[TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast

[W1GOR]

Oh, Shannon,

"1-1/2" solid inside 2" tubing 1/4"wall tubing" sure sounds like an 
'oxymoron' to me...<grin>  If you can make 'SOLID TUBING' you might win the 
Nobel Prize in dual molecular physics... ...or, at least Government 
'double-speak'... <big grin>

Maybe some clever scientist can devise a variation of viagra for metal...?

73, Larry - W1GOR

"The true delight is in the finding out, rather than in the knowing."
......Isaac Asimov


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Boal" <Kingsautomotive1 at alltel.net>
To: "Towertalk at Contesting. Com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] How to stiffen a mast


> Pat,
>    I use 1-1/2" solid inside 2" tubing 1/4"wall tubing, for a boom.I found
> some at a scrap yard in Ocala, FL, for $2.00/#. I only reinforce the area
> that is attatched to the rotor, about 2' long. I file off any burrs in my
> metal lathe. It has to be a bit of a loose fit, to be assembled.
>          That which does not bend, may break, YMMV
>                Good luck, and God bless!
>                   Shannon K4GLM
>
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