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Also called a bubble level, a spirit level can be used to determine if a surface is horizontal (level) or vertical (plumb), and they can be used by people who work in the following professions:

• Carpentry
• Masonry
• Bricklaying
• Surveying
• Metalworking
• Photography
• Videography

Hultafors makes some of the best spirit levels on the market, so be sure to look at what we have at Engineer Supply.

The spirit level was invented by Melchisedech Thevnot, who was a wealthy Frenchman that served as a royal librarian for King Louis XIV. But he was also an amateur mathematician and scientist. He noticed that for a bubble inside a tube of water to position itself at the exact center, it needed to be on a surface that was exactly horizontal. Improvements were made to this principle since its discovery in 1661, but it wasn’t until the early 18th Century that the spirit level experienced widespread use.

The best spirit levels are accurate within a plus or minus range of 0.5mm per meter (which is 0.005 inches per inch) or 0.029 degrees. And because Hultafors is considered to be one of the best tool manufacturers in the industry, you can be sure to get this kind of accuracy from one of their spirit levels. Feel free to look at what we have at Engineer Supply, so you can find a tool that’s right for you!

A spirit level has either a glass or plastic vial that’s filled with a colored liquid and a bubble of air that moves horizontally or vertically according to how the instrument is moved, and the best ones have both. Each vial has two graduation marks that are spaced in a way that will allow the bubble to be positioned between them, which will determine if the surface is horizontally or vertically level. The accuracy of the level will depend on its quality, which is why you should use one made by Hultafors.

Hultafors makes a variety of hand tools that can be used for any of the following tasks:

• Measuring
• Cutting
• Marking
• Striking
• Leveling

It also has a broad selection of pry and wrecking bars. They’re always developing new products. So whether you need a Hultafors contact meter or any other tool made by this great company, be sure to look at what we have at Engineer Supply.