Spent 4 hours trying to level a floor only to realize my level was crooked

Grabbed my 6ft level I've had for years, checked the floor in my living room remodel. Bubble was way off. Shimmed, adjusted, cursed. Did this dance for 3 hours thinking the old subfloor was insanely wonky. My helper walks in, takes one look at my level, says 'boss you know that things bent right?' Sure enough I dropped it last month and put a tiny curve in the edge. New level cost me $25 and 15 minutes. Anyone else ever fight a tool that was the real problem?

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ruby49419d ago

Maybe it's just me but a crooked level still shows a true reading if you flip it.

carter.hugo20d ago

Three years ago I spent a whole weekend chasing a rattle in my truck. Engine mounts, exhaust hangers, heat shields, the whole deal. Turns out it was a loose bolt in the glove box hinge the whole time. It's like how we always assume the problem is the big complicated thing when it's usually the stupid little thing staring us in the face. My buddy's a mechanic and he says half his job is just double checking that the tools he's using aren't broken. We trust our gear way more than we should, that's the real takeaway.