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To some degree or other I have been woodworking to some extent for most of my life. Well since High school woodshop classes. Graduated back in '71 so it has been a few years and many projects.
I am in a early phase of building a torsion box workbench.
I have built more workbenches than I care to count, including on built on square steel tubing.
I needed to rip 4 strips each from 3 plywood sheets. I bought a 8 foot level to use as a guide for my circular saw. Made a new base plate for it that was square to to the blade.
I checked the edge of a sheet of ply with the level and it appeared to be bowed in. Checked the other 2 sheets of ply and opposite sides same thing. What the heck?
So I pulled a line from 1 end of the level to the other. Saw about a 3/32' bow inwards at the middle of the level.
So did I get a bad level or are the made that for a reason?
Ken
To some degree or other I have been woodworking to some extent for most of my life. Well since High school woodshop classes. Graduated back in '71 so it has been a few years and many projects.
I am in a early phase of building a torsion box workbench.
I have built more workbenches than I care to count, including on built on square steel tubing.
I needed to rip 4 strips each from 3 plywood sheets. I bought a 8 foot level to use as a guide for my circular saw. Made a new base plate for it that was square to to the blade.
I checked the edge of a sheet of ply with the level and it appeared to be bowed in. Checked the other 2 sheets of ply and opposite sides same thing. What the heck?
So I pulled a line from 1 end of the level to the other. Saw about a 3/32' bow inwards at the middle of the level.
So did I get a bad level or are the made that for a reason?
Ken