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Spent $80 on a laser level and it paid for itself in one day
I was laying a long garden wall last week in Columbus and kept second-guessing my lines with a string line. Grabbed a cheap laser level from the hardware store for 80 bucks and got that wall straight on the first try, saved me at least two hours of rework. Anybody else find that spending money on layout tools saves you more than you think?
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margaretm2322d ago
Why not just take your time with a string line and a level? I mean that $80 could've bought a few bags of concrete or some nice plants for the wall. Seems like a lot of money for something that only saves you a couple of hours if you already know what you're doing.
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ruby_patel2722d ago
Margaret, I used to be right there with you on that string line and level. I was the guy who’d say "why waste money on fancy gadgets when you got two hands and a bubble." But honestly, after fighting with a 40-foot fence line last spring and having to redo half of it because the string sagged in the middle, I finally caved and bought a laser level. That $80 saved me from another weekend of cussing and pulling up posts. The time you save adds up fast, even on smaller jobs, and that’s worth more than a couple bags of concrete to me now. I wouldn’t go back to guessing with string, not for anything.
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