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The uses for the SmartTool Digital Levels and the Builder's Angle Finder's Module are as extensive as your imagination.  In almost any way a need exists to measure angles, the SmartTool has a tool that will save you time and money.  Some of the uses that have been reported by actual users of the SmartTool are:

  • ADA (American Disabilities Act) contractor and inspector: assure cross slopes are no greater than 1:50
  • ADA contractor and inspector: assure proper angle of hand rails
  • ADA contractor and inspector: assure ramps are no steeper than 1:20
  • Aircraft service: Confirm actual flaps angle are as expected
  • Aircraft service: Determining actual angle of propeller pitch
  • Asphalt laying to assure curves are banked at required angles
  • Automotive: Front end wheel alignment - assure proper camber
  • Automotive: Set angle of drive shaft
  • Bicycling: Hill incline
  • Boating: Sail boat heel indicator by fraction of a degree from 0 to 90 degrees
  • Building inspector: Determine actual angle in degrees of new construction
  • Cabinet maker: Level cabinets with both hands free using beep function for level
  • Carpenter: Exact setting of saw to 22.5 degrees
  • Concrete worker: Set slope and pitch of sidewalks and ramps
  • Construction work: Setting grader and tractor work alignment in degree increments
  • Disaster rescue: Monitor damaged buildings to assure not shifting (used in Oklahoma City bombing)
  • Dump truck operators: Continuous monitoring of tilt of bed for safety
  • Electrician: Precise bending of tubing/conduit at any angle including (no longer trial and error)
  • Engineer: Confirm actual angle vs reported angle on down hole drilling equipment
  • Excavation company: Dig so that sides of pit are at 60 degrees
  • Fire Fighter: Monitoring collapsed building for shifting during rescue efforts
  • Flooring Installer: Measures deflection / levelness of floor
  • Fork lift operator: Continuous monitoring of tilt on lift to assure safety
  • Framing Carpenter: Setting pitch of stairs to different codes for different cities
  • Framing Carpenter: Setting rafter angles for roof construction at 8:12
  • Golf course greens keeper: Slope of greens at US Open golf tournament
  • Golf Pro: Angle of golf club shaft when addressing the ball
  • Government safety inspector: Confirming structures to code specifications
  • Hobbyist: Model railroad grade of 2%
  • Home owner: Assuring pictures are hung level
  • Home owner: Leveling pool table from underneath using beep function
  • Insurance claims adjuster: Assessing accident sites
  • Interior Decorator: Assuring pictures, drapes, etc are level or at desired angle (repeatable)
  • Machine installer: Assuring installed machine is at correct angle
  • Machine shop: Fixture design
  • Maintenance professional: Continuous monitoring that machinery is not shifting
  • Motorcycle construction: Frame building and repair
  • Motorcycle construction: Set exact angle of rake on front forks
  • Plumbers: Setting pitch of drainage pipes using inches/foot
  • Police officer: Accident reconstruction
  • Race car set-up: Set drive shaft, fender, spoiler, etc. in tenths of a degree
  • Railroad construction: Offset angles of high speed railroad tracks
  • Recreation vehicles: Used beep function to assure level without having to see the readout
  • Road construction: Laying in bank and drainage for highways
  • Roller coaster: maintenance and inspection
  • Solar array manufacturer: Confirm angle of solar collectors in degrees of movement
  • Surveyors: Equipment set up
  • Welder: Checking exact angle of channels after welding
 
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