Terry, I suspect there are 2 different buyers involved and both have less than a years experience
in buying and neither have any mechanical knowledge. Most likely 2 young ladies fresh from a
college on a first job and their supervisors don't know enough themselves to do any training.
Your problem seems to be in every department at the big box stores. They make me nuts,
I am always redesigning a project based on what they have, not what would do the job right.
Clif AA6FE
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 12:21:46 -0800 (PST)
From: terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Why aren't these universal angle iron
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Thanks for the help guys. Got reminding about the difference between pipe and
tubing sizes concerning the U-bolts. And some other things like overbuilding my
detune setup.
Terry
KI7M
On January 2, 2019 at 11:49 PM terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi folks,
I've ran into this problem multiple times and thought I'd ask to see if there is a
simple explanation or if perhaps manufacturers of universal angle iron brackets as sold in Lowes,
Home Depot, etc. just don't care. I can never find these 'plumbers tape' type of angle irons
that have holes that will match up to the U-bolts they sell. And it seems the U-bolts are too large
half the time for the holes. Seems to me that by now it would occur to manufacturers that
U-bolts get used on these angle irons with all the holes so conveniently places that they would
make sure the U-bolts would go through them?
I once had a professor who would say 'if you have a question don't hesitate to
ask it because chances are other people are also wondering that same thing but were afraid to
ask'. So I ask, WHY? Just seems like the hardest thing I keep running into is to 'somehow'
expand a bolt hole to match a bolt or U-bolt. That just isn't easy. Maybe clamp down my
drill horizontal with an auger style bit and start drilling?
Somehow I know I'll be able to detune my tower but as usual this problem
reared it's ugly head.
Terry
KI7M
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