Starrett No 199 Master Precision Level Cleaned Up Nice!

[coolidge]

I scored this on ebay recently for $289, yesterday I cleaned off all the sticky inspection labels and goo and it cleaned up real nice. Man but 3M adhesive remover stinks to high heaven.

 

[kd4gij]

Nice you did good.

 

[rgray]

Beautiful tool. I'd trade you my Chinese one for it any day.

 

[george wilson]

I have one of those in mint condition. Be advised that those always have their bases scraped slightly hollow. When I use mine to level a lathe,I always make sure that I put the level on the parallels in exactly the same place when doing both ends of the lathe bed.

Not a bad idea to mark the sides of the level with a magic marker to show exactly where to set the level on the parallels consistently.

 

[coolidge]

George I just cleaned the magic marker off the sides, I was wondering why it was marked up lol.

 

[george wilson]

It is always cool when by some miracle,you can find out why some obscure thing was done to old equipment before you got it.

 

[RJSakowski]

Nice level George. It appears pristine.

I use WD40 for removing those pesky labels. It is generally not harmful to plastic or painted surfaces and it doesn't have the obnoxious smell of the solvents. It doesn't dissolve the rubber based adhesives but softens them enough to wipe them off easily. Remove as much of the label as possible for quicker action. Other light oils or mineral spirits will also work although, in my experience, not as well.

 

[The Liberal Arts Garage]

Use Goof - Off--- best for this sort of thing..........BLJHB

 

[co1859]

Very nice find.

 

[Uglydog]

George Wilson,
Please elaborate what do mean:

those always have their bases scraped slightly hollow.

Where is the hollow?
Do you think this is intentional?
Why?

Daryl
MN