Lone Crapshooter

Does anyone remember 4WAY Level Co from Beaumont TX. He belonged to the Beaumont local but I have not been able to locate the company on the net. I have 2 of the 4WAY levels but they are very old.
I even sent the Beaumont local a email trying to locate the company because it was on the level that the inventor was a IBEW member.
I never got a reply.
LC

mcclary's electrical

what I don't like about the mege mag is the 30 degree vile is tilted the wrong way for the way I use a level,,,,,,I ;ike the tapered part to slide in between the shoe and conduit,,,,,and that points the vile backwards. I su an OLD greenlee,,,,,because the new ones are backwards too.

BP_redbear

The Greenlee 9in. looks like a good level. I don't know if I like that the taper on the end makes the flat surface shorter that the V-groove side. Not that it is going to make a 'huge' difference, except for an 8in. surface, as opposed to a 9in. surface.
It just kind of looks up-side-down. It's definitely opposite to the levels made by Checkpoint, who obviously make the 9in and the 5in. L77 anti-dog for Greenlee. On the 5in. level, the 'longer' edge is the flat one, not the V-groove side.

Did someone also mention that the magnets are on the V-groove side, and not the flat side? I don't see that in the pictures on tool suppliers' sites...
Does that mean no magnets on the flat side? That would be inconvient.

It would be great to have magnets on both sides! I sometimes use the V-groove side of my Checkpoint, and it would be great if there was at least one or 2 magnets on that side.

TOOL_5150

I believe he got laughed off this site.

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Mike_586

That's pretty much my favorite level. The Greenlee levels are actually Checkpoint levels and all their attachments will work on the Greenlee ones i.e. I have the no dog Greenlee and a checkpoint laser base that it fits on.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21528&tagem=rv

I ordered one of those when I lost my megamag G3, although it doesn't have magnets, the price is tough to beat. I put it on a drill press, made some holes and slapped in a little silicone and n48 neodymium magnets. Now its perfect.

Another option would be from Ron Aubrey's site...
http://www.no-dog.com/

EDIT: In my experience the levels with flat bottoms tend to hold far better than the ones with the 'V' groove and even on my Megamag G3, I had drilled out the original magnets and replaced them with flat ones. I found the original magnets a little too weak for my tastes. With the flat ones even with the bottom of the level, putting it on pipe, they would want to pull it in line with the pipe anyway...

BP_redbear

I've ordered a Stabila 10in. torpedo with 0, 45, and rotating protractor vial.

http://www.stabila.com/main.taf?p=1,1,5,2

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...25360&sLevel=0

$10 less than the USA made Checkpoint.
The vials are larger, the bubbles are sized better, and I was looking to buy a separate protractor level, anyway. Now, I won't have to. (Still sending the G2 Checkpoint in for repair or replacement).

Wireman.com has some really good level choices.
www.wireman.com

gilbequick

I've probably ordered something from every big online store, but I recently purchased something from wireman.com. Items arrived pretty quickly, I'll order from them again. I'm actually looking at their site right now.

magikal1

http://www.johnsonlevel.com/jl/product.php?id=lvls007

If anybody is looking for a durable level... this one is awesome lol.
I just started in the industry about 6 months ago and I've had this thing fall from crazy heights, its so durable, and its sleek and glows, and has a V notch on the bottom so it fits onto pipe awesome. Rare earth magnets too.

I also have the little greenlee level that clamps onto pipe, that ones sweet aswell

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electricalperson

go to no-dog.com and get a good one there