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03/08/2012 09:48:49 AM · #1851 |
Ok, I'll take a swing, let's see if any of you can figure this one out. Not exactly a common object, but not rare either.
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03/08/2012 10:07:11 AM · #1852 |
part of an X-Ray Machine?
Or the laser guide on a CNC machine
Message edited by author 2012-03-08 10:08:39. |
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03/08/2012 10:15:28 AM · #1853 |
Part of an optical surveying tool?
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03/08/2012 10:41:42 AM · #1854 |
| Overly elaborate CD player. ;P |
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03/08/2012 10:44:12 AM · #1855 |
looks like an industrial slurpy machine.
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03/08/2012 11:27:01 AM · #1856 |
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03/08/2012 11:35:03 AM · #1857 |
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03/08/2012 12:14:20 PM · #1858 |
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03/08/2012 12:50:15 PM · #1859 |
Theodolite, or something else manufactured by Wild!
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03/08/2012 03:17:58 PM · #1860 |
Reflector for the remote part of laser surveying equipment? If this is right, then  kawesttex got it first.
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03/08/2012 03:30:44 PM · #1861 |
No-one is quite right yet, but Waddy, Yo_Spiff, kawesttex are all close - but kawesttex is the closest...
This is a very specialized unit, but again, not too uncommon. Think top-end of the usual suspects. |
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03/08/2012 03:45:37 PM · #1862 |
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03/08/2012 04:05:40 PM · #1863 |
| GPS system designed for surveyors |
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03/09/2012 12:12:55 AM · #1864 |
Ok, you guys are getting close...
I'll post a full image - see who can really tell me what this is called... (I can tell no-one in here is super-familiar with surveying... :) I'm honestly a little surprised, given the extremely diverse range of things you guys have nailed)
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03/09/2012 01:00:00 AM · #1865 |
| i would call it a transit... but i've only used the manual type... never the laser. |
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03/09/2012 01:06:02 AM · #1866 |
Might be a good idea to put this thread on hold while "abstract macro" is in voting?
R.
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03/09/2012 01:11:53 AM · #1867 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Might be a good idea to put this thread on hold while "abstract macro" is in voting?
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all we have to do is have things that are not macro... just obscure items....
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03/09/2012 05:07:16 AM · #1868 |
If it wasn't so advanced looking I would have guessed a lazer level.
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03/09/2012 08:41:35 AM · #1869 |
:) I can see this isn't gonna happen. :)
You guys are all more or less right, with kawesttex being the first/closest..
It's called a total station, and MAN do these things make surveying a real blast! If you have ever used a theodolite or a transit, and then used this thing, you'd wonder how you ever managed before. |
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03/09/2012 09:37:08 AM · #1870 |
Originally posted by Cory:
:) I can see this isn't gonna happen. :)
You guys are all more or less right, with kawesttex being the first/closest..
It's called a total station, and MAN do these things make surveying a real blast! If you have ever used a theodolite or a transit, and then used this thing, you'd wonder how you ever managed before. |
Back in 1994 my wife and I had to create a topographical survey of a lot we were buying in order to satisfy the County about certain restrictions regarding the navigable waterway (read drainage ditch) abutting the property. Boy, was that a pain, and was the County surprised when we presented our own data ;-)
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03/09/2012 09:49:23 AM · #1871 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Cory:
:) I can see this isn't gonna happen. :)
You guys are all more or less right, with kawesttex being the first/closest..
It's called a total station, and MAN do these things make surveying a real blast! If you have ever used a theodolite or a transit, and then used this thing, you'd wonder how you ever managed before. |
Back in 1994 my wife and I had to create a topographical survey of a lot we were buying in order to satisfy the County about certain restrictions regarding the navigable waterway (read drainage ditch) abutting the property. Boy, was that a pain, and was the County surprised when we presented our own data ;-) |
You should see their faces if you show up with your own noise survey data when arguing about commercial traffic restrictions on residential streets. |
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03/09/2012 09:51:03 AM · #1872 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Cory:
:) I can see this isn't gonna happen. :)
You guys are all more or less right, with kawesttex being the first/closest..
It's called a total station, and MAN do these things make surveying a real blast! If you have ever used a theodolite or a transit, and then used this thing, you'd wonder how you ever managed before. |
Back in 1994 my wife and I had to create a topographical survey of a lot we were buying in order to satisfy the County about certain restrictions regarding the navigable waterway (read drainage ditch) abutting the property. Boy, was that a pain, and was the County surprised when we presented our own data ;-) |
You should see their faces if you show up with your own noise survey data when arguing about commercial traffic restrictions on residential streets. |
I could do that, I have an old B&K meter. I'd have to have it calibrated though.
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03/09/2012 10:01:38 AM · #1873 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Spork99:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Cory:
:) I can see this isn't gonna happen. :)
You guys are all more or less right, with kawesttex being the first/closest..
It's called a total station, and MAN do these things make surveying a real blast! If you have ever used a theodolite or a transit, and then used this thing, you'd wonder how you ever managed before. |
Back in 1994 my wife and I had to create a topographical survey of a lot we were buying in order to satisfy the County about certain restrictions regarding the navigable waterway (read drainage ditch) abutting the property. Boy, was that a pain, and was the County surprised when we presented our own data ;-) |
You should see their faces if you show up with your own noise survey data when arguing about commercial traffic restrictions on residential streets. |
I could do that, I have an old B&K meter. I'd have to have it calibrated though. |
I borrowed the meter from the university where I was doing my grad work. The funny part was when I explained how the report their "expert" consultant had done was wrong because they had made conclusions based on modeling rather than measurements. They were none too happy about having paid the guy and less happy that the company that wanted to run gravel trucks through residential neighborhoods was going to have to take another route. Well, the board members who didn't live in the neighborhood in question were upset. |
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03/09/2012 10:09:50 AM · #1874 |
I could probably take that "borrowed meter" approach as well... I have a buddy who is an engineering manager for one of the better manufacturers of sound measurement equipment.
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03/09/2012 01:27:59 PM · #1875 |
I have used Trimble version of he total station...It makes survey easy
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