[TowerTalk] Rplacement stud bolt

[thompson@mindspring.com]

Probably best to let a foundry build a new base.   With older Tristao 3
sided crank ups I always use 1" universal bolt with the bottom 6"  in an L.
I found when I first put down the tower years ago that Tristao did a poor
job of the base template and I had to get a foundry to build me an expansion
piece so I could attach one leg of the tower.  I corrected the base template
and it worked perfectly the last two times.

The 555 was the Wilson M-61 so they probably wanted to get away from his
design...it was the weakest part of the tower.

Dave K4JRB

>
>I think the general reflector population ought to know that U.S. Tower
>redesigned the hole position in the 555 base several years ago, which is
why
>the new base won't fit on the bolts (so Jan informs me.) This certainly
will
>cause problems for anyone needing to replace the base due to damage or
>corrosion.
>
>I wonder if it would be safest and least expensive to have a really good
>welding shop fabricate an entirely new base to the old specifications?



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