> Edit: I used a Leica T2000 on one side and the Geodimeter GDM640 on the other. Both are nominally 1-second guns.Aloha, Jim: You edit is that no...

> > I hope you don't mind clarifying a bit more for me...> > > > If I were to do both loops together I do have to sacrifice my horiz...

Aloha, My theory is, the ones with J is new. The other one is after they wore out. They seems to spinning pretty fast in the video Scotland posted abo...

> Did you add any metal other than the gin pin? How well do those light up with a magnetic locator? If well, then you are all set, if not so well...

> Stainless steel? I've never seen a rusty cotton spindle.> > Better check that...maybe have to include a magnet somewhere so they are detect...

> Those look great and will be a huge find for future surveying. > > As for the cotton pickers (spindles), I know our spindles are can be f...

> > The island we live Kauai is the oldest of the island chains. So no active volcanos. 🙂 It is an awesome place!> > Been there twice a...

> Thanks for the reply.> Yes Least squares and solar observation are very good math calisthenics for the surveyor.> solar observations will t...

> How did you manage to drill out the tops of those spindles? In my thinking, they are very hard metal, and would require some SERIOUS clamping, dr...

> > Nice job. I've used many cotton spindles for control points in the Texas hill country. I've found that there is a natural low point in those...

> Great work. Thanks for sharing.> > I truly enjoy my job (hobby) too, ... usually.Aloha, Brad: Thanks! You guys rock!

> > From your avatar image, it looks like you are ready to perform some solar observations on your new control stations,> > haha....so tha...

Aloha, Jerry: Thanks!As Nate's signature says "Surveying is more than a Job----it is a passion to provide a foundation for future generation, that is ...

Thanks Alan!

> Nice work! Looks very professionally done.> What is that livestock in the picture with the atv?> From your avatar image, it looks like you ...

Aloha, Spledeus:That's good idea! Thanks

Aloha, Williwaw: That gives more pukas for future stumps 😀 People buried a lot of stuff after Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Now we see a lot of sink hole...

> > I would pretty much never give up an 800-foot shot just to balance FS and BS. I'd keep the 800-footer and, if vertical is a big concern, sh...

> You don't need to run the loops separately, you just have to record perhaps more information when running your horizontal traverse. > > I w...