[TowerTalk] Cadwelding Copper Flashing (?)

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I've never seen a way to cadweld copper strip to a ground rod.
Maybe there is and I missed it.
But I use mechanical means
Two of them.
one way
Using a sawzall, I gut a kerf in the ground rod, slid the copper flashing into the kerf.
Then I drilled through the rod and the flashing and tightened with brass screws/nets.
the other
I sawed a section of 3/8" copper pipe length wise. Wrapped the flashing around the rod and 
again drilled through the pipe, rod and flashing. Used brass screws, washers, and nuts.

I've tried both with and without copper conductive paste.


Sure hope someone who reads this and says that my way is wrong will let me know.
Just because this was the best way I could think of doesn't mean there isn't a better way.
Always open to suggestions and improvements.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Dugas" <kb5urq at hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:40 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Cadwelding Copper Flashing (?)


>I have searched and searched throughout the archives of TowerTalk and have
> not been able to ascertain the definitive (or even a good idea) method for
> cadwelding copper flashing to copper-clad rods.  Is this possible?  Has
> anyone done it?  I did see one email that referred to Cadweld's commercial
> molds for doing this but am not sure which product the author was referring
> to.
>
> About to put down a ground system for my tower using copper flashing and
> would like to hear the best method for making the bond from the flashing to
> the rods.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jason
> KB5URQ
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