Levels
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Happened on some interesting items at an estate sale today. They appear to be level and old ones at that. One shows a patent date of 1872. Big hunks of rosewood and mahogany with brass bits, I couldn’t resist (but I’m not sure what I’ll do with them). Oh, the little squiggly thing is one of those folding Stanley rulers (1 ft.), sure glad we’ve moved beyond those! If anyone knows any thing about these things, I’d like to hear, one is a Stanley and one is a Disston.
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They look like what my great-grandfather called whiskey sticks. The real old levels were filled with alcohol to prevent freezing. I don’t know if was safe to drink or not, but some of the old time carpenters I work with still call them that.
Interesting and makes sense. I can’t figure out what the brass disc on the face of the middle one is. It’s got small graduation marks around the circumference. Can’t figure out why one person would need so many of these either, there were a dozen at the sale.
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