I worked with a guy, Oran Abbot for those in the PNW, that time after time could throw the legs up over a point and with almost no adjustment it would be level and over the point.?ÿ It didn't matter of it was on a flat asphalt parking lot or on a sandy slope.?ÿ Talk about making a freshly mitted graduate feel bad.?ÿ I still think of Oran when I even come close.
As for the video, why use a plumb bob when you have an optical plummet.?ÿ Also, can you still buy a digital theodolite that runs on C batteries.?ÿ The video can not be that old based on the cars in the background.
That video has made the rounds before. It is a comedy of errors.?ÿ
I hired this guy once
Was his name Ted?
Hahahahah!?ÿ I actually googled tribiarch right after I heard it.?ÿ I was like well I'll be damned, have I been pronouncing this word wrong all this time?!
I feel bad for these students.?ÿ Any qualified surveying instructor wouldn't have let them video or post it
To perhaps close things off on this thread, according to the comments on YouTube, the background music is "Home on the Range" and while most commenters questioned the appropriateness of that tune, I did find it better than the usual Megadeath type tune, blasting at 400Db.
Also, apparently Part 2, the calculations, was very well received.
Come now Richard,
Its only 267dB
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400 would just be lunacy for sure.
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In a former life I scored a sweet company shirt from a buddy that was a sound engineer.
It stated:
E=mc2 (+/- 3dB)
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I was always asked if I would sell it when wearing during a gig to which I would answer loudly "WHAT?"
Its only 267dB
Actually, our atmosphere will only support 194 dB at the source, falling off with distance.?ÿ That would be 2 atmospheres peak and a vacuum at the trough of the wave.?ÿ And that's a lot more than turning it up to 11 on the amplifier.
How many times did one or the other grab the instrument and hug it like a newborn baby they wouldn't want to drop??ÿ Talk about an easy way to knock a perfect setup out of whack.
Killjoy.
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Nigels go to eleven...
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o
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They are hired???
@paden-cash I had a chief that came up on stiff legs, and made me learn how to set the legs plumb and level before placing the instrument on top.?ÿ ?ÿHis technique was tightening the screws so tight you couldn't turn them.?ÿ So yeah it's second nature to throw the legs up and set up in 30 sec.?ÿ?ÿ
If have also tried to share the tricks but haven't found one yet that understands.
Sometimes it kills me standing at a backsight just watching my I man adjust the legs, then move them, then adjust them, then move the instrument, then adjust the legs, the adjustment the instrument, then move the instrument, the adjust again.?ÿ 5 minutes later, looking at ya....lol
1) Does anyone seriously push the tripod legs into the ground before extending it? Personally, I extend them while it is still closed.
2) The entire video has the wrong music. It should be the Benny Hill soundtrack.
3) Do her Ugg boots have a steel cap/toe?
4) Perpendicularily? Is that a word? (2:40)
5) Closing the battery cover moved the entire setup. Great job guys.
6) "Use a rod to measure the height of the instrument. But don't bother making sure that the rod touches the survey mark below. 6' to the side is standard survey practise. Close enough is good enough. Nobody watches these videos anyway."
7) "Don't bother sighting the target point where the "pointy bit" of the staff meets the mark. In fact, don't bother sighting to anything that has a "pointy bit" at all. The broad side of a levelling staff is enough."
Imagine teaching your students to calculate a slope distance using stadia lines.......wow.
6:10 "Now let's plunge the theodolite to face right, because....you know.....accuracy and stuff."
I give up. I can't watch anymore. I would be asking for my money back if I went to Uni there.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think of Pearl Harbour when the Asian guy is standing behind that steel structure? I watched a WWII documentary this morning, so maybe it is only me.
Can someone please make a ?ÿvideo where they make a mockery of this one? I can't. Nobody would understand my accent (except maybe Richard Imrie).
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