I have an ironworker asking about this specific level, the Pentax L30. Apparently there are adjustments that you can make with the added adjustment knob that is very useful in construction. I have only ever used "normal" automatic levels like the NA2 or such.
Does anyone know how these work? What is unique about them? And do you have an extra one in the back storeroom that you want to sell me?
Pictures from:
http://www.mohaveinstrument.com/NewFiles/Pentax%20L30.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90834638@N06/albums/72157632861650083/
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This is the other side, with the extra knob.
This is a picture of one with the micrometer...which isn't probably needed for my application.
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Found one at gsi-optical.nl
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Nice guy, and he has a collection of Wild and other instruments for sale.
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Interesting page.
Note correct website address:?ÿ https://www.gsi-opticals.nl/english/
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Nice find!?ÿ Lots of cool old equipment from the beginnings of my survey days.
oops...the "s" matters!
And he is shipping it to me here in the good ole' USA. Of course the plate micrometer is in metric...
I had no idea what made this different, until I realized that it was a "tilting" level. The end user wants to use it set up on a steel building erection project and an automatic compensator vibrates too much. Now it makes sense. Before I was wondering why he needed this old level.
He has lots of Leica right angled eyepieces - think I will pick one up. A lot cheaper than new, and probably superior quality anyway.
Did you find out what was the special adjustment possible that was useful to the ironworker?
It is just that it isn't an automatic level. Once it showed up, I understood. I could have found dozens of tilting precision levels in the US, but I didn't know what he really wanted. He just gave me a product name.?ÿ
One unique aspect of this level is that you can see the precision bubble through the main eyepiece, rather than through a separate one.
Also got the micrometer, but it is metric...so I imagine it will never get used here.
BTW, it is also a wobble head.
