Screwfix laser levels - any good?
 

Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S

b&q are cheaper, 25 quid

abraham
"Dave" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S

"Dave" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:50:17 GMT, "mrcheerful
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"Dave" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

I regularly borrow that exact tool and your description of it is very
fair and accurate.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are
they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as
screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

If only I'd seen your reply sooner :-(

Dave S

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"Dave" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are
they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as
screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

If only I'd seen your reply sooner :-(

Dave S



There is another one listed now:
4322668169
I must admit I hope it makes more than the last, I lost money on that one!!

mrcheerful

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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:50:17 GMT, "mrcheerful
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"Dave" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are
they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as
screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

I regularly borrow that exact tool and your description of it is very
fair and accurate.

Thank you. I can't see the point in misdescribing, it will only annoy
buyers.

mrcheerful

"mrcheerful ." wrote in message
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There is another one listed now:
4322668169
I must admit I hope it makes more than the last, I lost money on that
one!!

Expect you will; after the subtle advert you'll probably have half of
uk.d-i-y chasing it now!

Incidentally, to the OP, Aldi sometimes stock these things as well; no idea
about quality but pretty sure they're cheaper than Screwfix if that's the
main criterion.

David

Lobster wrote:
"mrcheerful ." wrote in message
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There is another one listed now:
4322668169
I must admit I hope it makes more than the last, I lost money on that
one!!

Expect you will; after the subtle advert you'll probably have half of
uk.d-i-y chasing it now!

Incidentally, to the OP, Aldi sometimes stock these things as well; no idea
about quality but pretty sure they're cheaper than Screwfix if that's the
main criterion.

Focus (or was it Homebase) had the exact same model as the Aldi one, for
about 2.5* the price.
The laser is only 1mw however.

Then again, you can't really obtain useful lasers for them.
I want one that you can level it off to a nice level with the bubble
level, turn the laser on, traverse it, and you've made the cut.

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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are
they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as
screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take
the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

If only I'd seen your reply sooner :-(

Dave S



There is another one listed now:
4322668169
I must admit I hope it makes more than the last, I lost money on that
one!!

mrcheerful

Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these things.
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are
they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as
screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take
the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

If only I'd seen your reply sooner :-(

Dave S



There is another one listed now:
4322668169
I must admit I hope it makes more than the last, I lost money on that
one!!

mrcheerful

Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these things.
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The laser colour is usually (alwaya?) red, I expect that red lasers are
cheap to make, must be annoying if you are clour blind though.

Mrcheerful

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:07:46 +0100, troubleinstore wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these
things.

As the enhancement goggles are red, I'd say red.

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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:07:46 +0100, "troubleinstore"
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Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these things.

There are two colours - both red. However the long wavelength red is
cheaper to make, and thus ubiquitous. The short wavelength red is at a
more sensitive part of the eye's reception and appears brighter for
the same power. You'd need to buy a Leica or something to get one.

There might be green ones before too long. Cheap non-red diode lasers
are getting much cheaper.

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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:07:46 +0100, "troubleinstore"
wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these things.

There are two colours - both red. However the long wavelength red is
cheaper to make, and thus ubiquitous. The short wavelength red is at a
more sensitive part of the eye's reception and appears brighter for
the same power. You'd need to buy a Leica or something to get one.

There might be green ones before too long. Cheap non-red diode lasers
are getting much cheaper.

I don't have one but used one once. Always found myself needing
to make a mark at the beam point which was well out of reach.
Someone needs to make one which has a momentary beam power boost
button; 1kW pulse should be enough for the beam to burn a small
mark on most things ;-)

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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:45:14 +0100, "Dave"
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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix, are they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Of course laser levels are no more accurate than a level + long
straight edge since it all comes down to the bubble. Best long
distance level is a water tube. I made one from a old bit of hose
with some clear plastic tubes I had (eprom carriers to be precise).
You need a good seal and to make sure there is no air trapped as you
fill it (i.e. raise both ends so it is a smooth curve down and back
up. With that I can get say a 10m wall level +/- 1mm.


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Has anyone bought any of the cheaper laser levels from Screwfix,
are
they
any good? Is there a better/cheaper place to get them?

Dave S



the ones I have on ebay at present are probably at least as good as
screwfix
and less than b and q at present, but only a few mins to go. I take
the
liberty of putting a link in:
to keep it short go to ebay and look for item:
4321300479

mrcheerful

If only I'd seen your reply sooner :-(

Dave S



There is another one listed now:
4322668169
I must admit I hope it makes more than the last, I lost money on that
one!!

mrcheerful

Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these things.
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The laser colour is usually (alwaya?) red, I expect that red lasers are
cheap to make, must be annoying if you are clour blind though.

Mrcheerful

Exactly Mrcheerful, looks like I shall have to stay with the old methods.
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 09:07:46 +0100, troubleinstore wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what colour is the laser beam from these
things.

As the enhancement goggles are red, I'd say red.

The 1950's chinese nuclear reactor type protection/enhancement goggles
are red for the rotary laser level bought just two days ago. 5 watt
output with horizontal and vertical adjustment. 19.99 plus vat.

In message , dave
writes
5 watt
output
Ouch
????????????????????????
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In message , Bill
writes
In message , dave
writes
5 watt
output
Ouch
????????????????????????

Prolly for sensing levels remotely on the moon

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On 5 Sep 2004 10:06:42 -0700, dave wrote:

5 watt output...

Flippin heck! What ever you do don't turn it on without eye protection
for everyone in the room. The scatter from that could easyly damage
eyes, permenantly.

I suspect that there is a lowercase "m" missing... even so thats still
quite a pokey laser wouldn't want to look directly at that either.

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"Malcolm Reeves" wrote in message
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Best long distance level is a water tube.
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Malcolm

Thanks Malcolm, I'd forgotten about water levels, 'could be what I need.

Dave S

Bill wrote in message ...
In message , dave
writes
5 watt
output
Ouch
????????????????????????

put a m in front of that.