[TowerTalk] Cadweld, Ultraweld, etc

[EUGENE SMAR]

Tom et al:

     I did the same thing with duct seal on my Cadweld one-shot molds.
Apparently the ground rod was smaller diameter than half inch nominal and I
blew the first charge.  I cut off the top of the ground rod along with the
ruined Cadweld blob, plugged the bottom and side holes of another mold with
duct seal, then set of the next shot.  No problem with any of the dozen or
so after the first one.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe - KC2TN" <kc2tn at comcast.net>
To: "'Thomas Miller'" <ac5tm at bellsouth.net>; <kb9cry at comcast.net>; "'Jerry
Keller'" <k3bz at arrl.net>
Cc: "'(Reflector) TowerTalk'" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Cadweld, Ultraweld, etc


> I used ductseal on the bottom of my forms to prevent runout. It works
great.
> It does get a little warm after the burn but is reusable on the next weld.
I
> did 32 welds without a problem. My neighbor, an electrician, gave me the
> tip.
>
> Joe - KC2TN
> "If you're sure of everything,
>         and it still doesn't work,
>            one of the things you're sure of is wrong!"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Miller
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:06 AM
> To: kb9cry at comcast.net; Jerry Keller
> Cc: (Reflector) TowerTalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cadweld, Ultraweld, etc
>
>
> I have heard the use of duckseal to work on old worn out forms but I am
not
> sure how safe this is.
> Tom
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kb9cry at comcast.net>
> To: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz at arrl.net>
> Cc: "(Reflector) TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cadweld, Ultraweld, etc
> k my memory.  You also don't
> > need to buy every different mold for all the applications you listed.
For
> > example, you can use the one in and one out for a single wire
terminating
> at
> > the rod by simply stuffing a small stub of wire into the other opening
and
> then
> > use the weld.  You can also do the same for the two in and two out by
> again
> > sticking a short stub of wire into the unused openings.  You want to
fill
> these
> > up with something so the molten metal does not leak out.  QSL?
>
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