captainron
Well Known Member
I had been watching for a precision level on Ebay, and after seeing an old one sell for almost the new price I bought one here:
http://www.mansontool.com/cart/shopexd.asp?id=160
These are made by Starrett, and are graduated to read .005" per foot. I have an electronic level, but trust these more! If my math is correct, 1 degree= 3600 seconds. If the electronic level reads to 1/10 degree, that would read to 360 seconds. Plus, since it only reads to 1/10 degree, it could be on the high or low end before it "flips" to the next number. So, you could be looking at 530 or so seconds before it decides to give you the higher number reading. The machinist level is graduated to read to 80-90 seconds! Much better accuracy.
http://www.mansontool.com/cart/shopexd.asp?id=160
These are made by Starrett, and are graduated to read .005" per foot. I have an electronic level, but trust these more! If my math is correct, 1 degree= 3600 seconds. If the electronic level reads to 1/10 degree, that would read to 360 seconds. Plus, since it only reads to 1/10 degree, it could be on the high or low end before it "flips" to the next number. So, you could be looking at 530 or so seconds before it decides to give you the higher number reading. The machinist level is graduated to read to 80-90 seconds! Much better accuracy.
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