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Leveling a gun> To me, having the instrument or a simple tribrach on the tripod before having the legs secured is a big no-no.Is the tribrach witho...
me too - but with a NJ accent....Ken
Paul Smiths HijackWOW - I did not expect to see Dean Rutherford's name when I opened that post. I first met Rutherford in 1970 when looking into atte...
Observed Angle Sould Have Been Close To 37°05'33"> You're probably right. But I'm horribly messed up now, because, going through my field notes (th...
Go to the hardware store and for about $10 you get a plumbers weighted protractor that will give you the slope of the slanted rod down in the invert. ...
YswamiZenith works with Zero degrees straight up. The horizon is 90 degrees. Your angle of 86-17-25 is 3-42-35 above the horizon.Do the math with th...
Try the Berol "Toughpoint" markers. They can be hard to find, but worth the search.
If I can't set up on itIn the old days, some surveyors would shoot a side shot corner from two traverse points. Some surveyors still do that today; wi...
I have to jump on the Wattles bandwagon here too. I looked, but could not find his reference to "a distance of." I agree about adding it where it co...
>We rented the same model reel and demonstrated that after a certain depth the weight of the cable exceeds the bottom weight and the cable is coili...
> the spring clamps on the inside of the legs slipped.I had a vendor show me that at a conference: "these are no good, see, they slip."All you hav...
> Dutch Hill - great too. Not sure what they are going for anymore. I hate the locks on the inside of the legs. > I have 4 Dutch Hill and rea...
I cannot offer a suggestion on what to check out, but there is a factor you should consider.I recently had my HP-500 serviced and was discussing new p...
> Need him to sign my work history and experience part for my applicationMaybe approach him with something along the lines of: "please sign this no...
look at Asus on TigerDirect too, compare to a Dell and see if you get a better deal.
:good:It sure is hard to tell WHERE that marker is by just looking at it.....