Re: [TowerTalk] Aluminum Pipe/Tubing Needed

[kb9yku <kb9yku@comcast.net>]

look  up metal supermarket
there not cheep  on any thing butt  thay have or can get it
calling scrap yards  mite save me $100.00  or more some times
on a buy like that
kb9yku

At 11:41 AM 7/23/2004, Larry Burke WI5A wrote:


> Looking for a 12' length of aluminum pipe/tubing 1/4" wall, 1.5" ID / 2" OD,
> to use in a gin pole application. While this can be located outside my
> immediate area, I was hoping someone on the list could provide a lead for a
> local stock in the Houston area. Most of the Yellow Pages sources I have
> tried have come up empty handed. I'd prefer not to have to look through
> every scrap yard in Houston. Any locals out there with some ideas?
>
> Related question.. Is 1/4" wall overkill for 45G? I will be using the gin
> pole clamp/head from WB0W.  I don't recall the wall thickness on Rohn's gin
> pole design, but seem to think it was not this thick. Maybe 1/8" wall would
> work?
>
>
>
> Larry Burke WI5A
> Friendswood, TX
>
>
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