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Offline Lewill2

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Check this listing
« on: January 27, 2013, 07:04:23 PM »
This guy has several levels listed on ebay. Some of the levels are nice but what is really nice is his tool box setup. Look it over and read the listing.

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Handmade-Laminated-Mahogany-Small-6-Spirit-Plumb-Level-Cute-Nice-NR-/251220589142?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7de9fa56
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2013, 07:25:20 PM »
Darn nice displays!!
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2013, 09:10:27 PM »
Well, my hats off to the guy, very nice set up.

Likely influenced by  Henry Studley's toolbox, but you never know, necessity is the mother of invention.

Not the normal ebay description write up either !


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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2013, 09:37:21 PM »
Oh dear, I've gone and drooled all down the front of myself...
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Re: Check this listing
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2013, 08:27:57 AM »
Quote from: RedVise on January 27, 2013, 09:10:27 PM
Likely influenced by  Henry Studley's toolbox, but you never know, necessity is the mother of invention.
Brian L.

It's gorgeous!  Wish I had the time and inclination to make something like this.  I don't think he was much influenced by Studley's tour de force, but by a kind of 19th Century standard.  The first picture is of the Hood Hadley shop, and you can see two similar though smaller cases that belong to individual carpenters who worked at their stations.

The second shows a carpenter (November 1864) with his vertical tool chest, quite similar in construction.

The next two pictures, one from 1890 and the other from 1911, show what one could purchase, complete with tools.
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2013, 11:00:26 PM »
Great pictures Branson, thanks for sharing them
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2013, 05:40:22 PM »
Quote from: Plyerman on January 28, 2013, 11:00:26 PM
Great pictures Branson, thanks for sharing them

  X2 !!

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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2013, 11:13:40 AM »
Darling level and Lovely piece of work!
 If the vials are set in regular plaster?  (as they should be along with all other levels)
Oh mamma, that plaster dust is hard to get off your tool!! Sure it sands easy, then what??
Ever try to get powdered sugar off velvet? heeheheheheheh
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