Well blow me away! Does it get any better?

[luvmytoolz]

We've been working on our old (70+) weatherboard house off and on for a while, and one thing I've come to expect is that there isn't a single straight line or plumb part of the house anywhere! In fact, I can't recall a job ever in my life where something was perfectly plumb.

So when I started measuring up for the new large white oak mantel I'm making, I thought my Bosch digital inclinometer must have stuffed up when checking the level of the existing top. I had to check 3-4 times to be sure I wasn't seeing things.

I ended up using another one and it also confirmed the existing rubbish mantel is perfectly level! Couldn't believe my eyes!

 

[Cheese]

We've been working on our old (70+) weatherboard house off and on for a while, and one thing I've come to expect is that there isn't a single straight line or plumb part of the house anywhere! In fact, I can't recall a job ever in my life where something was perfectly plumb.

So when I started measuring up for the new large white oak mantel I'm making, I thought my Bosch digital inclinometer must have stuffed up when checking the level of the existing top. I had to check 3-4 times to be sure I wasn't seeing things.

I ended up using another one and it also confirmed the existing rubbish mantel is perfectly level! Couldn't believe my eyes!

Just curious, did you see the recent Bosch inclinometer call-back? It seems there are some serious issues with the auto-zeroing/leveling capabilities.

Just kidding...  [big grin] [poke] [poke]  [big grin]

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Seems like that analog bubble to the side agrees.
The true beauty of old-fashioned bubble levels is that you can turn them around and see that it agrees with itself.

 

[luvmytoolz]

The bubbles are great for verifying, but I must admit this Bosch unit is just fantastic. Been using it for some years now and it's such a time saver to get things aligned/straight.

This mantel being absolutely dead level just floored me though, I felt like David Attenborough, "and here for the very first time we have the incredibly rare, mantelus plumbius!, never before seen in the wild!"

 

[alltracman78]

We've been working on our old (70+) weatherboard house off and on for a while, and one thing I've come to expect is that there isn't a single straight line or plumb part of the house anywhere! In fact, I can't recall a job ever in my life where something was perfectly plumb.

So when I started measuring up for the new large white oak mantel I'm making, I thought my Bosch digital inclinometer must have stuffed up when checking the level of the existing top. I had to check 3-4 times to be sure I wasn't seeing things.

I ended up using another one and it also confirmed the existing rubbish mantel is perfectly level! Couldn't believe my eyes!

Just curious, did you see the recent Bosch inclinometer call-back? It seems there are some serious issues with the auto-zeroing/leveling capabilities.

Just kidding...  [big grin] [poke] [poke]  [big grin]

[laughing]

 

[luvmytoolz]

Just curious, did you see the recent Bosch inclinometer call-back? It seems there are some serious issues with the auto-zeroing/leveling capabilities.

Just kidding...  [big grin] [poke] [poke]  [big grin]

I must admit you had me there for a second!

 

[Cheese]

I must admit you had me there for a second!

All's well that ends well... [smile]

 

[Crazyraceguy]

The bubbles are great for verifying, but I must admit this Bosch unit is just fantastic. Been using it for some years now and it's such a time saver to get things aligned/straight.

This mantel being absolutely dead level just floored me though, I felt like David Attenborough, "and here for the very first time we have the incredibly rare, mantelus plumbius!, never before seen in the wild!"

Oh, I get it, not knocking you. I don't know how we survived before laser levels. You can see the green line in one of the pics I posted about the floating shelves. They are great for spanning distances, way better than a 4 footer and some pencil marks.
However, I still have trust issues  [scared] I had a 6' bubble level lie to me one time, years ago. I was hanging 4' x 8' panels on a wall, already had 2 up, before accidentally putting the level backward on the 3rd. Life ended that day for that level....it was swift, but probably not painless.  [big grin]

 

[fritter63]

Love those surprises.

Attached are pictures from when I was building the house. These are 8" square steel posts (to support the front of a 2nd floor room and balcony), suspended in a 3' x 3' concrete grade beam with welded rebar tie-ins. Really stretched my amateur building experience. I think my comment to the architect was "what part of 'I'm building this myself' did you not understand?".

Even after my careful scaffolding work and setting it with a crane, I was convinced it would not survive the footings pour... but look what I got.....

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[Coen]

Seems like that analog bubble to the side agrees.
The true beauty of old-fashioned bubble levels is that you can turn them around and see that it agrees with itself.

My magnetic Bosch level has an improvement on that; it has two parallel bubbles (one single-side mounted in a mirror)... they never agree with each other.  [dead horse]
Seller didn't even want it back and promptly issued a refund. To be fair; the other bubbles are correct, so it's still a nice little level.