How to make a laser level yourself?

Laser level - this is a very useful construction tool, with which you can very quickly and accurately produce a level pile, spending a minimum of time and effort. In order to use it, you do not need to have any special skills and knowledge - just put this device on the floor (or on the wall), turn it on and wait for the device to provoke strictly straight horizontal lines on a particular surface.

However, for all this accuracy you have to pay, and often a lot of money. Therefore today we will consider the question "How to make a laser level yourself".

Photo and design of homemade apparatus

First, let's look at the details of this building element. The most important in the laser level is a special radiator. If it is a self-made instrument, then its function may well be performed by a cheap penny laser pointer.

This can be purchased in almost any department of stationery. However, the radiator is not all that the laser level consists of. The entire list of materials necessary for the manufacture of a self-made level implies the presence of a number of elements:

1. Laser pointers.
2. A simple bubble building level.
3. Peg with a round or square section of 50-60 mm and a length of 100-130 centimeters. Here, as a peg, the holder from the shovel is quite suitable.

A piece of dense plywood or boards, as well as a little porous rubber

Instructions

So, how is the laser level made by yourself? At the first stage you need to make a radiator. He, as we already noted earlier, should be made from a pointer. The finished element will project a sharp point to the wall in the future. However, here it is necessary to note one drawback: the home-made radiator, however good and qualitative it may be, is incapable of drawing a straight continuous line in the plane (for this special lenses are required, and these are used only in expensive purchase instruments).

In order to manufacture the laser level with your own hands (namely, its main part - the radiator), you need to do the following:

1. Prepare a simple nozzle (without a picture).
2. Seal it with cardboard.
3. In the center of the nozzle, pierce a small hole.
4. Install the device on the pointer.

Thus, when the radiator is turned on, the device will "draw" us on the wall a clear straight line in a vertical or horizontal direction.

How is the laser level done by yourself? In the next step you will need to set the level of the laser itself. To do this, take a few clamps, with which you can fix the pointer on the level. Between the first and second element is laid a small piece of porous rubber. This is to ensure that in the future you have the ability to adjust and adjust the position and angle of the laser.

We make the laser level with our own hands: we make a stand and collect the level elements

Now make a stand. To do this, you need to take two colas, one of which should be pointed, and the second - aligned horizontally. Plywood is attached to this area.

Then proceed to assemble the level elements. Here the first thing is hammered into the ground. If this is a premise, it is best to replace this element with a tripod. At the same time, use a bubble level to level the stand horizontally. Place the device on the pad and turn on the laser. In the place where the beam met the wall, you will see a dot. In it, make a note, turn the stand a few degrees to the side and place the next mark on the surface. After connecting these two points, you will get an absolutely straight vertical line.

An Important Moment

It should be noted that this line should be sketched only after the instrument has undergone a certain test - laser alignment. This work is done every time after mounting the stand with a level to a new location.

Levels of adjustment of the level

How to make a laser level and adjust it correctly? This work can be divided into several stages.

1. The screw is screwed into the stand so that its hat coincides with the laser line. Then the beam is turned on, and the level is directed to the wall. In the resulting point, another screw is screwed.
2. Then, between the twisted elements, a thin strip (metal profile) is laid, on which the level is then placed. The level bubble should be placed in the center of the window. As soon as he indicates a level position, a new mark is made on the wall, and if you connect the hat of the screw that was screwed into the stand with the wall mounted, you will get a perfectly smooth line.

The device is mounted on a stand. In order for the level to work correctly, it is necessary to combine the point that is projected by the beam from the new one, obtained with the help of the profile. For this purpose, the position of the pointer is regulated by the clamps, and as soon as the laser indicates the received mark, you can start working.

So, we figured out how to make a homemade laser level and how to properly set it up before work.