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Q tip and kerosene. Dad used to clean his Monroe calculator moving parts with it. It'll soften and dissolve old oil and grease. N
Well, I went with these: I should have got a rebar driver too. I've see, the Barnett industries ones last over 40 years, in sunlight. I usually l...
There's 3 ways to tell yer gettin old. 1.) Yer memory goes. 2.) I don't remember the others.
I am having to order rebar caps, again. Which brand lasts the longest, in the sun? Thanks, Nate
I'm curious at how it handles faint text, and hard to read text. Does it "flag" questionable text? (Text that could mean several things) Maybe with so...
Early surveying tools were all hand made. Ie, no cad, no machine shop. In keeping with that idea, I can see someone living in a cabin. Going to the g...
"In surveying, you can get in a lot more trouble making mistakes than you can by being slow." I was told: "Speed will come with time, do the job ri...
First job on my own. I didn't have a driver's licence. I was 14. I got into that 1957 Ford Panel truck, with that 1923 Adolf Leitz transit, 200' tape,...
Dad loved independence. I entered this world in 1965. Born in a 1 room cabin, in northern Madera Co. California. Nearest town was Coarsegold. We had a...
Nate s guide to prism offsets: Set up 2 tripods. And tribrachs, 10 to 12 ft apart. And close to level. Set it all up. Shoot the dist to the prism. M...
Just an idea. Make a little worksheet, and interview the affected parties. Learn new stuff, and history. Final answer, could be quitclaims, so that w...
@stephen-ward Yes, that is correct. Nate
I don't believe my 2 tsp of kerosene is going to kill an African penguin in California. But, I am concerned about labels that cause cancer in Californ...
Climate Alarmist would hate me using it. Jet fuel is alot like kerosene. It even smells like it. They dump tons of it into the ocean, and other p...
Wish someone would have the bright idea and make them a foot up from the end That's very do-able. There are bonding agents, to bond a large flat wa...