On the job site, lasers are great tools to help with the job and lend themselves to a sense of awe wherever they are used. In fact, Clint, Tom, and I were toying around with a new Bosch GLL 3-50 three-line laser a couple of days ago. Needless to say, we had a little too much fun being boys and imagining all the trouble we could get into with a work site laser. As the patrons in our favorite downtown coffee shop began to stare a little less subtly, we moved on to discussing the use of the laser to help perfectly install new basketball goals. How do you get a laser to sit still ten feet in the air, though? Withย some help from Bosch and the new BM3 Positioning Device, of course.
Bosch Tools BM3 Positioning Device Features
The Bosch BM3 positioning device accomplishes its primary task as a mount by using magnets for metal surfaces, retractable feet for floors and other horizontally flat surfaces, it can be attached to wood/drywall with screws, or attached to a ceiling grid using the spring clip.ย When it comes to holding the laser, the BM3 will accommodate any device that mounts using a 1/4-inch, 20-thread mounting hole and weighs up to one pound.
Once attached, the Positioning Device features a fine-tuning knob to ensure that horizontal leveling is done quickly and accurately. Obviously, itโs not for use with something like the self-standingย Bosch GSL 2 surface laser, but for everything else, it will do quite nicely.
A quick online search found a price of $24.99. For more information, check outย Boschโs website.
Final Thoughts
Fortunately, the Bosch BM3 positioning device can keep people like us from having to resort to Plan B. However, there are some people who might like to see Clint DeBoer sit on my shoulders and try to hold a laser steady while Tom Gaige hangs upside down from the rafters and gives us directions on where to move with a pencil held in his teeth.
