🇺🇸 American-Made Pick
🎥 Founder Tested

Empire Torpedo Level

The level that lives in the toolbox and gets reached for whenever something actually needs to be level. No embellishment needed.

Empire torpedo level, top-down on the workbench, three vials visible
Why it's better

No Embellishment Needed

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This is a 9" aluminum torpedo level with three vials — level, plumb, and 45°. It's not fancy, and it doesn't need to be. It lives in our founder's toolbox and gets reached for whenever something needs to actually be level, full stop.

The aluminum body is stamped "MADE IN USA" right on the housing, not just printed on a sticker that peels off after a few years in a truck bed.

  • Made in Mukwonago, Wisconsin since 1919
  • Three vials: level, plumb, and 45°
  • Rare-earth magnetic edge for hands-free use on steel
🇺🇸 How We Verified This Is American Made

Empire Level's own site states it has been "manufacturing precision measuring and layout tools" from its Mukwonago, Wisconsin facility since 1919. Read the source on empirelevel.com → Retrieved 2026-10-02. This is our founder's own torpedo level, owned and carried in his toolbox.

USA Made In
9" Length
1919 Est.
Who it's for

Anyone Tired of Trusting a Phone App

If you've ever "leveled" a shelf with a phone app and watched it drift a week later, this is the fix. A torpedo level is small enough to live in a tool bag or back pocket and precise enough to actually trust — three real vials, no battery, no calibration drift.

Owned and used by our own founder, alongside the Empire rafter square below — same Mukwonago, Wisconsin facility, different job on the same job site.

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What to know

A Few Things Before You Buy

The magnetic edge is a real feature, not a gimmick — it holds the level in place on a steel stud or beam while you work with both hands free. Keep the vial windows clean; a smear of drywall dust or sawdust is the most common reason people think a level has "gone bad" when it hasn't.

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