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Pocket Spirit Level
make the appropriate notches, and tinker with the design and you have a spirit level | |
There I was the other day, enjoying a beer with [lukecleland] when I chanced upon the idea that a standard cigarette type lighter would, with only a minimal set of changes be an altogether handy spirit level (for judging the horizontality of walls etc.). Surely an enterprising manufacturer could do the
decent thing.
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Stunning example of industrial design convergence. (+) ..and if you in fact find that the walls of a particular structure are not perfectly in square, then you could use the spirit level lighter to burn the offending building down. |
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New recognition code for gay construction workers: "Got a spirit level on you?" |
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+, but how would you be able to use it as the consumption of gas drops the level over time? A set of parallel lines, or a way to separate a small, fixed quantity of liquid to a small chamber? |
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What the Consul said...In my earlier days, one of the things I got paid to do was measure angles. Could have come in handy... |
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This will proabably sell. According to the A.N.H.W.Program's "industry Standards", levels are disposable. And who needs a straight edge anyway. |
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