Posted on 04/23/2010 5:19:25 PM PDT by SandRat
I know that bad feeling. I gave some people a break on a moving job and they stole a piece of junk that wasn’t worth anything. I still want my piece of junk back because it was mine and they had no right to it.
Now we're going to hijack this thread.
“Laser ruler” is my generic name for it. The device is made by the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, 1800 West Central Road, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-2230, (1-877-267-24990), www.boschtools.com. Its official proper part number and name are: “DLR 130 Distance Measurer.” I bought mine for $99.95 at the Home Depot.
The device is really great for measuring the dimensions of rooms, which is what I used it for in doing a survey of my house required by my homeowners insurer. They wanted the total liveable square footage of the house, the carpeted area, the ceramic tiled area, the parquet tiled area, the areas of the deck and porch, and the ceiling area that was wooden instead of drywall, all of which required a lot of measuring. To get each measurement to 1/16” all I had to do was place the base of the instrument, which is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, against the surface I was measuring from, aim the laser pointer at the surface I was measuring to, and press a button to get a measurement that was good up to a distance of 130 feet. This was particularly helpful with the cathedral ceiling in my great room because I could measure from the base of each exposed beam to where it ended at the apex of the ceiling.
Similar, much cheaper, devices are made that use ultrasound. However, you never know how wide the beam is and whether you're getting an accurate measurement or if the sound is bouncing off part of an obstacle on the way to your actual target.
All in all, a great device every homeowner should have in his tool kit.
I forgot where it is, but the gunrange hosts a “Mathew Quigley Match”. The bucket is a steel plate outline.
Say 3 P-47’s roll on you. Each with eight .50’s. I don’t know the rate, or the burst time, but you must receive on, or near you a couple of thousand .50’s. Maybe, 200 hit you, one way or another. That’s got to hurt.
It used to be 72 virgins. Are they running out?
Bet the Barrett was topped with a Leupold.
I rounded off. I've been helping my g/daugter with home work and she has problems such as:
Round to the nearest thousand and multiply 997 times 416 - then multiply the actual numbers, find the difference.
I have seen those but thought maybe you had found an affordable device that could reach 500 to 1000 yards.
At a maximum of range of 130 feet I can’t see how I would find it useful,
I mean, I can tell how far a target is and my rifles are zeroed to 300 yards anyway.
At 100 feet it isn’t likely I am going to miss as my moa’s are 1.5 scoped and 3 iron sights, at 300yrds.
Do you use the laser ruler out to those distances?
For shooting bullets it's not good at all. For getting internal dimensions of buildings in insurance reviews, it's fantastic.
Oh I agree and did look up their product line. I think I would go for some of the more expensive models that go to 1500 feet, as I have had rare occassion for that application.
But when you are laying fiber optics it helps to be accurate, so you can over estimate the required material and labor.
Fiber is sold on a put, so you can only order exactly what you order, unlike Cat6 which comes by the box.
Congratulations, between us we’ve really hijacked this thread.
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