film roller uperererer

 

[Fitzroy]

Survey equerre

 

[AndyT]

I can't be the only one here who has made a nice little wooden box, then failed to find anything suitable to put in it... this is the answer!

Seriously, I was going to say that Stanley London is not the same as Stanley Tools before I read the GOAT's post, but I've no idea what it is either.

 

[doctor Bob]

I reckon it's not stanley tools but Stanley the compass / telescope company.
So it's a whatsit for looking at thingys.

 

[Droogs]

@Fitzroy

 

[AndyT]

Congratulations to @Fitzroy from me too, now that I have learnt that "equerre" is a proper word and not the sort of finger fumbling on a phone that I took it for...

 

[Droogs]

Well, judging from your avatar AndyT, your phone is a bit of a brick

 

[Cabinetman]

Having googled it I’m not a lot wiser I’m afraid, any ideas how it would be used? According to what I have understood it’s for marking out, mainly right angles. Ian
If I were to guess, it’s mounted on a theodolite and you look through the slit and you direct somebody with a poll until they are in the centre of the image you can see which is at right angles to where you are pointing?

 

[novocaine]

Look down through the top. Get 2 blokes with poles and line them up with the lines you see.

 

[Sandyn]

Pantometer?

 

[LBCarpentry]

Look down through the top. Get 2 blokes with poles and line them up with the lines you see.

Look down through the top? There is nothing to see!

Looks like a pole gets stuck in it.

Lemme know if you want more info or pix

 

[LBCarpentry]

It has 2 slots at the top on one side, and two at the bottom in the other. With a fine bit of wire running through the centre of the slots

 

[LBCarpentry]

Pantometer?

I really don’t think we need to hear about how you rate women

 

[TheTiddles]

I’ve seen someone use something like that to lay out two perpendicular transit lines

 

[doctor Bob]

So I think the line of view through bottom holes is at 90 degrees to the top holes, so you can lay out a 90 degree angle very simply.
Thats my guess

looks like tiddles beat me to it.

 

[Sandyn]

I really don’t think we need to hear about how you rate women

No!! at my age, it's only old British made cast iron tools that gets that response...I use a pantometer and a droolometer!

 

[novocaine]