Stanley 1 Odd Jobs. Although stanley cease production of the odd job in the 1930s, the garrett wade tool company revived the tool in 1996, and currently produces odd jobs according to the original stanley design. I just purchased an odd jobs layout tool with 6″ ruler from rockler.com, on sale for only $12.95, with free shipping and handling! Woodpeckers ships the odd job and odd job xl with a 9mm mechanical pencil, which can be used in place of the scribe to form the beam compass, as well if the original stanley odd job was so good, why did they stop making it?
The odd job, also comes complete with a level bubble, which i compared to my other levels.
The idea came from george f hall, who patented it in 1877. It is exactly the same as the one sold by garrettwade for $34.95. Historic stanley #1 odd job garrettwade. Vintage boye handy rule tool like stanley no. Then again, stanley discontinued a lot of good tools years and years ago. The stanley is 1.005 inches wide and.075 inches thick, while the starrett is.995 inches wide and.093 inches thick. They would walk around the mills and change the bobbins as needed. If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
