[TowerTalk] Cadweld Question

[Sadtip]

Brent,
	I agree, but you HAVE to work for Norfolk Southern Railway. It was a
special
pet peeve of the safety committee and made for allot of safety write up's:-)

73's
RoD
KD0XX

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A TRUE friend will be sitting next to you saying.....


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of BRENT BAUM
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:02 PM
> To: wc1m at msn.com; 'Darrel J. Van Buer'; 'Mark Robinson'
> Cc: 'Tower'; 'Roger (K8RI)'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cadweld Question
>
>
>
> One thing to watch out for with mushroomed heads on metallic
> items intended to be driven with a hammer: Shrapnel.
>
> Pounding against a mushroomed head can make flakes fly off with
> the speed of bullets and they always seem to bury themselves in
> tender body parts such as eyes, chests, etc.
>
> Be safe, grind down the mushroom and then pound to your heart's content.
>
> K7MEI> From: wc1m at msn.com> To: darrel at vanbuer.net;
> markrob at mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:36:59 -0400> CC:
> towertalk at contesting.com; K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net> Subject: Re:
> [TowerTalk] Cadweld Question> > When I bought my first Cadweld
> materials, I purchased a ground rod driving> adapter (or whatever
> it's actually called.) I believe it's a standard part> supplied
> by Erico. At any rate, I got it through The RF Connection. It's
> a> short pipe, closed at one end, that slips over the top of the
> ground rod.> Not only does it prevent the top of the rod from
> mushrooming, but it also> provides a much larger target for the
> sledge hammer (or whatever you use.)> I've driven about 30 rods
> with mine and it's still usable, though the head> is quite
> mushroomed at this point. But that makes for an even larger
> target.> > 73, Dick WC1M> > > -----Original Message-----> > From:
> Darrel J. Van Buer [mailto:darrel at vanbuer.net]> > Sent:
> Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:17 AM> > To: Mark Robinson
>  > > Cc: Tower; Roger (K8RI)> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cadweld
> Question> > > > I did my first Cadweld one shots a year ago. The
> hardest parts were> > mechanical - had to touch up the ends of
> each ground rod with a file in> > spots where it was mushroomed
> out from driving it, and getting the mold> > over the end of the
> rod (I might have had a slightly-too small size) -> > the rubber
> gasket is pretty snug.> > The rest was easy. Poured in the
> powder, grazed each with a propane> > torch at arm's length
> (wrong tool, might blow away some of the powder> > but... hot
> enough, running fairly low flame). It really only burns for> > a
> moment, though the molten copper takes a few minutes to cool.> >
> > > A brazing rod is certainly cheaper than a one shot, but also
> requires> > the right (expensive) tools and a lot of skill> > -->
> > Darrel J. Van Buer, AK6I> > darrel at vanbuer.net> > > > >
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