On Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:30:11 UTC, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 08:24:11 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:
On Sunday, 18 March 2018 14:11:04 UTC, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:

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

What's the problem?

Long term inability (decades) to set an accurate level using a spirit
level. Unlikely that learning is going to change it at this stage of my
life.

So I'm looking at alternatives.

Not pressing for today because the wall I'm working with is already marked
up (fortunately) but it did remind me of failures in the past and tasks in
the future.


Cheers



Dave R

self levelling laser job is the simple answer. Spirit levels are easy enough to learn to use though. Just place it on a probably flat surface both ways round, it should read the same each way. If not it needs adjustment.

Or if you fancied you could always make a plumb bob level
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumb_bob


NT