help with id
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help with id
trying to id and figure out use for this device looking thru the hole shows a fine gradient scale
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Re: help with id
It is a Clinometer used to estimate grades. You use it by looking through the eyepiece with one eye and your target with the other eye. Useful for laying out road grades and estimating slopes. If you want, google the Forestry Supplier catalog. They used to sell them. If I
remember correctly, they are of swedish origin. They also have a compass that is in a similar housing. I used the two of them for many years when I worked an engineer for the US Forest service laying out timber access roads.
Rick
remember correctly, they are of swedish origin. They also have a compass that is in a similar housing. I used the two of them for many years when I worked an engineer for the US Forest service laying out timber access roads.
Rick
Re: help with id
I misspoke when I said it was Swedish. The maker is Suunto which is a Finnish Company.
Rick
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Re: help with id
thanks i knew what you were thinking its always interesting to see delicate stuff marked with a vibrating marker