Another suggestion is to use what I call a plummers brush. It's a small
brush that plummers use to clean the inside of copper fittings. You can get
them in hardware stores and I cut off the handle and put it in a drill. They
come in several sizes and are nothing but a circular wire brush.
Jim/NV3V
-----Original Message-----
From: K4SB <k4sb@mindspring.com>
To: Tod Olson <tao@skypoint.com>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 15:38
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] cleaning ant.
>Tod Olson wrote:
>The internal surface needs the same TLC before mating the surfaces.
>>
>> 73, de K0TO
>
>This is easily done by using drill bits just a tiny bit less than the
>id of the tubing. One you get to about 3/4" stuff, use a small auto
>brake cyclinder hone. One pass in and out, and it's shining like new.
>
>73
>
>Ed
>
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