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Re: [TowerTalk] Old Crushcraft 40 meter beam help

To: Stein-Roar Brobakken <post@lb3re.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Old Crushcraft 40 meter beam help
From: Dave Sublette <k4to@arrl.net>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 20:59:45 -0400
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If you can get a hacksaw blade and a single style handle, insert and saw 
through the inside (not too deep) then break it out a piece at a time.  It is 
slow and tedious, but I have done it.

Dave, K4TO
> On May 8, 2017, at 8:35 PM, Stein-Roar Brobakken <post@lb3re.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Try to boil some hot water, fill into a big cup with a teaspon baking soda, 
> fill this into the tube parts.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Stein-Roar Brobakken
> LB3RE K3RAG
> www.lb3re.com
> post@lb3re.com
> 
> 
>> Den 9. mai 2017 kl. 02.21 skrev Dave Thompson <thompson@mindspring.com>:
>> 
>> I got a big box of material from MFJ/Cushcraft and some hardware is missing 
>> but I can get that locally but the driven element for my old 402-CD (old 
>> version) broke off about 3 inches from the center insulator.  The insulator 
>> is formed for the 1.25" aluminum to fit inside.  The broken piece is stuck 
>> and won't budge.  Any ideas on how to get it out so I can install the new 
>> aluminum?
>> 
>> Don't know if MFJ/Cushcraft still has the insulator so I may be looking for 
>> a broken 402-CD that had a good insulator.
>> 
>> 73 Dave K4JRB 
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