[TowerTalk] Locking a Turnbuckle...??

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Galvanized locking nuts for turnbuckles can be purchased from marine supply ( not sailboat!) wholesalers, typically supplied in pairs (a left hand and a right hand nut).   It can be difficult to purchase small quantities from wholesale suppliers if you're not a regular customer.

Someone recommended McMaster-Carr; however, their left hand threaded nuts are plated and will not fit over galvanized turnbuckle threads.

My recommendation is that you stick with the standard practice in the  T O W E R  industry:   use a safety wire in a figure 8 configuration.   Turnbuckle locknuts are not a generally accepted solution in the tower industry.

73!
Frank
W3LPL

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:19:11 -0800
>From: Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>  
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Locking a Turnbuckle...??  
>To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at verizon.net>
>Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>
>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:28:15 -0800, "Tom Osborne" <w7why at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi Bill
>>
>>There are lock nuts and bolts that have holes in the end of the bolt for a 
>>cotter pin or some other type of pin to go through.  Kinda like the nut on 
>>your wheel bearings.  73
>>Tom W7WHY
>
>------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
>Ok, but same question I posed earlier: One of the nuts has a reverse
>thread. Where do you get such a nut?
>
>I suspect that threading the guy wire through the turnbuckle is the
>easiest and best method.
>
>Bill, W6WRT
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