sfav8r
Senior Member
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
I ran across a guy today that was using a tool I have been looking for. It is very simple. You lay the top piece (a transmitter) on the floor where you want to drill a hole. You then go to the bottom with the receiver which has 4 arrows around a hole. As you get within a couple of feet of the transmitter above, the receiver starts beeping. You lay the receiver flat on the ceiling (sub floor of where the transmitter is) and as you get closer to the desired hole location, 4 arrows which are located around the hole in the receiver begin to light up showing you which way the hole is. Simply move the receiver until all 4 arrows light up and mark where your hole will be.
He said it was called a "drill locator" and that he didn't know the brand of his, but Hilti made one. I googled "drill locator" and also searched and browsed around the Hilti site and could not find anything.
I looked closely at the one he had and the only marking was some small print that siad "First run products" or "First run systems".
Have any of you seen this or something like it? It was very useful, plus it meets the all-important "I really want one" test.
Thanks
He said it was called a "drill locator" and that he didn't know the brand of his, but Hilti made one. I googled "drill locator" and also searched and browsed around the Hilti site and could not find anything.
I looked closely at the one he had and the only marking was some small print that siad "First run products" or "First run systems".
Have any of you seen this or something like it? It was very useful, plus it meets the all-important "I really want one" test.
Thanks