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@party-chef
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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:29 pm
Last seen: June 1, 2026 5:06 pm
Topics: 12 / Replies: 975
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RE: Intro from the Midwest

Hi Steve, ?ÿ Sounds like you have an interesting experience set. Reading your intro got me thinking as to what it is to be "too honest", which is k...

6 years ago
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RE: Tilting target

I have used them from monitoring. I do not think that a robot would track them well, the newer Leica guns will target reflective tape by ATR, but you...

6 years ago
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RE: Conflicted Helper

I do not see a problem and I do not think anyone I have ever worked for would. It is a red flag however, and that might make some wary.

6 years ago
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RE: Survey Slang

@dmyhill I have had a couple chainman over the years who could not swear, one of whom is totally freaked out by the bp term. It makes him visibly unc...

6 years ago
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RE: Collaborative online learning

Folks digging in on the nuts and bolts of their are of expertise would be the most interesting to me. From my experience finding educational options ...

6 years ago
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RE: How to survey brick chamber under house

Is it too obvious to point out that if you have a accurate measure of the volume of water and depth of tank that you then have big clues to the other ...

6 years ago
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RE: How to survey brick chamber under house

Make some preliminary measurements with hand tools to establish a search position, stake the search position in the garden, pothole the outside extens...

6 years ago
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RE: Stakin' in the rain, what a glorious feeling!

Stack the lath and bungee cord them together in a small bundle, keep the stack in a contractors bag inside the hub back pull the lath from the center ...

6 years ago
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RE: advice for new party chief

Review the experience requirements for getting a license?ÿ in your state.?ÿ Keep a journal describing your work, especially when what you are doing is...

6 years ago
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RE: Astronomic Azimuths

I worked for a shop that did one while I was there back in 2008 or so, it was on a Forest Service project if I recall correctly. I wanted to tag along...

6 years ago
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RE: Cut/Fill Reports

I like to put the cut, fill and o/s in the pt. description and send a drawing, that way the guys have help with the horizontal geometry as well.?ÿ If ...

6 years ago
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RE: Trackability of Seco (6405-12) Nodal Point Mini Prism by Leica Robotics Total Station

@jim-frame If I recall correctly you use Leica -17.5 mini prisms, when you use standard mini prisms robotically the error from pointing of the prism ...

7 years ago
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RE: Trackability of Seco (6405-12) Nodal Point Mini Prism by Leica Robotics Total Station

Using single prism with tracking is a pain and your precision will suffer. I would rather spend it on gear than on wages for some poor guy struggling ...

7 years ago
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