Customer Reviews

M-D Building Products 92346 SmartTool Module only

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The Macklanburg-Duncan 92346 SmartTool Angle Finder is only 6 inches long, which allows it to be used in small places. You can get the angle reading even when you have placed the tool in a position where you can not read the display. You simple place the tool in position and press the Hold button, then remove the tool and read the display. The digital readout is easy to read and is accurate to 1/10 of a degree. With an analog angle finder the best you could hope for is plus or minus 1 degree and it would not be able to be used in the above situation. If you need to measure a long object, you can mount the SmartTool Angle Finder in a Macklanburg-Duncan brand 6000/6500 level. On top of all this it is weather and water-resistant.

I'm a remodeling contractor. I bought one of these when they first came out. When mine bit the dust after 10+ years of abuse I immediately without hesitation replaced it. I wish I could afford to put one in all my levels.

I bought this to use on my 4x4 truck to find some different angles, it works great ;)

This product is good for those who want to set circles manually with altitude. (You have to a computer/palm with up-to-the minute altitude/azmimuth data to do this.)
In my testing when mounted to my dobsonian telescope, the angle of the object is dead-on in a 0.8-degree FOV eyepiece! (+/- 0.1 degree error!!!)

Since it's water-resistant and can handle lower temperatures, this can handle observing in tough environments.

This is a wonderful product not only for home-improvement products, but astronomy!
Mark

I work in a furniture factory. Between the Smart Tool and the Bosch Protractor, we measure all angles digitally now. Quality and precision are way up. I bet we have 20 of them in the factory now. Tool and fixture makers, engineers and quality control all use them. Why be pretty close when you can be right on.

For the most part one doesn't really need 0.1 of a degreee accuracy but personally I love that I can have it. Guess I'm one of those type A types...oh well. This thing is super accurate and has some great features. Now I should tell you M-D is no longer producing the levels for this module to go in (told to me by a distributor who said he's tried everything to get them to start producing them again because of the amount of orders he gets for them) He has only a few non-magnetic M-D made levels left in stock so if you want the levels these go in, better search hard and get them while you can. That said, I do not know if this module will fit in levels made by other manufacturers.

I do accessibility surveys for ADA compliance. The Smart tool is the tool of choice for this work. It is accurae, does what I need it to do and is small enought to carry in luggage. All good. The thing that makes it different from competing brands is the ability to re-calibrate to factory standards on site. Very important when work must be legally defensible. That is difference in price

Comes in handy for setting the pitch on the props of small aircraft. Also works great for leveling machinery. I would buy again.

I can highly recommend this product. It can be
used as a stand alone level, or attached to other
level aids eg. wheel alignment brackets via means of
removing the 2 screws and backing plate to sandwich it
between whatever bracket you want to use.IT also comes with a protective case. Amazon service
was execellent. Item was dispatched promptly and arrived
before expected date. All round great service.

We have a few of these SmartTool Modules. They are used daily in a manufacturing environment, that is less than friendly. Two have been in use for nearly a year now and are still doing the job.

We are using them mounted in eight-foot magnetic levels, which were also sold by M-D Building Products. We are very disappointed that the eight-foot level is no longer available.