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Re: [TowerTalk] Re Plumbing a Tower

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re Plumbing a Tower
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:23:43 -0400
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On 7/29/2010 1:00 PM, Robrk wrote:
> P.S. I forgot to mention, works best at dusk and you need a good wench to 
> check to bubbles.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=laser+levels+self+leveling&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Robrk<robrk@nidhog.net>  wrote:
>
>    
>> How about one of the laser level light beam things? I have the cheap, $39, 
>> Craftsman, that shoots a red line, vertical or horizontal with bubbles. It 
>> has a camera tripod hole in the bottom.
>> More dollars gets auto leveling, digital readout and a mount for the owl.
>>      
Be sure to check the tolerances as some of the laser levels and transits 
have some pretty wide tolerances.  Certainly not something you'd use for 
surveying.
I have a laser transit and it's barely accurate enough in 20 feet to set 
the dimensions on an airplane.

73

Roger (K8RI)

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>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:04 PM, "Gene Fuller"<w2lu@rochester.rr.com>  wrote:
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>>> Given the "wind problem", how would it work to check the string with a 
>>> levelor catch a time with no wind, and stake the bottom of the sting or 
>>> hold it in place with a weight on the ground.The object of the string being 
>>> that with proper placement you could check the whole tower from one place 
>>> without having to climb it with level in hand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
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