[AT] Woodworking level

Mattias Kessén davidbrown950 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 00:15:43 PDT 2018


Nice level!


Med vänlig hälsning

Mattias Kessén

Hässelstad Solhöjden 2
594 93 Gamleby

070-523 59 00

2018-03-19 5:25 GMT+01:00 Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>:

> No, that was the previous weekend.  The same weekend as the Apache
> Junction Antique Tractor show.
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> Dean VP
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> Apache junction, AZ
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> *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2018 7:43 PM
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> Was that the same weekend that Nascar was at Phoenix?
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> *From: *Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
> *Sent: *Sunday, March 18, 2018 9:26 PM
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> Tom,
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> I would expect the engine count to be equal to or maybe even more than the
> tractor count.  I didn’t count the # of tractors but I don’t think I would
> be far off at 25.  Some were lined up to pull most of the time so they were
> not all in one place at any time. I guess I could count them on the
> pictures I took.  There was a mistaken weather forecast for rain and caused
> the engines and swap meet to be mostly in buildings which were spread out a
> bit and not really organized as we have gotten used to in the past.  I
> think the rain forecast really inhibited exhibitors of tractors as well as
> swap meet vendors.  Cottonwood is usually a windy and dusty show but I
> suspect if there was any kind of substantial rain it would turn into a
> muddy mess real quick.  The swap meet vendors were really complaining.  The
> tractor and engine guys just adapted to what was there. I didn’t go
> Saturday. I hope they had better attendance and more exhibitors on Saturday
> or the show club may have gotten hurt pretty bad financially. A weird
> traffic situation occurred on the way home. As soon as we got on I17 South
> at Camp Verde at about 3:30PM the Interstate was at a dead stop and then
> moved very slowly for about a ½ hour or more.  Camp Verde is at least an
> hour out of Phoenix so Friday afternoon commute traffic wasn’t the issue.
> Going up the two mountain passes was stop and go. Going down things opened
> up.  Never did see a reason for the slow traffic.  Kind of weird.
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> Here is a picture of the Level I purchased at the Swap meet for $5 AFTER I
> polished the brass a bit with steel wool and also used steel wool on the
> Mahogany wood.  Then since my wife didn’t have the kind of furniture polish
> I wanted, I just used WD 40 to give the Mahogany some depth and color.
> Turned out really nice.  It will look good hanging on the wall.  The level
> works good in all directions and the six bubbles all do there thing
> correctly.  But….  It is too good looking to have out on a job.   These
> kinds of things are like rifles and shotguns hanging on the wall to me.(not
> safe to do that anymore)   I have 6 Persimmon wood head golf clubs hanging
> on the wall too.  Just one of my quirks.
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> Dean VP
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> Apache junction, AZ
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> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Tom Thal
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2018 9:19 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
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> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Woodworking level
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> Dean, I have been to that a few times, including 2013 when I set up at the
> swap meet and sold some Farmall parts. It seemed like fewer tractors showed
> up during over the years. The stationery engines seemed to be more
> predominant. What was your experience?
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
> Date: 16/03/2018 8:50 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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> Subject: [AT] Woodworking level
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> Went to an Antique Tractor show in Cottonwood, AZ which was a bit of a
> bust but did make a score or two at the swap meet. One that I’m hoping
> someone on the list can point me in the right direction to find more
> information about.  It is a 48” Brass and Mahogany Wood Working Level that
> is in pretty darn good shape with no broken glass and all vials seem to be
> working properly.  It is made By American Level Manufacturing Co. Detroit,
> MI and appears to be model 60302 that is engraved in the wood.  It appears
> the company may have been held by a Foreign Holding company which is no
> longer in business. My plan is to try to restore the Brass and the Mahogany
> wood back to as close to original condition as possible.  And just probably
> just make a wall hanging out of it. But now that I own this I am curious if
> there is anything more to learn about this level.   Google searching has
> not been very successful. Ay ATIS list members into this kind of stuff who
> could direct me to where I might find out more info? I didn’t spend much
> purchasing this but it appeared to me to be something that would restore
> well and has an old world craftsman look to it.
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> Dean VP
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