and half the stuff you get from them isn't worth half of what they sell it
for. It goes back to the old adage....you get what you pay for.
Scott
KA1CLX
At 09:49 PM 9/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Tailpipe Stretcher
>
>...a coupla weeks ago someone put J C Whitneys web page up here and I told
>them I wanted a catalog.....thanks whoever did that....
>
>I see some interesting tools in there, including something called a
>tailpipe stretcher.
>
>The tool is used to fix off round tailpipes back to round and also to
>stretch tailpipes which will be slip fit over each other...i.e. it is sorta
>like the inverted of a swaged (sp?) section on a piece of tubing like you
>have on multiple piece booms.
>
>This might work to take a 2" OD boom and open it up so that its 2" on the
>ID and would be useful if you were making long booms.
>
> It is billed as a low-cost alternative to hydraulic stretchers
>
>and works for 1 5/8" up to 2 7/16"
>
>Any thoughts on if this would work on aluminum booms??????
>
>.it ain't free, it is 69.99.....but that is a lot cheaper than making
>material swaged!
>
>73,
>
>Jim, K4OJ
>k4oj@ij.net
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