This piece of equipment turned up at work today no one seems to know what it is or where it came from. It has no markings on it so I tried searching for multiple things such as pipe laser, alignment tool, etc. It has an amber lens with a sight glass to look through. When looking through the sight there is a vertical line only no crosshairs. Does anyone know what this is and how it is used?
Richard Hokenson, post: 366712, member: 11558 wrote: This piece of equipment turned up at work today no one seems to know what it is or where it came from. It has no markings on it so I tried searching for multiple things such as pipe laser, alignment tool, etc. It has an amber lens with a sight glass to look through. When looking through the sight there is a vertical line only no crosshairs. Does anyone know what this is and how it is used?
It looks like a really cool paper weight!
I bet it has something to do with aerial photography - total guess...
fence aligning tool ? - sits on the post and gives line forward ?
More photos would be helpful, showing it from other angles.
Well, it's not a woman.
Looks like the site for a pipe laser to me.
I took these pics with a cell phone camera so you can faintly see the vertical line in the eye piece. 
It might not be survey related, maybe some industrial application such as alignment for elevators or belt conveyors or...??
or possibly the predecessor of
OK, I have an answer for you.
Being very smart, I realized that I could use Google image search to figure out what this was, and Google came through with the answer.
What you have is....FURNITURE!
Lee D, post: 366852, member: 7971 wrote: Looks like the site for a pipe laser to me.
I was thinking that it looked like something out of a spectra physics box...
Gromaticus, post: 367009, member: 597 wrote: OK, I have an answer for you.
Being very smart, I realized that I could use Google image search to figure out what this was, and Google came through with the answer.
What you have is....FURNITURE!
Awesome! I am so happy to finally have an educated answer from a leading expert who probably works at furniture emporium! Thanks sir keep up the good work!
I'm very sure that's a spotting scope for a pipe laser. The red lenses are to filter out other parts of the spectrum so you can see the spot, and it only has a vertical crosshair because you're only using it for line.
Lee D, post: 367017, member: 7971 wrote: I'm very sure that's a spotting scope for a pipe laser. The red lenses are to filter out other parts of the spectrum so you can see the spot, and it only has a vertical crosshair because you're only using it for line.
It looks different than any other pipe laser I have used. I was more curious to see if anyone knew what brand it might be.
