[TowerTalk] grounding

[Jim White, K4OJ]

...on the inside of the shack, I have used different ground busses over 
the years... most recently flashing has been applied to the back of the 
operating table that runs the width of the table.  Copper or brass 
flashing is kinda pricey though and:

I am wondering, for my shack there are short braids I have that run from 
the pieces of gear to the buss, would a long piece of

Aluminum

running at the back edge of the operating table work as the Buss?  It 
could be easily tapped for 1/4- 20 stainless steel bolts for the braid 
to attach.  A piece of copper flashing could then run from the Buss to 
the grounding rod outside the shack.

If this intermediate strip of

ALUMINUM

would work I could kill two birds with one stone in the construction of 
a new operating table... the new operating table is very wide and has 
few vertical supports along its length that you could hit your knees 
on... as such I am looking for ways to strengthen the "desk" from 
sagging and if I could use a structural aluminum extrusion for that 
perhaps it also could act as my ground buss...

Thoughts?

Thanks as always...

Jim, K4OJ