There have been many tasks involved with the Mural Wall Project. Yesterday, I learned about the process of planning the mounting location of the Mural Board onto the wall itself. For this process, we used a Gyroscopic, 360 degree Lazer level. The first time we were introduced to this tool was on the Frierson site where we used it to check the slope of the underground PVC water drainage pipe. (Image Below) In this case a separate instrument was needed to capture the lazer on the opposite end of the pipe which gave us an accurate reading of the elevation change over the distance.
Yesterday, we only needed the lazer and the tripod to project the lazer onto the wall in front of us. I think it is interesting to note that the lazer can actually project onto surfaces almost a football fields distance away in 360 degrees horizontally and vertically around you. When people walked by the lazer and caused it to shake and bounce it would level itself out almost instantly which gives us accurate projected lines on the wall to work with. This greatly increased the speed at which we could figure out where exactly the mural would be mounted on the wall. In the photos below, we used some trim board to serve as a guide when mounting the separate pieces of the mural.
I enjoyed learning about this handy tool and exploring the various scenarios its uses can be applied to. I believe it would be very useful to own one for myself in the future even with small tasks to simply save time and ensure greater precision overall.