Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.
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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Not uncommon to see lath used around here but most have gone to hardwood stakes in the last 30 years
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
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.
Mmm?? 3/4? steaks.
A bit thin, and delicate cooking on the grill, but delicious!
The dictionary?
Maybe a lath is a stake if it has a point on it? Interesting that some stores call them survey lath. ?????ÿ
What are the dimensions of lath and the wood used?
Over here no one speaks about lath. We just say a stake for everything.
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
@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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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.
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.)
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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Our stakes all have a point on them. Saves having to carry the drill around for every single stake.?ÿ
Those would definitely break going into the ground around here, especially now that frost is in the ground.?ÿ
We set hub and lath in these parts.?ÿ?ÿ
When I started out in a survey crew in 1977, we were doing strictly road construction layout.?ÿ Ground or rock was usually pretty hard.?ÿ We got our lath/stakes from a local guy and his wife who cut and pointed them one at a time on a table saw.?ÿ His lumber supply was a stave mill that used white oak to make staves for whiskey barrels.?ÿ They got the offcut edges that were too narrow for staves which were already cut 3' long and about 1-1/4" thick, for free.?ÿ We'd pick up 1000-2000 every couple of weeks.?ÿ Think he was charging $.25 each.?ÿ Also cut hubs out of the same.?ÿ Using pine or any softwood would have been a waste of time here.?ÿ?ÿ
Around here:
Lath - thin and at least 3' long
Stake - thinker and under 3' long
Lath is used more for LOD, septic areas in tall grass, etc. places where the extra height is useful for visibility?ÿ