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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 03:46am | #1

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   I have a steel torpedo that is very handy because of the square ends. It's only about 8 years old so I can't imagine thay would be hard to find. Sometimes, the out of the way places have what you want. Try Sears or the back shelf of a Ma & Pa hardware store.

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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 07:49am | #2

   *Alex, I'm looking for one of those suckers too.What is with the canoe ends anyway? I'm building a house,not a boat, BB

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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 07:50am | #3

   *Alex , Try a machine shop supply house ,or talk to you local machinist .

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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 08:00am | #4

   *Won't the head of an adjustable square work?Jack

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   Dave_Wright | Jun 27, 1999 08:07am | #5

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   The only ones I know of are the Starrett 132-6 (6", about $50) or 132-9 (9", about $60), and the Stabila 10" box frame (only eased last fraction of an inch, $15). The former is a functional work of art; the latter is jobsite tough. The Starrett has an involute groove to rest on cylinders.

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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 09:07am | #6

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   Yeah, get the Stabila.....not seen in very many stores, but tool crib has it. Very well made.

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   .Alex_Kuze | Jun 27, 1999 04:30pm | #7

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   Rich

   Being fromm Florida where everything is almost new
   there are very few old ma and pa hardware stores.Those that we had have been devoured by Home Depot and the like. Once you've been in one Home
   Depot you've been in them all.
   I've looked in Sears and the closed thing they had was about 16" . It still does'nt have the square corners and has that groove for cylinders. It seems like all these small levels were made for plumbers and not carpenters.
   Alex

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   Alex_Kuze | Jun 27, 1999 05:49pm | #8

   *lonecatI checked out that stabila level at the tool crib site. It looks like something designed by a Rube Golberg want to be design engineer at M.I.T. Whose only actual expierience in construction was watching those fix it shows on T.V. Do any of these manufactures ever actually field test there stuff with real carpenters? You know the ones that spit and cuss and drink lots of beer(after work of course)Alex Kuze

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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 09:46pm | #9

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   Alex: I don't drink beer any more, but I do love my Stabila levels- got three of them now. Maybe we ain't talking about the same one. Plain little box level about 10 inches long. After I got my first
   Stabila, I can't even stand to touch my old levels.

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   Guest_ | Jun 27, 1999 10:34pm | #10

   * Alex,

   Levolution makes a 12" extension for their level system. It's exactly what your looking for. All six sides are machined square. I don't know the cost off hand though but, I'm sure it's more then $12 bucks.

   Joseph Fusco View Image

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   Guest_ | Jun 28, 1999 11:27pm | #11

   *Lonecat, In my dictionary, next to the word "level", is a picture of a yellow Stabila level. No other definitions supplied. Sam

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   Alex_Kuze | Jun 29, 1999 02:38am | #12

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   Sam

   Our company just two stabila levels the 6' and the
   3' levels and they are really great but I still prefer the'"Sands" levels we have with machined surfaces in certain situations like installing cabinets and case work. I'm still looking for that
   6" level I saw many years ago with the machined edges and made out of solid acrylic. I would be great
   for inside cabinets and fine detail work. It fits in your back pocket and is practically indistructable

   Alex

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   Guest_ | Jun 29, 1999 05:43am | #13

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   Stabila. Right there with Mercedes, BMW, Husquavarna, Starret, Fein, Ulmia, etc. The benchmark.

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   Guest_ | Jun 29, 1999 07:37am | #14

   *I like the levelution stuff I've got 'cause they're real easy to recalibrate after you screw them up.JonC

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   Guest_ | Jun 29, 1999 09:53am | #15

   *Adrian: Have you gotten any more of that nasty e-mail? Mine was a real piece of work.

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   Guest_ | Jul 01, 1999 07:22am | #16

   *I needed one, looked everywhere, couldn't find one. I noticed that the tapered part of Empire's torpedo level was all plastic so I bought one and cut off the plastic tapered ends and there it was-a short square end level. I know Empire is no Stabila but for 6" how much accuracy do you need? Hope this helps. John

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   Guest_ | Jul 02, 1999 01:13am | #17

   *Alex:I just cut one end of my cheap torpedo level off with a saw. Works fine.

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   Alex_Kuze | Jul 06, 1999 06:46pm | #18

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   I have been looking for a level the size of a torpedo level for many years.I find the tapered ends of the torpedo level totally useless.I've talked other carpenters about this and they agree.I'd prefer the square ends for drawing lines in corners and bringing lines around corners.
   The only small level that I've seen like this, friend of mine bought about 15 years ago. It was made out of solid acrylic. It was it measured
   1-1/2" x 6" x 1/2". It fit it fit in your pocket or pouches. Why they stopped selling I'll never know.