What is it?

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  1. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

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

    plotalot Veteran Member

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    It is a crown densiometer, used to estimate the percentage of crown closure.
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    plotalot, Oct 8, 2012
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  3. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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

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    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.
     
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  5. plotalot

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    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.
     
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  6. mobius481

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    It's not what you initially think.
     
    mobius481, Oct 8, 2012
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  7. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    Very cool. Good one.
    Didn't Herb post something like this? I think it was for knot tying on his boat.
     
    KyleK, Oct 8, 2012
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    martin Banned Forever

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    Yes, that is a repeat
     
    martin, Oct 8, 2012
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  9. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

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    I saw this on this thread several pages back.
    The answer is $9.99 on ebay.
     
    plotalot, Oct 8, 2012
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  10. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    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?
     
    KyleK, Oct 8, 2012
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