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MHerder

Joined: 11 Feb 2008
Posts: 143
Location: Fort Worth TX

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: Self Leveling Laser Awesome Time Saver

Here's a useful tip, I hope...



I bought a strait line laser a while ago, it was a total piece of crud as the bubble was wayyyy off, I figured it was a fluke, returned it and bought another....  Same thing.  Needless to say this was frustrating.  I have been aware of self leveling lasers and have used them many times at work, but understood that they were quite expensive and I figured I'd just use my good ol plumb bob and good quality levels I have...  



RYOBI makes a great self leveling laser that was on sale for fifty bucks.  This is coming from someone who hates Ryobi, I am a Milwaukee guy.  But, This thing is AWESOME.  I highly recommend it to anyone especially as you get close to the parts where you connect the fuselage.  I have it set a foot or so above the firewall stiffenner and I have used a tape measure to check all spots of interest for level, including wing level, twist etc.  A word of caution...  Never trust one level, check it against another, and check it against itself by flipping it around, same goes for a laser, since you can drop it and get it out of wack, or it could get out of wack in shipping.  I checked my laser level against my bubble levels and it was DEAD on.  I got my fuselage leveled up in about an hour or so, and I guarantee there is no twist in this baby, this is much more time consuming with a regular old level.  I was able to use a wooden jig with leveling nuts at the bottom, slowly but surely, one adjustment at a time I finally have it dead on!



One other tip to regarding it's use, you must rock the tape measure back and forth to get a good reading (toward and away from the laser unit).  Record the lowest/smallest number you get since it will be the smallest/shortest when you are perfectly plumb. 



Good Luck



Ryobi Model ELL0006

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Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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Location: Edgewater FL

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: Re: Self Leveling Laser Awesome Time Saver

This procedure is shown in HomebuiltHELP's 601xl fuselage building dvd Jon and I made earlier this year. We used a 50 buck Black and Decker self leveler from that orange big box home store. I prefer the one that shoots a vertical as well as horizontal line. There was only about 2mm variation from firewall to tailpost on the fuselage built for the dvd.



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Ron Lendon

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:57 am Post subject: Re: Self Leveling Laser Awesome Time Saver

Hey guys,



Got some part numbers to go with the ones you like?  I stopped in the Big Orange store and there are way to many choices.

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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Self Leveling Laser Awesome Time Saver

Mine is a Black & Decker BDL310S. a couple years old.

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Ron Lendon

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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: Self Leveling Laser Awesome Time Saver

I found the same one you have Gus, the BDL310S.  It must have been my lucky day because it was the only one they had, no box but only $24.



Took it home and checked it against a square, right on the money.  Found my table was out a little so that got fixed and I am a happy camper.

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