Digital Grade Lasers — Dial-a-Grade.
Type a grade as a percentage. The laser angles itself. No bubble levelling, no slope plate, no calculator on the bonnet. Built for plumbers and earthmovers who set grades for drainage day in, day out — and for anyone who wants the same job done in seconds rather than minutes.
Digital Grade — also known as Dial-a-Grade
A digital grade rotating laser is a laser level that lets you program a slope as a percentage on the X and Y axes. The laser angles itself to the grade you’ve entered and holds it — no slope plates, no manual angling, no second-guessing the bubble vial.
For trades that set grades constantly — plumbers running fall on drainage, earthmovers shaping pads, farmers contouring paddocks — that’s the difference between a fast, repeatable set-up and a fiddle that costs you minutes per run. Type the grade. Hit set. Walk the line.
And because it sets percentages independently on both axes, you can run a single fall in one direction or a true compound grade — say, 1.667% along one axis and 0.5% across the other — without doing maths in your head. The laser does the geometry.
Set grades in seconds
Punch the percentage into the keypad or remote. Laser auto-tilts to match. No slope plate, no manual angle calculation, no bubble adjustment.
Both axes, independently
Dial a grade on the X axis, the Y axis, or both at once for compound slopes. The laser holds the geometry; you walk the line.
Repeatable every time
Same grade tomorrow? Type the same number. No bubble drift, no operator error in the angle set-up, no “close enough” — exact match every time.
DGL1010GM
Our digital grade rotating laser, built around a tough cast-metal chassis with a heavy-duty rubberised casing. Dial-a-Grade on X and Y, Auto Grade Match to a tracking receiver, vertical operation for fencing and alignment, and the same machine doubles as a standard horizontal rotating laser the rest of the time.
- One-button electronic self-levelling
- Dial-a-Grade as a percentage on both X and Y axes
- Auto Grade Match — receiver tells the laser the slope
- Vertical operation for fencing alignment and set-out
- Tilt Mode + Vibration / Wind Sensor
- Cast-metal internal chassis, rubberised heavy-duty casing
- Li-ion rechargeable battery + charger, with D-cell backup holder
- mm display tracking receiver, RF remote
Convert grades to percentages
Plumbers and earthmovers usually get given grades as 1 in 60 or 1 in 100. Digital grade lasers want a percentage. Here’s the one-line conversion.
Divide the first number by the second, then multiply by 100. So 1 in 60 = 1 ÷ 60 × 100 = 1.667%.
Common grades in plumbing and drainage:
- 1 in 40 grade = 2.5%
- 1 in 60 grade = 1.667%
- 1 in 80 grade = 1.25%
- 1 in 100 grade = 1%
- 1 in 200 grade = 0.5%
Type any of these into the laser and it sets the slope automatically — no slope-plate angling, no calculator on the bonnet.
Running fall in a pipe?
A pipe laser is the same digital-grade idea in a specialised, pipe-mounted format. Set it inside a pipe run, dial the fall, and the beam shoots the right slope straight down the line. The DGL1010GM is the all-rounder for site work; a pipe laser is the better fit if your job is sewer or stormwater laying inside open pipes day in, day out.
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Setting unusual grades, or running automation off the back of one? Talk to someone who knows the kit and the work — no scripts, no call centre.
