Levels and a level

David · 2018-03-18T14:11:00+00:00

Am I in a minority in being unable to set an accurate horizontal level against a vertical surface like a wall using a spirit level? There seems to be a degree(?) of variance between just touching and just past the line for the bubble which seems to be beyond my ability to discriminate. Fall back is measuring up the wall from a flat surface. A laser level might help (if I can get the level level, so to speak, which comes back to the original problem). What do the experts do? Cheers Dave R

Levels and a level

Mar 18, 2018 44 Replies

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John Rumm 8 years ago

Stick a screw in the wall and hang it on that, or find something to clip it to.

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John Rumm 8 years ago

Or make up a storey stick - with a line to put the laser on, and then another indicating your required level.

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David 8 years ago

Cool piece of technology!

However that is nearly as much as I paid for the bloody level!!!!

Cheers

Dave R

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David 8 years ago

Drawing pin in the ceiling and some thread?

Managed to balance my middle tripod on a chair with the tripod legs nearly folded into the centre. Wobbled a bit but did the job.

Having pointed to a device which is basically a plaster's third arm with a bit clipped to it, painted added value Bosch green I am now idly wondering if I could do something similar.

Cheers

Dave R

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Andy Burns 8 years ago

Got one of those lidaldi ratcheting "dead man" props? Fix the level to it with magnets/insulating tape/ty-raps/etc

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