Hi Folks, In 1997 after seeing and hearing Rick Baldassin use the Fazioli level and learning that to get one one had to go to Italy to get one by attending a Fazioli seminar, We decided to designed our first string level. In our Idaho area the brass H channel that Fazioli uses was not readily available so other materials were used. 1/4" U channel aluminum 1/2" x 1/8" square plate for a foot and a bubble vial special order from our local hardware store. Ten of these were made and these I took to the Orlando national seminar where all were sold. I well remember asking Norm Neblett who was teaching string leveling to try my new design. Norm placed the level on the string that he was working on and gently plucked. The level went sailing across the strings almost to be lost in the action cavity. I felt a little like the old comic strip charicter there the light bulb comes on. The next level needed to be a lot heavier but not too large and heavy so as to displace the string and give a poor reading. We decided on 1/4" brass stock as the Vials available to us at that time were 1/4" This level is essentially the same design as the one we produce today with two changes. The 9 mm bubble is now inside the brass body and the white line down the middle and front and back makes it easier to place the foot of the level so that it straddles the unison equally. I would like to find one of the originals. If there is anyone who purchased one of the first levels and wants to trade for one of the new models, give me a call at 208 278 5257 Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com
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