LEONHART'S-LEVEL 1906

[steamshovel]

I found this at a garage sale and they twisted my arm to buy it for .50 cents. After recovering at a local hospital I took it home. The wood is old looking also. I don't know how they used this. I'll hang it on a wall.

This is my first post with tags, hope it works.

Preston

 

 

[John Morris]

Preston, that is a really neat example of old levels. We must find out what it was used for!

Also, you did a splendid job tagging! My is heart is warmed by all your efforts in tagging your topics, by tagging you are paying respect to future readers of this forum who will be able to search our forums for relevant information. At this point if you were to click on "level" tag, you'll bring up some other relevant topics as well. Your other tags are great, there is nothing relevant to them yet, but there may be in the future! I am surprised your tag "level" only brought up a few topics, that only means we have not been tagging our topics in the past as we should, surely there are other topics relevant to "levels". But as we get all of you on board with tagging, we will all benefit from it greatly, and so will our future readers.

Tagging is the courteous thing to do for future readers, I hope everyone embraces it as you have Preston, thanks a million!

 

[steamshovel]

When I am looking for something and without tags I may be a while looking but with tags it makes my search a lot quicker. I hate to have to pack a lunch when I am searching.

 

Preston 

[John Morris]

Just now, steamshovel said:

When I am looking for something and without tags I may be a while looking but with tags it makes my search a lot quicker. I hate to have to pack a lunch when I am searching.

Preston 

You're bucking for Member of the Year aren't you Preston! Your words are golden, amen amen preaching to the choir! Now when you see folks not tagging their content, don't be shy about harassing them to tag!

[lew]

Cool! 

I wonder if that was used to keep something to a consistent grade- maybe like a sewer line or spouting. Set the level on the sloping pipe and then adjust the vail for "0" bubble.

[HARO50]

I assume the name refers only to the round metal part. It could turn any straight piece of wood into a tool for setting angles of any degree.

John

[Gene Howe]

6 minutes ago, lew said:

Cool! 

I wonder if that was used to keep something to a consistent grade- maybe like a sewer line or spouting. Set the level on the sloping pipe and then adjust the vail for "0" bubble.

That makes sense. 

[Wirebender]

According to patent #US813561, "...The straight edge may be made of the cheapest material, such as a section of a board, with one true edge and a socket or aperture to receive the tubular member 18." The straight edge in Preston's picture would have been put together to fit a specific application, or for the convenience of the craftsman?  https://www.google.com/patents/US813561

[steamshovel]

22 hours ago, John Morris said:

Your words are golden, amen amen preaching to the choir! Now when you see folks not tagging their content, don't be shy about harassing them to tag!

I search a lot and never find what I'm looking for and it mostly is from not being tagged or not using the right word. I belong to other sites that when I search it will automatically search for what any word that is typed in.  Heck if I didn't want anybody searching for something I may have typed or said why even bother. Its all open for anyone to see anyway. I don't want to harass anybody to tag but it would be nice to cut down on searching time.

 

Preston

[steamshovel]

4 hours ago, Wirebender said:

According to patent #US813561, "...The straight edge may be made of the cheapest material, such as a section of a board, with one true edge and a socket or aperture to receive the tubular member 18." The straight edge in Preston's picture would have been put together to fit a specific application, or for the convenience of the craftsman?  https://www.google.com/patents/US813561

Wirebender: 

Thanks for the info. I tried to look up something at the pat.  office and found out how much I don't know. I have a cast iron bowl about 6 " by 1 1/2" high. with a pat. date of Oct. 10 1871. I have had answers from different people about what they thought from a cannon ball holder, a bowl that was carried in  a soldiers back pack, a plug for a gas line. I'll put a pic with this post.

 

Again thanks for all your knowledge.

 

Preston

 

[Wirebender]

Preston - In the center of this cast iron piece, there appears to be either a picture, or the remains of a handle?  United States Steel Co. made cookware in addition to many, many other products.  I'm wondering if this could be the lid to a cooking pot? 

 

The product may have been "covered" by a patent # that was not specific to one particular piece.  I have patented a product that I invented and knowing the cost of a patent, cast iron pots, pans, lids, dishes, etc. could not be individually patented and still be cost effective in the retail market.

 

Happy hunting for the rest of the story!