If you haven’t tried DeWalt’s cross-beam laser, Tony gives us a quick walk-through in this short video. The full DeWalt laser review goes deeper, and Tony lands on some really good tips on how using the laser for hanging drywall, seeing the beam indoors and out, and plumbing up interior partition walls.
What he doesn’t point out and I only just learned from Mike Guertin is that while lasers are awesome, walls aren’t always. So while your laser might shoot level and plumb—like this one does—if the wall is out of whack the line can be off too. So be careful on your next deck ledger and really careful with cabinets, which is where Mike learned this.