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[Towertalk] crank up "fit"

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Subject: [Towertalk] crank up "fit"
From: w9zv@attbi.com (rpb)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 11:45:17 -0600
I'll ask this again since I really didnt get much of response before, =
and it was buried in another lengthy post...
Just bought a crank up, never thought i would but couldnt pass the deal =
up...

Im not sure how to posit this question...  On any of these crank-ups I =
realize one can stop it anywhere in between fully extended and =
retracted, but does the tower "lock-up" tighter when fully extended vs. =
wobble when ony partially so ?  Or is the mechanical "fit" the same at =
all points on the way up?

I realize that the entire load is held by the wire rope in any case, but =
what about the "mechanical lockup" for lack of a better term.... does =
the tower "lock up" better when at its full extension any better worse =
than at some other partial setting ?  Is the "fit" of the sections =
tapered or identical at all settings?  Im trying to describe the lateral =
inter-section mechanical "fit"....  =20

is the inter-section "wobble" a constant, or does it tighten up at full =
extension?

tough to describe what i am thinking.....  all the same query, different =
words....   =20

what if i put my head inside one of the lower sections while cranking it =
up to check the bottom of the rotor plate out ?      =20

-bob





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