Hi Robert
A trick I learned years ago is to take a pair of vice grips and grip a
screwdriver in the outer end of the tube, with the handle towards the boom,
Then hit the screwdriver with a hammer. That helps to separate them. Of
course, you want to use a screwdriver that you don't mind getting broke :-)
73
Tom W7WHY
> Hello,
>
> How do you separate aluminium tubes that are stuck together ?
>
> We have a 2 section boom that we want to separate but the pieces are
> stuck together. The boom is joined at the centre by a smaller tube that
> goes inside the outer tubes (the boom). (The boom sleeves the smaller
> fixing section in the middle.) We easily removed the bolts but the 3
> pieces of tube are stuck together. The antenna is only a year old, but we
> did not protect the surface before assembly.
> I fear that it may be corroded together.
> So, how do you separate aluminium tubes that are stuck, without damaging
> them.
>
> I've looked back through the archives , but did not find anything......
>
> Thanks
> Robert G0HGW(at)yahoo.com (at) = @
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