
As is so frequently the case, it is not about how fancy the tool is, but about how well we use it. For most of the home toolboxes, we recommend you to have a single bob that weighs some ounces. It may weigh as much as several pounds or as little as an ounce, totally depending upon the utilization. According to 4, Petrie collected a great variety, with very old examples from the Third Dynasty. The plumb bobs vary in material, shape, and size, frequently in the shape of amulets. Plumbs consisted simply of a plumb bob suspended from pegs or sticks. This device was used to make sure a wall was flat, I think. To have the vertical and horizontal directions, the Egyptian used plumbs and levels. This is the Egyptian version of a plumb bob.

I think it's cool because it so easy to use but probably helped make the tallest building for 4,000 years. This device was used as level, To assure that a surface was level. Some plumb lines have sharpened tips that can be bent by repeated use if the point on yours is out of alignment or either bent, then replace it. This tool was used as a modern day level. Foundation and Excavation contractors mostly rely upon the plumb bob and building a chimney the tool will be indicating whether a flue is veering off plumb or running true vertical. Surveyors use plumb bobs sometimes for transferring points or lining them up. Plumb Bob and Set Square, symbols of accuracy and trueness, from ancient Egypt. In one place, the plumb bob can be used to sight an object in some other pipe, for example for plumb. frame and then rotate the mast around and use a plumb bob to verify that the CL. Once it is hung the bottom and top points can be traced and used as guides. and a small army of Egyptian workers is now carting away the debris. For instance, we can locate fixtures or surfaces above (or below) or decorations about an object using the plumb bob.
