https://www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/plumb-bobs/plumb-bob-maintenance-and-care
Must be British Humor.
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The name seems to come from a children's book.
Back in the day, I had a chainman that would wipe down his bob every day. It was spotless ????. ?ÿNot a mark on it.?ÿ
?ÿ ?ÿ I asked him once to borrow his bob to tap in a lath. As I made the first tap, he stopped me and handed me a RR spike to tap with.?ÿ
?ÿ ?ÿ I do have to say that the truck was very clean while he was on the crew. ????
A plumb bob is an instrument, not a tool.
Back in the day, I had a chainman that would wipe down his bob every day. It was spotless ????. ?ÿNot a mark on it.?ÿ
?ÿ ?ÿ I asked him once to borrow his bob to tap in a lath. As I made the first tap, he stopped me and handed me a RR spike to tap with.?ÿ
?ÿ ?ÿ I do have to say that the truck was very clean while he was on the crew. ????
The best kind of chainman!
So, my second, I would be standing there with him, and borrow his pencil, his straight edge, whatever. Of course, it all ended up in my vest.
He never said a thing, but each morning the items were back in his vest. I figured out that each day when he put the truck away, he carefully put everything back where it went, including all the stuff I had borrowed during the day.?ÿ
I guess he could have just procured more pencils and pens and straightedges from the storeroom (and always had new ones) but he did save the company some expense.?ÿ