Those levels are useless on an un-level floor, and its rare to find a surface thats level.

The most accurate method is this.
[Linked Image from media.doitbest.com] Although due for a re-design so you can read it from the side....

And, I have only one complaint about the Greenlee 1/2", the foot stop is too small, you can't get a steel toe in there for proper foot pressure.

Person favorite is Ideal cast iron.


Mark Heller
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