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Starrett 134 Cross Test Level and Plumb, 2 x 3-Inch (50 x 75mm) |  | Brand: Starrett
Category: Home Improvement
Buy New: $41.00
as of 11/24/2009 13:00 CST details
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Tools & Hardware
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 1 x 0.9 x 3.6
MPN: 50569
Model: 134
UPC: 049659505696
EAN: 0049659505696
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| Features:
| • | Made of cast iron with satin nickel finish | | • | An accurate, well-made and reliable tool | | • | Very light and compact and can be easily carried in the pocket |
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Product Description
Beam Torpedo Line And Utility - Levels Type of Level: Square Length: 2 Number of Vials: 2 Vial Type: 1 Plumb, 1 Level Material: Cast Iron with Iron Nickel
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent tool for leveling in two dimensions at once! November 16, 2009
Roger A. Knopf (Menlo Park, CA United States)
I mostly use this to level my high-end turntable, and it is a VAST improvement over the (round) bubble levels typically used. It is both easy to read and accurate. Bottom line is I can level my turntable in under a minute vs 5 minutes or more using other levels.
Being two levels set 90 degrees from each other it is much easier to tell how much to adjust in each dimension compared to a bubble level. It is also generally easier to read each bubble than the Stabila level I use for construction - must be something about the size of the bubble and the shape of the vial. I find I don't have to squint or get additional light like I do with most other levels.
As for accuracy, I checked it against a couple other levels I have in my shop on my dead-nuts flat table saw top. In every orientation the Starrett and Stabila agreed. I compared by setting them up in the same orientation, then reversing the Starrett 180 degrees. If there was any difference it would be doubled by the reversed orientation. I repeated by reversing the Stabila, again they agreed no matter the orientation.
I have not yet encountered a bubble level that the manufacturer would guarantee was an accurate level - Starrett does in fact guarantee its accuracy as a level, although not to the extremely fine tolerances of their much more expensive machinist levels. And because of the length of the two legs are longer than the width of the typical bubble level it is much easier to make an accurate level (think about it: the distance representing one degree of error is much greater at 3 inches than 1 inch, so easier to detect and correct errors).
By the way, don't be put off by the insert Starrett puts in the box that says that it is NOT guaranteed for use as a try square, as the other reviewer was - I have a certified try square and understand that making the levels accurate within the cross-test level does NOT imply that the tool has to be perfectly 90 degrees nor perfectly flat, and I do think they made the right choice in keeping the price down by not doing it (my certified square cost about half-again what this level did). Like the other reviewer I can get it to rock a little when I press one corner but looking at the level on my table saw top I can see that it is flat over the vast majority of its bottom, with a small gap at only one corner. Using it to level something it sits perfectly stable, and based on my tests and Starrett's guarantee I trust it to be level as long as I don't press down on that corner or ONLY support it by that one corner.
BTW, leveling a turntable with a straight level is hampered by the fact that almost all relatively inexpensive ones have a magnetic strip on them, which makes them effectively useless with a turntable and terrifyingly dangerous near your precious kilobuck moving coil cartridge!
 level or not level? May 15, 2009
Robert W. Chambers (Wisconsin and New Zealand)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Quality is lacking in this level. Starrett apparently knows this because the tool came with a note saying they cannot make this tool's legs square (90 degrees) at this price. It is true that the two legs of this level are not square to each other (it rocks on a square corner) -- in fact, it's not even that close to square (and short legs are easier to make square than long legs). Since the legs are not square to each other, this means the level vials cannot be accurate either.
The tool's name is "cross test level and plumb" but if the vials are not at 90 degrees to each other, then it cannot test level and plumb. Maybe one of these vials is parallel to its leg, but they cannot BOTH be parallel. Cannot recommend this tool.
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