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Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods
From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Reply-to: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:29:41 +0100
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AA6DX - Mark wrote:
>Harbor Freight (sigh .. again) has their 1" SDS Rotary Hammer Kit on 
>sale for $59.99  -- extra bit set is $9.99, buy one .. hard to find SDS 
>bits .. cut off a bit to make a blunt end, put a deep well socket over 
>the shaft, and bang away .. better yet, sacrifice a china cheapo socket 
>and weld it in place.

Even betterer, track down an SDS to square-drive adapter, and have a 
choice of socket sizes.

Sorry to hear that SDS tools are still hard to find in the USA. The SDS 
hammer drill system is truly wonderful - it goes through concrete like 
cheese. Try one, you'll buy one.


-- 
73 from Ian GM3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek

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