Anybody Know What This Thing Is?

[Dallas]

My friend was given a bunch of equipment and this item was included. It has some kind of a prism inside it and when you turn it, this closes up. I have no idea what it is for. 

 

 

 

 

[CarreraS]

That looks like a UK phone number, but I see nothing relevant on google for the company name .. its not some sort of movie thing ?

[Alan7140]

Something to do with laser/lidar scanning, at a guess.

[Dallas]

Seems we’re all stuck. 🤔

[Hugh_3170]

I was going to say that it might be part of a builders level using a laser system.  Any builders or surveyors or civil engineers on the site that can confirm/debunk this hypothsis?

 

 

On 09/10/2020 at 12:19, Alan7140 said:

Something to do with laser/lidar scanning, at a guess.

 

[Dallas]

Well, my friend got it from an old retired Oxford Professor that he was caring for. Don't know what the prof taught, but he gave him a lot of very nice old photographic equipment, including a Hasselblad 500C and some other gear. Thought it was maybe related to this equipment, but apparently not. 

[Hugh_3170]

What i sthe full UK phone number on the blue label?

 

KOMTECH seem to be into recycling (on Google), but there is a reference to them having been in construction.

[blurmagic]

The notch on the bottom is for hanging this device from a string.

 

Maybe hang it from a string, shine a laser pen into it along the string's axis, it then projects a 90 degree image to either the right or the left.  Useful for making sure your foundations are at 90 degree angles.