[Gordon Shell]

Owen! wrote

Without doubt a skilled craftsman can be good using any tool. And everyone likes different tools for different reasons. But I don’t see too many people building houses with hand saws, planing boards with chisels, or drilling holes with a hand drill. Not much market for that. This is a tech age and Hi-Tech gets more done, faster and better.

How many of us still use a typewriter instead of a wordprocessor? Or a clothesline instead of a dryer? Microwave anyone? My phone takes pictures of job sites, sends them by email, surfs the internet, warns me my next appointment is in an hour, shows me how to get there, displays dopler radar of the local weather, and plays hundreds of songs through my car stereo. And everyone on this site is using internet and enjoying free worldwide instantaneous communications, a concept I couldn’t even conceive of when I built my first top. The fact is there are too many benefits to staying current with technology. And if you don’t stay with it, you fall behind.. while your competition gets ahead. And if you don’t fix little glitches in your tripod your competition gets an edge, and people write nasty little notes on the internet for the whole world to read. Such is life. Aint’ it fun?

So to each his own. As for me, I am so glad we went digital, and am so glad I could do it for <$10k with the LT55! And a 10 minute template.. Wow! That's really hard to beat. And besides faster and easier, we market the fact that we do digital templates. People love it. They believe in technology. It inspires confidence and respect. We've owned the Laser for less than a year and already the number of new accounts we've landed and additional business we've attracted has already paid for the system. It's one of the best decisions we could've made. Thanks Gordon. Next we're on the hunt for hi-tech tripods.

WOW! Thanks Owen! I swear to everyone that was not a paid testimonial. I sell the laser part time because its an easy sale and I get feed back like this, its a very low risk business for me cause I have about a 99.9% satisfaction rate with my customers.

All the systems work great, but myself and the majority of my customers feel that the LT-55 is the biggest bang for their buck, ease of learning, low cost, accuracy, etc. You can pic up the LT-55 and a plotter for the cost of most systems without the plotter or training.

Thanks to all of you that posted positive feedback, anyone that wants to give the LT-55 a try feel free to give me a call 616-293-6170. We do offer a 30-day money back gaurantee if your not satisfied with the performance.

Thanks

[Gordon Shell]

Lets face the facts that the tripod is the oldest technology in the

system.

However, with all things if your usage may reflect your results. Drive

a car

with your foot on the brake and it may function but in the long term

you

will have problems. Over the last three years we have come a long way

toward

making the tripod better. We took back the tripod for all the customers

from

the 1st 6 months and replaced it with the best tripod we could find.

This

showed us that we had a problem with the level base having movement

with

time and use. So the level base was redesigned and replaced for our

owners.

I’ve bought the $1000 carbon fiber tripod and they are lighter,

however,

they are not the fix to the problem. So lets make sure we don’t have

our

foot on the brake of the existing tripod. Tripod problems come in three

forms. ( All of which are our fault for not training you well enough

not the

fault of the tripod.)

#1. The tripod can have no movement. (except the elevator) Make sure

the

wing nuts that work the extensions are Tight and in the detents and

don’t

tough them.

#2 Use the center column adjustment to change the height of the tripod.

Most

cabinets are about the same height so you can put a mark on the column

as to

how far to spread the legs for setup and your done in seconds. Hand

tighten

this. Tighten too much can cause problem #2. It is possible to put a

dent in

the column. If

you get a dent the elevator of the tripod will move left or right as it

goes

past the dent in the column. Stop on or near the dent bad measurements.

#3 The wing nut that puts drag on the elevator. If you loosen this nut

the

black box will rock back and forth 3-5 degrees. If you tighten it too

far

you can not move the tripod on and down without moving the tripod. (By

the

way you don’t want to tighten take data, loosen and change height of

tripod

and retighten and take more data. It will not hit the same angle when

you

retighten ) So what we have to learn is what is just right. Start with

the

thumb screw loose and tighten as you rock the black box back and forth.

When

the black box stops rocking you stop tightening. ( Don’t add a little

more

for good measure, you may get bad measures) Check it out. The elevator

will

now go up and down with a little drag and no rotation. Turn on the

laser and

point at a corner that is plumb and see how it works. If you still have

problems give me a call. 616-293-6170 We will make it work.

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