Comments on: Tool Pr0n: $100 Plumb Bob http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: ToolFreak http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-249964 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:38:57 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-249964 This only makes me feel better about getting the cheap one at Sears for about 5 cents when they had that coupon. This only makes me feel better about getting the cheap one at Sears for about 5 cents when they had that coupon.

]]> by: Blind http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248910 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:03:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248910 Course, I could have answered my own question had I double checked to make sure that brass was denser than steel. Oh well. Nevermind. Course, I could have answered my own question had I double checked to make sure that brass was denser than steel. Oh well. Nevermind.

]]> by: Blind http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248909 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:59:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248909 Perhaps someone can explain something to me while on the topic of plumbs. Why are they made of brass? I've got a cheap stainless steel one that works fine and was cheaper then the brass ones. Best explanation that I have heard had to do with the steel reacting to magnetic fields more then the brass would, however, this plumb bob with a stainless tip would seem to eliminate that advantage. So the question is, why are good plumbs brass? Perhaps someone can explain something to me while on the topic of plumbs. Why are they made of brass? I’ve got a cheap stainless steel one that works fine and was cheaper then the brass ones. Best explanation that I have heard had to do with the steel reacting to magnetic fields more then the brass would, however, this plumb bob with a stainless tip would seem to eliminate that advantage.

So the question is, why are good plumbs brass?

]]> by: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248809 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:47:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248809 Re: If you need an Engineering Station =================================================== Can it be over the top time now? Start off with www.trimble.com/srv_integrated.shtml And then www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=37483&x=7 or if your really going to go whole hog on a larger project. www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=71341&x=7 Re:
If you need an Engineering Station
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Can it be over the top time now?

Start off with
www.trimble.com/srv_integrated.shtml

And then
www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=37483&x=7

or if your really going to go whole hog on a larger project.
www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=71341&x=7

]]> by: Fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248738 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:04:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248738 The issue is not the $100 - but that it does not buy you any greater accuracy. If you need an Engineering Station - then spending $ 3000 even for a moderately-featured model will: http://www.toolbarn.com/product/cstberger/CST-205/?ref=base Re: Mercury filled - good idea but probably illegal in California The issue is not the $100 - but that it does not buy you any greater accuracy.

If you need an Engineering Station - then spending $ 3000 even for a moderately-featured model will:

http://www.toolbarn.com/product/cstberger/CST-205/?ref=base

Re: Mercury filled - good idea but probably illegal in California

]]> by: Ron http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248719 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:20:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248719 Come on folks, that thing isn't even mercury filled. With that cross section it won't take much of a breeze to get it moving, and we all know how useful a moving plumb bob is Come on folks, that thing isn’t even mercury filled. With that cross section it won’t take much of a breeze to get it moving, and we all know how useful a moving plumb bob is

]]> by: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248627 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:46:48 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248627 Who would want to use a hundred dollar plumb bob when you could use a thousand dollar laser??? Who would want to use a hundred dollar plumb bob when you could use a thousand dollar laser???

]]> by: Fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248399 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:45:51 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/03/tool-pr0n-100-plumb-bob/#comment-248399 I made an earlier comment about fishing lures - some catching more fisherman than fish. This looks like one of those cases where the tool may be designed more for the tool collector than for the professional user. I'll stick to my General Plumb Bobs for Transit Tripod and general use and my Tajimas for door jambs. As a relative comparison this is about 3 times the cost of the Tajima and 10 times the cost of the General Tools - with no more funtionality. At least when you move up from a Transit to an Engieering Station - you get lots more for the price jump. I made an earlier comment about fishing lures - some catching more fisherman than fish.
This looks like one of those cases where the tool may be designed more for the tool collector than for the professional user.

I’ll stick to my General Plumb Bobs for Transit Tripod and general use and my Tajimas for door jambs. As a relative comparison this is about 3 times the cost of the Tajima and 10 times the cost of the General Tools - with no more funtionality.

At least when you move up from a Transit to an Engieering Station - you get lots more for the price jump.

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