Rotating Laser Level

wroughtn_harv · Dec 2, 2004

It was to a Robo about five hundred dollars. White Cap is owned by HD now, there goes the neighborhood. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

There's a link to them from my "life is good". Do a search for laser levels and hold on.

dliston · Dec 2, 2004

I've used the DeWalt one - borrowed it for putting drop ceiling up in the basement. - Made VERY quick work of leveling the outside support strips. I think if I owned one, I would find uses for it, but can't justify the initial purchase.

Doug

willywildes · Dec 2, 2004

Northern tool sells them, I was just talking to a drilling contractor today about them. he has one from their. made by lasermark $999 3/32@100ft says it works great for what he does. they also have a $429 model 1/4@100 good luck!

RobertN · Dec 2, 2004

I like White Cap! Except, there are no prices marked! Don't know till you get to the counter...

Henro · Dec 3, 2004

My need for a laser will be ongoing since I am in the process of getting geared up to build my home, for the most part by myself. I typically double check myself with my scope.


RaT,

When I read the above, the first thing that popped into my head was...well...I set the level of my home with a simple water level...and frankly, the one thing that never is an issue in my mind is the level of things. It is right on as far as human senses can tell.

Now I do have some things that cause me to think "why the heck did I do that????" I attribute those to age...we get better as we age, right? Like a fine wine... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Anyway, if the motivation is for use in one building for one's own use, I am not certain an expensive ($1,000, expensive to me anyway) will be worth the investment. The long side of our place is about 90 feet, and all open. About the ONLY thing I never think about is floor level...or plumb. Just about every thing else...well..."If I woulda known then what I think I know now... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif"

willywildes · Dec 3, 2004

ya know i just have to laugh when i read these forums. A guy asks a question about a particular brand or wanting to buy something and someone tell him ya know its cheaper to rent that, or use a water level, or i know ya said your looking at brand X for 10$ well look at the great chinese model for 10000$ I like mine. Now were all smart guys here. i'm sure Rat has thought this out, done the cost analyss. if had to justifie 99% of what i own, every thing would be gone. then there are the guys who are the rules in forcers any way i just want to be a member this probbly wasnt the time or place for this post [ it has been building for awhile]
but the first thing that came to my mind was a guy with two kubotas and a backhoe with numerous attachment saying get a garden hose and fill it with water. I love TBN i guess sometimes you just have to laugh.

P.S Henro I do like your posts, you usually have good info.

bmac · Dec 3, 2004

but the first thing that came to my mind was a guy with two kubotas and a backhoe with numerous attachment saying get a garden hose and fill it with water. 

Willy, you craked me up with that one. However, Henro is one of the few who probably could get by with a garden hose filled with water just like Harvey Lacy can lay a straight fence with nothing but his good eyesight. And I agree with you - Henro does offer good advice - I enjoy reading his posts as well.

Henro · Dec 4, 2004

P.S Henro I do like your posts, you usually have good info.


Hee, hee, hee...my emphasis by the way... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You are right Willywildes, this is a good place to get all kinds of advice...

As a matter of fact, sometimes the most value comes from advice that seems almost unrelated to the original question posted. Exactly like those examples you gave.

I'm with you on this one though. It does sound like the tool man is advising that a spoon be used rather than an excavator.

Add my laugh to the chorus... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

BigEddy · Dec 9, 2004

So back to the subject.
How do the $38 rotating lasers compare against the $500 versions? I know these don't have a receiver, so you're stuck using a painted board to view the line - but what does the extra 300-400 bucks buy me? Is the $38 version a waste of money?

I personally have no valid need for a rotating level (that I can dream up right now) but when I see them under $40 with tripod, it makes me wonder if I do need one. Yeah and I have 2 tractors and a backhoe also.

mikim · Dec 10, 2004

I have 2 problems with laser levels ... 1. most are 4" to 6" long which means your point of reference for the light beam is based on a quite short base. It would seem to me that a 2' level would give a better bubble reference level than 4". .... 2. In order to get an outdoor accuracy that I feel I could live with - I'd have to spend more $$ than I could possibly justify for the use I'd get out of it. For interior work - where 50' is probably as far as I'd ever need it to shoot - I'd still want better than 1/4" accuracy in that 50' - I can live with 1/8" - but haven't seen any that meet that spec .....YET ... when they get there - I'll be there. In the meantime - I'll stick with all my old fashioned ways - which are probably not even as accurate as the spec I expect from lasers - but they aren't costing me any $$ either. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif