[Amps] Teflon Chimneys

[George]

Bob, take a look at the link below, they have all kinds of plastic 
rivets, they work very well.

http://www.itw-fastex.com/catalog/index.php/dw/op/a/6/c/14/p/27?m=no

http://www.itw-fastex.com/rivets.html


73,
George, K4GVT



On 5/14/2011 4:33 AM, Robert Briggs wrote:
> Hi all...I have been thinking of ways to make Teflon Chimneys for GS-31
> and 35B tubes from 1mm sheet...I am finishing off a 2 meter and a 70cm
> amplifier at present and would like some opinions...
>
> The simplest solution looks to me as making the Teflon tube and
> fastening the join length with brass eylets perhaps one eylet per inch....
>
> My concern is would the small eyelets be subject to RF heating and
> perhaps burning the Teflon sheet at the join??
>
> Thanks all....Bob..VK3ZL..
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