Woodpeckers Odd Job XL Retired OneTIME Tool Owner’s Manual

: May 15, 2024
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Woodpeckers Odd Job XL Retired OneTIME Tool Owner's Manual

With Odd Job, you have all these tools at your disposal:

Tri-Square
Miter Square,
Right & Left-Handed
T-Square
Marking Gauge
Mortise Gauge
Depth Gauge
Spirit Level
Plumb Level
Miter Level
Beam Compass
Inside Corner Square
Scribe Tool
Stainless Steel Ruler
Hardened Stainless Steel Scratch Awl

RULER Odd Job 1 is equipped with a 6″ SS Scale 2, Odd Job XL features a 12″ SS Scale or the 8″ SS Scale is included with the Deluxe Set or offered separately. The Scales are laser engraved and feature Notches in the end of the Scales that precisely reference the Scale engravings. Place a pencil or the Scribe Tool 5in either Notch and your mark is perfectly aligned with the end of the Scale. Figure 1.

T-SQUARE Use the Scale fastened in the Odd Job Body as a T-Square. Set the Scale to your desired length relative to the square end of the Odd Job Body. Mark using either a pencil or the Scribe Tool. Figure 1.

DEPTH MEASUREMENTS You can use Odd Job set up as in the T-square application above to measure the depth of larger holes, mortises, dadoes, rabbets, grooves, etc. You can similarly check any two offset surfaces. Figure 2.

LAYOUT & MARKING FUNCTIONS Use your Odd Job with either a pencil or the Scribe Tool. Applications include those you would otherwise perform using a tri- square/combination square, miter-square, T-square or marking gauge. Figure 4. Odd Job is the tool to use for marking mortise and tenon locations, hinge mortises, drilling locations for knobs and pulls, concealed hinge locations, and more.
You can draw or scribe lines with Odd Job at 90° and 45° using the Scale and square or angled end of the Odd Job body. Figure 5.

You can draw or scribe circles and semicircles using the Odd Job’s beam compass feature.
Odd Job can draw circles up to 16″ diameter and Odd Job XL up to 29″ diameter. The cone-shaped threaded insert in the pointed end of the Odd Job body is normally set so that it doesn’t project out of the body. Figure 6.

For beam compass use, remove the Scribe Tool and use the hex-shaped end of the Scribe Tool to screw the Threaded Insert 8 in, exposing the pointed tip, to serve as the beam compass pivot point. Figure 6-a.

The round hole in the ruler body is sized to accept the Compass Sleeve 4. One Compass Sleeve accommodates the pointed awl shaft of the Scribe Tool for scribing purposes while the other sleeve is sized for use with a pencil.

GAUGING FUNCTIONS Using a known physical dimension for setting tools and machines is often faster, easier and more accurate than measuring. The Odd Job and Odd Job XL have numerous gauging options. Some of these fixed dimensions built into Odd Job will be useful for setting machine fences like table saws, router tables, drill presses, and band saws. Others are applicable to router bit heights, saw blade heights and more. Figure 7.

• USEFUL DIMENSIONS

Scales are 1″ wide and 3/32″ thick. They can be used as a reliable straight edge.
Odd Job Body is machined with a thickness at the widest point of 1″.
Odd Job XL Body is machined with thicknesses of 1-1/4″ at the widest point.
The Body is also dead accurate square on both ends.
Use one side of the angled end along with the Scale as a miter square. Figure 8.
The angled end can be used for checking square on inside corners like frames, drawers and cabinets.
Figure 9

AWL/SCRATCH AWL The Scribe Tool can be used independently as quality scratch awl. Simply use the hex-shaped pointed end of the Scribe Tool.
SPIRIT LEVEL Remove the Scale to use your Odd Job Spirit Level 7. To check level, place the square end of the Odd Job Body on the intended object and read the bubble from either side of the tool. Figures 10 &11.