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    Cover meter for locating plate dowels?

    Thanks for your response. I agree that if getting a more capable model such as the profoscope is what is required to detect plate dowels, then so be it. However, I don’t think we need most of the extra features that higher end models offer (such as logging, statistical analysis, data transfer to...
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    Cover meter for locating plate dowels?

    kikflip, it was actually the Projoscope that we tried. We had a PCTE sales rep come and demo it and he couldn't get it to reliably pick up the plate dowels. I think it may have been getting confused by the wire 'cradle' that holds the dowels and/or the shape of the dowel being flat rather than...
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    Cover meter for locating plate dowels?

    Hi everyone. First time poster. I've been looking for a cover meter or similar hand-held NDT device to locate dowels in concrete slabs on grade. The dowels are on saw-cut joints. The catch is that the dowels are usually plate dowels (as apposed to round dowels), and of the cover meters I have...

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