Laser Line Levels

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stevenje

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I am looking to purchase a self leveling laser line level. It will be used for indoor small commercial/residential. Any suggestions on what to purchase or what to stay away from would be appreciated.
Thanks.
 
I'm going to state a poor boy app.

Some 30" levels have a bolt eye this does lend itself to camera tripods.

An alteration of a old light stand and your good to go!

The old surveyor trick is to never leave the tripod alone.

You also have to remember to take the distance off for the difference the top of level to the laser eye!

There's some real nice ones out there. Good Luck!
 
I own and use one of these and highly recommend them. They have strong magnets that can be used to attach it to metal framing, panel covers, door bucks, etc. Pretty cheap too.

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http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW087K...32EA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331086217&sr=8-1
 
I use an old school PLS for the rotary level, and while it is excellent, I highly recommend a self leveling rotary, and pls/ pacific laser systems would be high on that list, or cst.

Our hilt line laser is great, but for full room accuracy, you really want the rotary.
 
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I'll tell you what, after you have a rotary that shoots vertically as well as horizontally you'll wonder how you did with out it. No more string lines. I ran pipe for lighting dead nuts straight through a 200' long warehouse with one. I can lay flourescent strips and can lights out without holding a tape the whole time or using chalk lines. Worth it's weight in gold.

I have a PLS HVR505R. You lose the line in bright sunlight, and they do offer a higher visibility model for $500 more or so, but I don't know if it's worth it.
 
Cow said:
I'll tell you what, after you have a rotary that shoots vertically as
well as horizontally you'll wonder how you did without it.

I have a PLS HVR505R. You lose the line in bright sunlight,
and they do offer a higher visibility model for $500 more or
so, but I don't know if it's worth it.
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well, yeah, they work well.... you have a rack to run
across a tilt up, make a measurement for one end
and put the receiver on it, put another mark at the other end,
and scooch the laser around gently while it's spinning, till the
receiver starts beeping, and when you get the steady tone,
you are there... accurate within 1/8" or so...

go pick up the receiver, get on the scissor lift, and start
running rack.. the hilti has a receiver that's a remote, so
you can control the laser with it, including limiting the revolving,
so it wiggles back and forth, and doesn't cause an eye hazard all
over the job, and makes the beam way brighter, so you don't need
a receiver as much.
 
Fulthrotl said:
well, yeah, they work well.... you have a rack to run
across a tilt up, make a measurement for one end
and put the receiver on it, put another mark at the other end,
and scooch the laser around gently while it's spinning, till the
receiver starts beeping, and when you get the steady tone,
you are there... accurate within 1/8" or so...

go pick up the receiver, get on the scissor lift, and start
running rack.. the hilti has a receiver that's a remote, so
you can control the laser with it, including limiting the revolving,
so it wiggles back and forth, and doesn't cause an eye hazard all
over the job, and makes the beam way brighter, so you don't need
a receiver as much.
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This comes with a remote as well as the "wiggle" feature, but no receiver. I just leave it on full rotation when I use it, that wiggle feature makes me think I'm going to wear it out prematurely when it's on that setting! It's easy enough to lay out marks on both side of room on the wall near the floor, set the laser on one side, aim at the mark on the other, and spin it up. Probably takes one minute. The great thing is lasers show up really good on bright emt and 4 square boxes, etc. Not so well on dark gray ceiling trusses though when you're quite a ways out....
 
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