Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 (Laughs like Ming The Merciless!!!) No, you fools! That indomitable force that drives me through life would Never yield! But, This is doing my f**king head in! That's pretty much exactly what I'm looking at. Yeah? Ground, sloping down from left to right. I want to fence the gap. I've fixed a baton to a vertical pillar on the right. I intend to fix two, horizontal, runners across from that baton to one fixed to an identical pillar on the left. These runners should be level. Yeah? Horizontally? But, when I put a length of runner resting across the two batons, and lay my spirit level along that runner? The bubble only reads flat when the f**king runner looks as it is in the drawing! Honestly; Put a marble on that runner and it'd fly down to the left! It's sloping like shit! Am I missing something obvious here? Is it some fantastic optical illusion? Or, is my spirit level f**ked? Even though it reads past jobs as perfectly flat. Thankyou. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Try your level both ways round, if the bubble goes the other way when you turn it it round your level is f****d! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dosser 52 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Always trust the silent judge.Sounds like yours is fecked ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 You need to get a new bubble for your level ........ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clipo 871 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 On 25/01/2014 at 18:32, socks said: You need to get a new bubble for your level ........beat me to it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yeah. I'll ask for some Sky Hooks and a Long Weight while I'm about it, eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trenchfoot 4,243 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 dont forget a tin of striped paint whilst your there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,790 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Can you get me a left handed screwdriver and a bag of sparks for the brakes while your there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,588 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Pete , put the spirit level down and trust your eye . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 spirit level ffs whats wrong with half a bottle of water ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 48,152 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 On 25/01/2014 at 18:12, Outlaw Pete said: (Laughs like Ming The Merciless!!!) No, you fools! That indomitable force that drives me through life would Never yield! But, This is doing my f**king head in! That's pretty much exactly what I'm looking at. Yeah? Ground, sloping down from left to right. I want to fence the gap. I've fixed a baton to a vertical pillar on the right. I intend to fix two, horizontal, runners across from that baton to one fixed to an identical pillar on the left. These runners should be level. Yeah? Horizontally? But, when I put a length of runner resting across the two batons, and lay my spirit level along that runner? The bubble only reads flat when the f**king runner looks as it is in the drawing! Honestly; Put a marble on that runner and it'd fly down to the left! It's sloping like shit! Am I missing something obvious here? Is it some fantastic optical illusion? Or, is my spirit level f**ked? Even though it reads past jobs as perfectly flat. Thankyou. Broken spirit level !........seriously! If its a cheap ish make the plastic bit that hold the bubble can pop out from the Ali body of the level........hence, pissed reads as level Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 On 25/01/2014 at 18:16, Malt said: Try your level both ways round, if the bubble goes the other way when you turn it it round your level is f****d! Pete do what Mal says. Put the level on a transom up against an upright look where the bubble is turn the level around 180 degrees, again up agaist the upright and if the bubble is not where it was on the first reading, then the level is out. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) On 25/01/2014 at 19:58, the_stig said: spirit level ffs whats wrong with half a bottle of water .....lol beat me to it water dont lie Edited January 25, 2014 by gonetoearth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,790 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 On 25/01/2014 at 22:36, gonetoearth said: On 25/01/2014 at 19:58, the_stig said: spirit level ffs whats wrong with half a bottle of vodka.....lol beat me to it vodka don't lie There you go it will look fine then,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 have a few pints and set about it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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