Hello T-T'ers, I am looking for a source from which I can purchase aluminum tubing at a "reasonable" price. I checked with one of the Rockford, IL steel & aluminum suppliers and received some prices
Brad, Try Metal and Cable Corp., Twinburg, OH (330) 425-8455. They used to advertise in QST and is ham oriented. I believe he stocks 6061-T6 aluminum. 73, Joe, W1JR At 05:41 AM 1/25/2003 -0600, N9EN@
Try this ... don't know if it will save $$$, but very interesting! 73 .. Mark, AA6DX http://mymetalconnection.com/sec4-4.htm -- Original Message -- From: "N9EN@VOYAGER.NET" <n9en@voyager.net> To: "TO
I get all my aluminum tubing from the source, I get over runs and only charge me what ever aluminum sells for by the lbs. Comes in all most any length, I get 20ft ers mostly, can haul it on the pipe
When we (Texas Towers) decided to stock aluminum tubing back in 1992 I did a lot of searching for tubing sources. I found that nearly all of the amateur antenna manufacturers were using 6063-T832 tub
Author: ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca (VE6JY Don Moman)
Date: Sat Jan 25 21:51:59 2003
Everyone seems entrenched in building antennas from .058 wall drawn aluminum. Ask about .065 wall extruded tubing next time you talk to your supplier. It is common up here in Canada. The extruded pro
yeah but the reason for .058 wall is that: 2 X .058 = .116 which is slightly less than 1/8" (.125) and if you are tapering elements stepping down an eighth inch in diameter at a time the difference b
Hi. I'm building a 40M 4-square and need a good source for aluminum tubing. Each self-supporting element will be made of six 6-foot lengths of 6061-T6 with .058" walls, nested in sizes from 1 3/4" di
This subject was discussed in depth a few weeks ago. Please use the search engine to find all the info. 73 -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting
Dick, I purchase much of my aluminum tubing from Dillsburg Aeroplane works in Dillsburg, PA. The owner, Charles Vogelsong, is a ham. You can obtain their telephone number from "information." They shi
Hello all, I am rebuilding an old HyGain 153BA 3-element 15 meter monoband yagi and I was wondering if there is a good source for the 7/16" diameter by approximately .039" wall thickness aluminum tub
DX Engineering. Thanks 73 Jim W7RY I am rebuilding an old HyGain 153BA 3-element 15 meter monoband yagi and I was wondering if there is a good source for the 7/16" diameter by approximately .039" wal
Brad that is a tough size to find. I used to buy Ø7/16 with a 0.049 wall from a ham in Ohio that sold 6061 tubing however he retired. I had a bunch of extra heavy duty tips in Aruba that I gave away
Brad, I echo Johns statements.. I have always used replacement 7/16 odd dia tubeing from Hy-Gain now MFJ And ALWAYS use polly proplean as anti dampening for survibility. Wayne W3EA Sent from Mail<htt
onlinemetals.com stocks 0.4375" OD of 6061 T6 in .065 wall. Also 0.035 wall but that sounds like a bad choice if 0.049 is failing. Cut to length and UPS shipping. They are a division of ThyssenKrupp
My back yard. 73 Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
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