How To Check Grade with a Rotary Laser Level
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Here’s how to use a rotary laser level.
Start by securing it to a tripod or a stable surface.
This laser will automatically self-level up to 5 degrees.
Turn it on, while the laser adjusts the light blinks; then it starts.
I set my grade rod on the top of this floor and adjusted the receiver until it aligns with the laser.
There are up and down arrows, and a solid tone lets you know you’re on the mark.
The laser is set at 2’ 10” above the floor.
The bottom of the pit I dug needed to be exactly 3 feet lower than the top of the floor, so to get this depth I raised the receiver 3 feet- to 5’ 10” mark.
By raising the receiver I’m lowering the bottom of the grade rod to the depth it needs to be, because the receiver always stays level with the laser.
Here’s how I use the level to check the height of my gravel.
The concrete slab is 6” thick, so by raising the receiver 6”- it puts the grade rod at the top of the gravel.
Historians say the pyramids were leveled by flooding the foundation- It would have been a lot easier with this laser. @hausplans
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Its really fun when you're just looking around and happen to be at the perfect height for your eye to catch the lazer.
I’ve done that
I was driving down the highway alongside a jobsite and caught a laser. That was fun
As a retired grade checker ,I love the laser !
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As a current grade checker, I love the laser!
Lot easier than the old builders level,batter boards, and strings. Thanks.
Thanks for watching
Perfect explanation brother 👍
Glad you liked it
Just remember for precise work, these are only accurate to within an 1/8 inch, maybe even less when your summer help guys knock it over 😂
Across how many metres??
My first year excavating I ran string line for everything. When I finally bought a laser it was life changing. Greatest investment I’ve made
I bet
I’ve used laser levels for 17 years before just recently switching to a ZipLevel. Best decision I ever made. ZipLevels make it so much easier to get really accurate readings, and I don’t have to jot down a bunch of numbers because I can zero out my benchmark and then let the ZipLevel do the rest
On a Bog job 2 or 3 days I use the same spot to set up Like a Basement or Drain field skeptic . Unless its a day job im done by dark .
That’s makes sense
As a retired eyeman (surveyor) I can attest to TopCon equipment.
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Masking tape would help show a better understanding
Wont this permanently damage your eyes if you get caught in the eye with it
Yes there are glasses that should be worn if it’s in your line of sight
That’s a lot simpler than using a transit. I remember working with my dad and having to shoot the site with the transit and a measuring stick.
I agree they are simpler
made by Topcon...used to make super cameras!
Interesting
First ever building level 1988
Plumb Plumb Plumb, do we not use this word anymore?
If your to high you can angel your stick to the right until it’s level then estimate how far you tilted your stick. When you’re running ditches with a good operator all you have to do is angel your stick to show them how deep they have to go
I do that all the time👍
@@hausplans nice work 👍🏻
15 yrs use them when it first came out
I use a blank piece of wood and draw my numbers instead
Finally an explanation I understand 😂🎉🎉🎉 it's puzzled me for years how these things get the levels. Set the height and deduct the depth. Simples.
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I'm with you. I thought it was the top. Thank you.
Pyramids are fallen Angel technology and Nephilim architecture. Your laser show is a fart in the wind
2000 rotary laser level
It's nice that it's not in engineers scale. That's a little confusing for some people at first.
One day I bet a guy about transit accuracy against a water level and they both were accurate and he won the bet because the water level mark was at the same height
Some say the Egyptian did have laser.
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I've seen Rogan talk to many of the guys who say that, very interesting tbh
5 degree laser is not accurate enough. ??
Is there a way there an easier way to shoot grade solo. Then hoping out the cab all the time?
Why aren't we using Lidar with computer inputs at the desired levels
Why only singularly
Why not multiple at multiple in puts giving multiple results desired ?
Or a water level
How many old farts remember those
WOW!!! 😂😂😂😂
We use Only dumpy levels...
I never use my tripod. Just set it on anything secure and reasonably flat and lower to your work. It will shorten the rod length and make it easier to use
I tend to use my tripod less as well
@@hausplans I am retired now but back then I found the tripod more vulnerable to a opps
Agree
That all works unless there is something obstructing the beam such as a small hill or branch
What kind of laser is this
Topcon
Don't forget to tell em you gotta go down to go up and up to go down
Exactly right
Your knowledge is so INSANE. I’ve only met one other person in this field that was just as knowledgeable. But it’s fascinating to see the gifts that God has given to some. You have definitely been given that gift. Your wife and daughter should be proud of their husband/father.
Wow, thank you!
I LOVE STABILA BRAND
Me took
Thank you
Thanks for watching
Bro is using inches and not tenths 😅
Water level is perfect; laser level is not
That’s true just ask the Egyptians
How did you learn all this stuff?
I started out working for another builder
"Foot" and "inches" have nothing to do with precision.
Ummm, ackually its called a stadia rod
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