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plumb bob

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plumb bob [′pləm ‚bäb]
(engineering)
A weight suspended on a string to indicate the direction of the vertical.

plumb bob, plummet
A shaped metal weight which is suspended from the lower end of a line to determine the vertical. (See illustration p. 744.)


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Measuring, leveling, layout and marking tools like rules, tapes, plumb bobs, and squares ?
She reportedly enforced her opinion that Santa Fe homes shouldn't be too straight, that they should have a hand-made look, by forbidding her crews from using chalk lines or plumb bobs.
The tools required for this project is as varied as the materials: one needs a posthole digger, a tape measure, a tin snip, claw and framing hammers, some blueprints, nail belts and pullers, a caulking gun, screwdrivers, a plumb bob, a handsaw, a nail gun, some drills, a clam, a hacksaw, a measuring thread, a staple gun, and a chisel.
 
 
 
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