Laser Line

chitown wrote on May 22, 2015:Go to #20

is this a pointer laser or what is it?

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chitown wrote on May 22, 2015:Go to #20

is this a pointer laser or what is it? we bought one at the atssa show but is just a pointer i hardly can see it during daylight, but after that i went to a gun show and bought another pointer but that one is a lot better and cheaper too it shows a huge green light.

Are you talking about a dot * or a line _______?

The one i bought is a dot

We use a dot during the day and a line at night. The line is easier and does not require a second person. These are all lasers, not pointers. We run them off a 3 volt converter powered by the rider battery. We put a switch next to the throttle lever to turn the unit on and off. The longer they are off they cool down.

Took mine out today to give it a shot for layout, used it on a stand to layout 450 ft of line, shot laser at target then used my paint stick with Reflective tape worked great. you can use the white reflective tape for truck sides, I only did 450' would have gone farther, although lining up on the target is a bit of a chore at that distance. but easier that pulling a string line when especially when its windy. here is a pic of the dot in full sun at 450 ft. http://s899.photobucket.com/user/Garry442/media/laser%20p…

At that distance, I would imagine it would be hard to find the laser again if you hit a bump or rock.

I bought the GL1000 several months ago and let it sit on the shelf being skeptical about using it. However, once I put it on my machine and playing with it in the driveway insuring that it would produce a straight line I decided to use it in my production work. I live in South Florida where the skies are bright and all my striping is done in the daytime. A lot of my work is airport striping and the shadow box in the daytime is visible about 450 feet away. I try to stripe so that the sun is not hitting into the box and this will give you a brighter light. The lines are definitely straighter because your aim point is so far away. I can only say good things about Mike. When I originally bought it and put it on my machine I was having problem getting it to align properly. I called Mike and they had developed a new mount and he promptly sent it out to me. Now when I get on a job to check alignment I just pop a 30 foot line to insure that the laser is aligned. I hope this helps everyone out. Thanks.

This is a video of us using the green dot laser in the bright sunlight. http://vid1078.photobucket.com/albums/w488/jimpanz/Mobile… http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w488/jimpanz/Mobile%2… http://vid1078.photobucket.com/albums/w488/jimpanz/Mobile…

I like your target, nice video, thanks

jpanz wrote on Jul 7, 2015:Go to #28

This is a video of us using the green dot laser in the bright sunlight. http://vid1078.photobucket.com/albums/w488/jimpanz/Mobile… http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w488/jimpanz/Mobile%2… http://vid1078.photobucket.com/albums/w488/jimpanz/Mobile…

Great idea using a delineator and a helper

looking at this seems like its just about as much work as pulling a string or chaulking the lines. what step does this eliminate or does it just make things easier on your helper?

Its 10 times faster than pulling strings. Cant tell you how much faster snapping lines because we stopped doing that 10 years ago. It takes one person to move the cone only for the double stalls. I painted about 60 double stalls in about 15 minutes using the laser. the only other prep was the autolayout putting down the dots.

Using a laser (very high power with a line generating lens) to layout multiple rows in a warehouse. Target is over 200 feet away and we did physical layout on the ends (over 200' away) - just relied on tic marks off the auto layout for the multiple rows of material storage. On this job alone which was over 40K of epoxy we did it in 2.5 days with 2 guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3gQ8GvPIuM

it saves so much time and the quality is better. some times we still snap out the 18s but half the time i redo it with the laser and auto layout because its straighter then chalk

RandyV wrote on Jul 9, 2015:Go to #33

Using a laser (very high power with a line generating lens) to layout multiple rows in a warehouse. Target is over 200 feet away and we did physical layout on the ends (over 200' away) - just relied on tic marks off the auto layout for the multiple rows of material storage. On this job alone which was over 40K of epoxy we did it in 2.5 days with 2 guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3gQ8GvPIuM

Randy, 2 questions. one, what kind of marking paint do you use that puts down such a narrow line? two, what kind of laser do you have and how did you mount it on your handle bars? Thanks in advance!

How much is this laser

Im thinking on giving it a try

The laser is no longer available. Thanks to our wonderful oppressive Federal Government officials, they decided that importing lasers more than .5mW is not longer legal so the lasers we have are no longer able to be imported. I'm still looking for a way to get them here from China or to find another source. The ones we have are 100mW and use 2 C cell batteries. Good Copper Top batteries typically last about 6 hours. When they were available, we paid approximately $300 for them. As for the narrow line, we are using the Auto Layout on the Graco Line Laser. The inverted marking we use is the inverted marking chalk. We order it from WW Granger.

The just don't want us holding up a gas station with such a powerful weapon. We also don't want any islands tipping over or flags scaring people or cows farting or children playing. Welcome to THX

You can get 50mw up to 200mw green line lasers from ebay. They are not on there all the time so you have to keep checking. The units with the built in cooling fans hold up the best. You can get a 12 volt to 3 .7 volt converter to run them off the rider battery. DISCLAIMER, this is what i heard. not that I would ever import something from china against the big O's wishes. just use the info for discussion purpose. JIm ps. if you want pictures let me know