anyone know if anyone still makes a diecast aluminun level. most new levels like stabilia have rounded edges. the older die cast models like 6’8 were great for plumbing and straightening door frames. thanks
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so what is the problem with the stabila "jammer" level.
If there is a problem I would like to know before we relly on it much more
Johnson still does
http://www.johnsonlevel.com/levels_alum.html
http://www.johnsonlevel.com/
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
"Sands levels tell the truth". Different types, including cast and extruded aluminum. Crappy website but excellent levels.
http://www.neodesha.com/sands/
Regards,
Tim Ruttan
That has got to be one of the hardest sites I have ever attempted to read!
Websites are strange animals, aren't they? Some websites leave you wondering if they
a) Use their own website
b) Actually want to sell their product (maybe they need a tax loss, ha ha...huh?)
Sands still makes a great made-in-USA level, though, in spite of the website.
Regards,
Tim
what about that levolution thing, anybody got any feedback from that?
good product- multi component level system that has an adjustable vial system , which i'm usually pretty weary of but so far the system is dead nuts( five yrs). you can put two or three to together and extends it self to i believe 8'. comes with carring case. very sturdy, quality is excellent."expectations are premeditated resentments"
One of the first electricians, a crusty old timer who was wiring in the 1920s, who taught me. He didn't use levels much even though there were a few on the truck. A lot of work was done by eye but he did, occasionally, use references. Plumb he checked with his gold pocket watch chain.
Level he would determine using the dark liquid in a pint bottle of 'Old Granddad', a real spirit level. he would step back 20' or so and hold up the bottle at arms length. The surface of the liquid defined level. Of course this 'level' had to be 'calibrated' by drinking it down a bit. Flavored the morning coffee. I would hold the conduit and he would tell me which way to move it before marking the spot.
I must say that this system was quite accurate. At least one it was shown to be more accurate than at least one mason's level in actual use. He would drink it down a third first thing in the morning and not touch it again until the ride back at the end of the day when he would kill it. Next day he would have a fresh bottle. This was all the drinking he would do for the day and, even at celebrations, I never saw him even slightly drunk.
Old timer. I always got the impression that he could wire a powerhouse with nothing but bottle caps and a busted set of Kleins. He used to check for live circuits with a bare hand. He was so insensitive to current that he had to lick his fingers to detect 120v and would barely flinch at 208v. He lived a long and full life and died of a three pack a day, one the final years, cigarette habit at 85. Great guy.