[Shop-talk] Line levels

[Jim Franklin]

On Aug 4, 2009, at 11:12 AM, pethier at comcast.net wrote:

> ----- "Peter J. Thomas" <pj_thomas at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Might try a water level, long plastic tube filled with water.
>
> +1
>
> A bit fiddly, but once you have it set up, it's accurate over any  
> distance.

Definitely too fiddly for hanging gutters. I'll just use a regular  
level.

I did get a response to my complaint to Ace Hardware, from the Johnson  
Level company. While they showed general concern, and offered a  
replacement, they didn't offer an explanation of why it was out of  
level. They told me how to test for accuracy on its feet, but that's  
not why I bought a *line* level.

A plus to them is there's enough meat on the hooks that I can file one  
down to make it level. Not the case with the other two I have.

jim