Stanley Odd Jobs
The Stanley #1 Odd Jobs was a tool produced by the Stanley Works from 1888 to the 1930s.[1] It combined features of sundry tools, in a single pocketable tool, including:
- Try square
- Mitre square
- T-square
- Marking gauge
- Mortise gauge
- Depth gauge
- Mitre level
- Spirit level and plumb
- Beam compass
- Inside square
- ruler (A separate part used to enable many of the above functions. Often a four fold rule, trimmed in brass, was used)
The name Odd Jobs denotes that the tool does many kinds of sundry tool roles. Its closest cousin among common, modern tools, is the combination square, which shares with the Odd Job the functions of scribing, squaring, level/plumb, and the sliding and locking ruler[2] (usually a steel one was included, but this was often changed, the Garret Wade reproduction uses a brass bound wooden ruler). However, the Odd Jobs still has some unique functions in its total package, including the compass, and compensated gauging.[3]
Although Stanley ceased 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, in two different sizes.[4]. Woodpeckers has produced it as a one time tool twice now.[5]