I could've used a decent level the other day. I was over at my wife's friend's house to hang some bathroom mirrors and all I had was an el cheapo 99 cent HF torpedo level and a tape measure. The accuracy of such is probably good enough to hang some bathroom mirrors, but I could've used the long straight edge of a large level to draw my lines on the wall.
I guess a "carpenter's square" is what I needed. I had 2 mirrors to hang above 2 sinks in the master bedroom. I figured out how far away the wall was from the exact middle of each faucet and transferred that to the wall and drew a vertical line on the wall. I could've used the carpenter's square to then draw a nice perpendicular line off that line, and then measure 20 inches across (length between the 2 hanging brackets on the mirrors). But not having one, I used the small torpedo level as a makeshift straight edge.
Ugh, always bring more tools than you think you need. And it ***** because now I am an expert at hanging bathroom mirrors but I will probably never hang another one, since most people have medicine cabinets.
