Bridge City Tools - BL-9 Precision Bench Level

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About The Tool The Bridge City Tools BL-9 Bench Level works in plumb, level and 45 degrees, and is accurate to within .001" of the sole -- unheard-of accuracy in a small level! From a solid, 4-lb piece of 360 brass alloy, they fashioned a level housing that negates the traditional problems of warping in a wood-bodied level. The precision vials have a tolerance of 300 seconds on a 2mm scale plus or minus 30 seconds. Soda-lime glass windows, buffered and sealed on each side by "O" rings, protect the plumb and 45-degree vials from typical shop hostilities. The top vial, which reads level, is adjustable. The plumb vial and the 45 degree vial never need adjusting. The sole of the BL-9 has a recess cut out to facilitate leveling pipes and non-flat work. This tool has been discontinued. The Story Behind The Tool A little history about the tool and my connection with Bridge City Tools: I lived in the Pacific Northwest for more than 28 years. And as an avid woodworker I attended most of the trade shows held in either Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington. It was 1980 when I first met John Economaki at a trade show exhibit at the Seattle Center selling his first product, the TS-2 Master Try Square. I immediately fell in love with it and purchased it and its companion the MS-2 Miter Square on the spot. After that purchase I decided read more

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