Looked like a good idea but then I thought where would I use it

[Paul Gwilliams]

Saw this on nauticalia website, after my initial "that looks handy then I thought where would i use it

 

 

https://www.nauticalia.com/tools-gadgets/workshop/flexible-spirit-level91761/

 

 

[David Mack]

39 minutes ago, Paul Gwilliams said:

Saw this on nauticalia website, after my initial "that looks handy then I thought where would i use it

 

 

https://www.nauticalia.com/tools-gadgets/workshop/flexible-spirit-level91761/

 

 

And what if your drain pipe is even slightly bigger?

Looks like a solution looking for a problem to me.

[nb Innisfree]

2 minutes ago, David Mack said:

And what if your drain pipe is even slightly bigger?

Looks like a solution looking for a problem to me.

Just alter the angle of the swivel joints. 

[matty40s]

9 minutes ago, David Mack said:

And what if your drain pipe is even slightly bigger?

Looks like a solution looking for a problem to me.

Get the crew to stand on the port side of the boat instead.?

[Machpoint005]

I can see the point of it, but even an ordinary spirit level is pretty much useless on a boat anyway!

[magpie patrick]

18 minutes ago, David Mack said:

And what if your drain pipe is even slightly bigger?

Looks like a solution looking for a problem to me.

And if it's not quite level what are you going to do about it?

[Slim]

Can't help but feel that with 6 hinges over about 600 mm accuracy would not be that good.

[matty40s]

54 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

And if it's not quite level what are you going to do about it?

Answer in post 4

[1st ade]

10 hours ago, Slim said:

Can't help but feel that with 6 hinges over about 600 mm accuracy would not be that good.

Probably "good enough" (says he as an "Approximate Carpenter") if you're putting shelf brackets either side of a pipe or piece of trunking?

 

Although I'd cut the aperture in the shelf, then put a level on the shelf and use that to mark the brackets...

[hovrin]

Over complicated answer to a very simple problem - just use an ordinary vertical spirit level.

 

[Bacchus]

Lot of nay-sayers. I think it looks like a very useful piece of kit, thank you @Paul Gwilliams

 

There have definitely been many times when I have wanted to transfer a level round outside corners etc. where something like that could have been very helpful. Perhaps not on a boat so much, but certainly useful.

[Scholar Gypsy]

I find an inclinometer quite useful. Here's one I installed a couple of years ago (not on my boat) when taking the mud.! Enabled us to compare the angle of settle at successive low tides (Dartford).

[Tonka]

30 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

I find an inclinometer quite useful. Here's one I installed a couple of years ago (not on my boat) when taking the mud.! Enabled us to compare the angle of settle at successive low tides (Dartford).

You can also use a similar device to tell you if someone has got on your boat in the middle of the night to untie your ropes. Especially if you have something for the weight to clank against

[Onewheeler]

5 hours ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

I find an inclinometer quite useful. Here's one I installed a couple of years ago (not on my boat) when taking the mud.! Enabled us to compare the angle of settle at successive low tides (Dartford).

 

Here's mine. I find it handy for checking if my desk is horizontal.

[Scholar Gypsy]

13 minutes ago, Onewheeler said:

Here's mine. I find it handy for checking if my desk is horizontal.

Very impressive. On the subject of pointless gadgets, my son sent me this video that he came across recently (and I think used in his work as a maths teacher).
 

 

[Onewheeler]

11 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

Very impressive. On the subject of pointless gadgets, my son sent me this video that he came across recently (and I think used in his work as a maths teacher).

It's a short step from there to a bollard which moves to catch a thrown rope...

[Scholar Gypsy]

3 minutes ago, Onewheeler said:

It's a short step from there to a bollard which moves to catch a thrown rope...

It's been done. Here's the electromagnetic mooring system installed for the new Woolwich Ferries...  The big blue things on the pontoon. They find the boat and grab hold of it.  The design allows for large lorries stopping and starting (conservation of momentum and all that).