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229031 Gye Greene <gyegreene@g...> Apr-17-2012 Re: My Level
Scott,

As others have stated, brilliant work!

Could you please elaborate on how the 3-degree sight would work,
in practice?

For example: would a person brace the level so it is, umm, "level" --
and then sight down the length of pipe?

Thanks!

--Travis (Brisbane, AU)

> =A0Of yeah, this particular model has fold up leaf sights for long
> range leveling. There is a long leaf, and a short one at the other
> end. The long leaf has a peepsight hole, and lining this up with the
> short leaf give you a level sighting. By lining the notch on top of
> the long leaf to the notch on top of the short leaf you get 3 degree
> pipe slope for laying out pipe. =A0Cause s--t don't flow uphill.
>
> http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/stratle-
> vel1.jpg
>
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