T A RUSSELL wrote:
> The technique I like to use is to hang two weights by braided string
> or small diameter stranded wire from supports at 90 degrees apart,
> one perpendicular to a guy wire. Then I sit on the ground with my feet
> in front of me and hands on the ground behind me and sight the tower
> along the string or wire. Old window weights work well for this duty!
> Of course, this assumes you can sight the tower from such positions.
>
> Another technique I have seen is to hang a plumb bob inside the tower,
> suspended from the intersection of three small ropes tied from each leg
> to the center of the opposite horizontal brace. A weight is tied at the
> end
> of the string and another set of strings are tied from the legs to the
> center of the opposite horizontal supports near the ground.
Boy you guys get fancy!
I level the bottom section with a little magnetic level, then simply
look straight up along each tower face; it's easy to see even the
slightest
bows.
--
Steve Maki K8LX
steve@oakcom.com
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