Montgomery Slope Level Blog

Why Builders Love the New Slope Level

mlevel — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:52:56 +0000

DIY Network Hosts Love the Montgomery Level

mlevel — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:44:10 +0000

Watch what hosts of Do-It-Yourself Network think about the Montgomery Slope Level!

HGTV Featuring the Montgomery Slope Level

mlevel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:34:34 +0000

Watch the HGTV video featuring the Montgomery Level:
http://montgomerylevelcompany.com/presshgtv.php

32″ Montgomery Slope Level

mlevel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:29:51 +0000

Montgomery Level

32″ Slope Level
Price $ 49.95

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Montgomery Level to Be Featured on the Home Depot Home Page, February 20, 2009

mlevel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:12:31 +0000

The Montgomery Level company offers 16”, 24”, 32” and 48” slope levels ranging in price from $24.99 to $59.95. Home Depot will feature the level on its home page on February 20!

History of the Bubble or Spirit Level

mlevel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:35:39 +0000

The spirit level was invented by Melchisedech Thevenot, the Royal Librarian to King Louis XIV of France, who was an amateur scientist and patron of many scientists and mathematicians. Thevenot invented the instrument some time before February 2, 1661. This date can be very accurately established from Thevenot’s correspondence with scientist Christiaan Huygens. Within a year of this date the inventor circulated details of his invention to others, including Robert Hooke in London and Vincenzo Viviani in Florence. It is occasionally argued that these bubble levels did not come into widespread use until the beginning of the eighteenth century, the earliest surviving examples being from that time, but Adrien Auzout had recommended that the Académie Royale des Sciences take “levels of the Thevenot type” on its expedition to Madagascar in 1666.

In the 1920s, Henry Ziemann the founder of Empire Level, invented the modern level with a single vial. Since then, there has been no major improvements to the conventional level until Matthew Montgomery of the Montgomery Level Company engineered a new arced vial which allows any professional or homeowner with minimal skills to calculate the slope of an angle, making construction or home-improvement jobs faster and more accurate. The new generation slope level simply gives the angle in seconds. The slope levels are calibrated, waterproof and affordable.

Who uses the Montgomery Level?

mlevel — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:35:23 +0000

Our levels are used by Roofers, Carpenters, Engineers, Contractors, Landscape Architects, Building Inspectors, Cabinet Makers, Stone and Brick Masons, Plumbers, Interior Designers, Painters, Metal Trade Machinists, Graphic Artists and Do it Yourselfers.

One Man’s Frustrations Can Lead to a Great Invention

mlevel — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:42:31 +0000

I have always experimented with better and simpler ways to accomplish complicated construction tasks. Over the years working in the construction industry, I realized there had to be a better and safer way to calculate slope without having to use the old “rise over run” method, which takes both hands or two people and requires math skills. I have been in the building industry for over 30 years and the levels have not been improved upon. There of course are the digital levels, however they are too expensive and are not waterproof, they also have to be calibrated if dropped which as many roofers know happens.

As many inventions, the Montgomery Slope Level is a product of my frustration with inaccurate yet expensive tools. A solution to my frustrations was a simple arced vial and specially engineered fluid that can withstand very high and low temperatures. After months of diligent research and testing, I introduced my final product – a slope level that measures the degree and the pitch. It is highly accurate and durable as well as affordable and simple to use.

Montgomery Level Company Produces a New and Improved Level that Measures Slope

mlevel — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:22:33 +0000

The Montgomery Level Company produces the first slope level incorporating an arced vial into a standard level indicating pitch and degree in non electric or mechanical means. Our US patented level also incorporates a uniquely engineered, state of the art fluid which helps keep expansion and contraction to a minimum for a more accurate reading of the slope. The highly accurate slope level improved upon an 80 year-old invention, combining plum, level, and slope indicators in one easy to use tool.