Archive for the 'Laser' Category

Laser Pulley Alignment

Monday, August 31st, 2009

If you need to check drive pulleys to see if they’re out of alignment, one way to do it is to use the Gates Drive Align laser alignment tool.  It can show you if the drive pulleys are offset or angled with respect to each other.

Gates’ tool uses a 650nm (red) laser diode powered by a replaceable lithium battery which provides 20 hours of continuous use. It can be used on all automotive serpentine belt drives with four or more ribs.

The Drive Align Laser includes glasses that help you see the laser better, a bungee cord to secure the laser tool to the pulley, and an Allen wrench to align the light beam. The tool comes in a high-impact plastic carrying with space for the other accessories. Overall the Laser Drive Alignment Tool will run you at least $125.

Lazer Drive Align [Gates]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
Via Amazon [What’s This?]

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Wacky: A Laser-Guided Handsaw, Part 2

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Back in 2007, Sean showed us a laser-guided handsaw that looked like a drywall saw.  I figured the market would kill such a mutation before it could spawn, but lo and behold, upon opening the latest Sears tool catalog I found the Spear & Jackson laser-guided woodsaw.  Yes, it’s a standard hand woodsaw, with a 10 tpi “Sheffield” blade, and a frickin’ laser!

If you look at Spear & Jackson’s press release you see why they need the laser — their product tester doesn’t know to keep his index finger extended along the line of the sawblade.  The YouTube video linked below shows the saw in all of its glory.

It’s a sad world that has a need for such a saw, isn’t it?

Spear & Jackson Laser-Guided Woodsaw [Sears]
Press Release [Spear & Jackson]
Video [YouTube]

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Like A Layout Square With Frickin’ Laser Beams

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

You thought the only thing missing from your layout square was lasers — well, the Stanley FatMax Laser Level square may not have all the functionality of a layout square, but it does feature two lasers attached to an aluminum 90-45-45° square with level and plumb vials to boot.

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Dealmonger: Infiniter RS-1 Laser Cutting Guide $13

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Lasers just keep getting cheaper — Rockler cut the price of the Infiniter RS-1 Laser Cutting Guide in half.  That’s right, it’s on sale for just $13, cheaper than the Harbor Freight version is currently listed!

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