What is it?

Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by KyleK, Jan 10, 2012.

  1. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

    Mobius is right or close enough with his tree canopy measuring tool guess.
     
  2. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

    It is a crown densiometer, used to estimate the percentage of crown closure.
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  3. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

    How does it work? I'm guessing your screen name indicates this is part of your job. Are you a forester person?
     
  4. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

    That's what I was working off of. I figured it had something to do with surveying and got lucky. I still think it can be used to look at a solar eclipse. I'll get mine ready.
     
  5. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

    I am indeed a forester.
    The crown densiometer has 24 squares on the mirror. You're supposed to imagine each square divided into 4 quadrants, count one for each quadrant that that reflects anything other than open sky and multiply the count by 1.04 to give a percentage of crown canopy closure.
     
  6. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    It's not what you initially think.
     
  7. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

    Very cool. Good one.
    Didn't Herb post something like this? I think it was for knot tying on his boat.
     
  8. martin

    martin Banned Forever

    Yes, that is a repeat
     
  9. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

    I saw this on this thread several pages back.
    The answer is $9.99 on ebay.
     
  10. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

    Herb's was smooth. Called a Fid.

    b_leblanc posted this and it was answered correctly by Herb. It is a bullet hole plug for a life raft.



    Mobius, wanna try again?
     

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