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Joined: October 22, 2014 2:06 pm
Topics: 11 / Replies: 645
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RE: Protecting against sun damage

Mark Mayer, post: 422625, member: 424 wrote: Remember that it is not just your face you need to protect. Ears, neck, arms, hands. All of it. I wear lo...

8 years ago
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RE: Recessed nails

Jason Graves, post: 404309, member: 9531 wrote: I really like the drill bit for the o-tags and the mark it plugs. I just don't like the monuments them...

8 years ago
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RE: Recessed nails

I use 1 1/4' SS disk and countersink with a 1 1/2" hole saw. The leftover interior bump is easily crushed with the hammer.

8 years ago
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RE: Countersinking Shiners

Not perfect, but a 35mm hole saw, then 18mm hole saw, two or three hammer whacks to crush ridges and you have a decent counter sink for an 1 1/4 disk.

8 years ago
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RE: Enough stuff to start a survey business, with several crews

Uht ohh. I still use those calculators. And yes I still have a T-16 and steel tape in the back of the equipment closet. But today, if I could not ...

8 years ago
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RE: Win XP Win 7 Win 10

Jim Frame, post: 375306, member: 10 wrote: Not every business works like that. I'm chugging along happily without any Autodesk products on my new wor...

8 years ago
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RE: Survey Washers with Stamping

I have been very satisfied with National Band & Tag out of Kentucky.

8 years ago
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RE: HP Designjet 100 needs plumbing cleanout

I agree with back-chain; because replacing a printhead has always fixed my 110+. Washing/replacing the tubes requires removing the carriage.

9 years ago
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RE: Recommendation for Financing a total station

If it was in the Florida Panhandle, let me know more.

9 years ago
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RE: Equipment

About half of my equipment has come off eBay. You have to be patient, particular and use good judgement, just like you do with salesmen.

9 years ago
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RE: AutoCAD Image Clip

Maybe try, Modify - Object - Image - Frame - Off

9 years ago
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RE: Anyone used the AdirPro GEB121 equivalent battery?

I've been using two of these GEB121 Sanyo replacements for a while. eBay-320600378396

9 years ago
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RE: Would you work for this company?

I haveSee, I told you working for a Civil Engineering firm was the least creative job you could have.

9 years ago
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RE: low-cost GNSS receivers

Same here. Set up two on site, let run. Use third to set additional control or offsite. Easy to use. Easy to post process autonomously or with COR...

10 years ago
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RE: Tricks for robot finding prism in thick brush?

If it's just for topo, turn lock off. You only need a couple of cycles to acquire h & v angles and sd; not the additional time to acquire lock. T...

10 years ago
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RE: Leica/Wild GPS System 200/300 Data Transfer to PC

You are correct. I thought I was old, apparently not old enough to have used the System 200. I remember the CR344 Controller would not use the old ...

10 years ago
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RE: Leica/Wild GPS System 200/300 Data Transfer to PC

I always found it easier to pull the pc card than try to connect through the data cable. The 244 has a type I pc card and the 344 has a type II pc ca...

10 years ago
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RE: Traverse between Static GPS pairs

There seems to be more going on than just an anomaly with the coordinates from static GPS. A 1 in 16 closure with tribracts indicates either a field ...

10 years ago
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RE: “What is your all time favorite surveying instrument”

Agree, a shovel. Preferable a square spade.

10 years ago
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