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jhframe
@jim-frame
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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:44 am
Last seen: September 24, 2026 7:20 pm
Topics: 465 / Replies: 7012
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RE: What's the best monument to set in existing concrete?

Educate meCome to think of it, sometime around 2002 I recall helping a colleague set a BP marker that looked like brass. Maybe there were both brass ...

13 years ago
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RE: What's the best monument to set in existing concrete?

Educate me> Where?Apparently nowhere at present -- they changed the product description, though I don't know when. Below is a copy of my order fro...

13 years ago
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RE: What's the best monument to set in existing concrete?

> In my climate the freeze/thaw cycle pops a disk out relatively quickly no matter what adhesive you use...The 1" Berntsen brass disks don't use ad...

13 years ago
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RE: What's the best monument to set in existing concrete?

> 2" aluminum cap on 5/8" rebar, cordless Hilti hammer drill for the 5/8" hole then a different wider bit to widen the top of the hole to recess th...

13 years ago
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RE: What's the best monument to set in existing concrete?

Educate me> Why are the Berntsen markers copper, when bronze is more common for disks? When is one better than the other?They look like copper, bu...

13 years ago
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RE: Unusual surveyor's instruments

Another one - what is it?> What would you use it for in surveying?It's an industrial metrology thing, and doesn't have any application in conventio...

13 years ago
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RE: Unusual surveyor's instruments

Another one - what is it?Height gauge

13 years ago
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RE: Sheds have the same "FEMA" requirements as houses?

> Anyone seen anything like this before?About 10 years ago I did an Elev Cert for a new house. The owner was a roofing contractor, and had kind of...

13 years ago
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RE: JAVAD : Correction Message via Serial ?

> What is the longest range you got betwen your Trimble and Mifi ?About 3 feet is all I ever needed. The MiFi sat in my shirt pocket, and the Trim...

13 years ago
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RE: JAVAD : Correction Message via Serial ?

> I also play with Wifi since late 90's ... I'm pretty sure that we will need quite big wifi omni antenna at the rover side. Wood and trees give qu...

13 years ago
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RE: 0.02/0.05

> But those specs are just dumbThe specs are certainly dumb, but no less dumb than anyone who would certify that they've achieved that level of acc...

13 years ago
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RE: JAVAD : Correction Message via Serial ?

Can't the Triumph-1 use its internal NTRIP client to connect to the Internet via WiFi? That would enable you to reduce the complexity of the applianc...

13 years ago
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RE: Ty Evans released! AKA Hub Northing

> Good thing nobody was hurt.Except Ty, of course. As I recall he didn't go down easily, and the cops thumped on him awhile after they got him und...

13 years ago
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RE: UAVs Are Illegal

UAS Are NOT Illegal and Are Illegal (depends)> DIY developers may be in for a big surprise when the ruels for airworthiness certifications are sett...

13 years ago
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RE: Insurance is going up

There are two separate issues here:1. The amount a business is willing to contribute toward employee health insurance. Determining this is a simple b...

13 years ago
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RE: Need Tripod for a Lietz UMECO Model 180 18" Dumpy

> The female receiver measures an inside diameter of 3 1/2", but I don't know how to tell what the thread size is (8, 10, or 12 TPI)? Any help out ...

13 years ago
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RE: Google Glass

> Also it looks dorky...Judging from your avatar, it looks like you decided to spring for the $1,500. 🙂

13 years ago
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RE: Best way to run levels solo

> Even if one end is six feet above the ground and the other is sixty and the hose lays along the 15% slope of the ground?In that case the water wi...

13 years ago
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RE: Best way to run levels solo

> As a solo surveyorI thought you worked for a big firm. Can't you drag an office monkey out when you need to run levels?I once ran a 1/2 mile loo...

13 years ago
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RE: Insurance

> The insurance is there for my client as much as, if not more, than for meI agree with the statement, but it's not what motivates me to carry insu...

13 years ago
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