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not-my-real-name
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Unless you are going to put plaster on it it is not lath. I really don't know who caused the proliferation of this term used by surveyors to describe a stake. It is otherwise known as a stake, and I have never heard a non-surveyor speak of it as lath. Is it some sort of lingo?
 
Posted : 11/12/2022 12:59 pm
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is this like a sling blade versus a kaiser blade thing??

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAgSUFT4cVk

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Posted : 11/12/2022 1:16 pm
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Not uncommon to see lath used around here but most have gone to hardwood stakes in the last 30 years

 
Posted : 11/12/2022 1:23 pm
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Use lath if you have to write a lot; stake if you don't.?ÿ I've used a lot of lath, but have never used plaster.?ÿ

 
Posted : 11/12/2022 2:00 pm
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If you go to buy some, say at Home Depot, it is sold as "lath".?ÿ I've worked in Canada and in 3 states. In every place it has been commonly called "lath". What makes you think it shouldn't be called lath?

If made of 3/4" stock - that is a stake.

 
Posted : 11/12/2022 2:48 pm
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@norman-oklahoma?ÿ

The dictionary?

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Posted : 11/12/2022 3:04 pm
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Mmmƒ?? 3/4ƒ? steaks.

A bit thin, and delicate cooking on the grill, but delicious!

 
Posted : 11/12/2022 3:10 pm
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The dictionary?

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Posted : 11/12/2022 7:05 pm
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Maybe a lath is a stake if it has a point on it? Interesting that some stores call them survey lath. ?????ÿ

 
Posted : 11/12/2022 8:28 pm
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What are the dimensions of lath and the wood used?

Over here no one speaks about lath. We just say a stake for everything.

 
Posted : 11/12/2022 11:09 pm
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What are the dimensions of lath and the wood used?

1/4" thick, 1-1/2" wide. Usually a softwood such as fir or pine. But in some areas a local hardwood.?ÿ?ÿ

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Posted : 11/12/2022 11:28 pm
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@norman-oklahoma doesn't this break when poundign them into the ground? So if lath is used, no stakes are used for the actual point?

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Posted : 11/12/2022 11:49 pm
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Generally the lath is used in conjunction with the rod, hub, or nail that marks the point. Or as very temporary or rough mark, as of a point on line.

 
Posted : 12/12/2022 12:49 am
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Never heard the term here, we have treated boundary pegs 45mm X 75mm X 500mm, dumpy pegs (for engineering setout with a tack in it if precision requires) 50mm X 50mm by length to suit how hard/stable ground is but often 300mm and stakes which are nominally 50mm X 20/25mm (depending on how cheap your boss is) by suitable length 0.9m-1.2m range.

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The stakes are put beside boundary/dumpy pegs so you can find them and for rougher setout (earthworks/boundary line only for clearing/fencing etc.)

 
Posted : 12/12/2022 1:29 am
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Unless you are going to put plaster on it it is not lath. I really don't know who caused the proliferation of this term used by surveyors to describe a stake. It is otherwise known as a stake, and I have never heard a non-surveyor speak of it as lath. Is it some sort of lingo?

Here in Ontario Canada I had never heard anyone refer to lath. Same thing with "hubs". We set "wood stakes" in the ground for many different things, excavation, grades, marking up corners, 3 stakes around a control point. If we're setting corners for foundation layout it's nails or rebar in the ground. Control points are either a 6 or 8" nail in the ground or possibly rebar (if there is enough ground before hitting rock which is rare). Magnails if it's going on concrete or asphalt.?ÿ

Sometimes it's confusing because the lingo and methods are so much different depending on the region. I helped my neighbor layout a building on his property and I finally realized what a "batter board" was.?ÿ

One lingo we share with the US is calling the robot "the gun" but I try to avoid using that for the sake of people passing by.

We had nicknamed our old Leica robot Eva. The s5 that replaced it is called "that schizophrenic yellow thing".?ÿ

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Posted : 12/12/2022 3:07 am
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