[TowerTalk] Bull pin / drift pin

[Dick Dievendorff]

Klein Tools 3256 (10" broad head bull pin) has a 1/4" point.  That looks
like the right one...

Rohn 55G tower section bolts are 7/16, so a 1/4" point looks about right.

Thanks!

Dick, K6KR

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mickey Baker
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:39 AM
To: Pete Raymond
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; TexasRF at aol.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bull pin / drift pin

I've ordered Klein bull pins from toolbarn.com. They have a number of sizes
at inexpensive prices with reasonable shipping.

I like to use a tapered pin that is too large to fit completely through the
hole.

73,

Mickey N4MB


On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Pete Raymond
<n4kwpete at centurylink.net>wrote:

> I have found Drift Pins in the tool section of Sears.  They carry a 
> few different sizes, a great tool.
> 73 Pete N4KW
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TexasRF at aol.com>
> To: <dieven at comcast.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 7:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bull pin / drift pin
>
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> > Dick, you might try an automotive parts store. Many of them have 
> > some pretty big tools to sell.
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> > 73,
> > Gerald K5GW
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> > In a message dated 8/29/2011 6:29:18 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> > dieven at comcast.net writes:
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> > I find  myself without a drift pin to align the leg holes in Rohn 
> > 55G tower sections (5/16” bolt size).  I need to pull together 
> > several  sections on the ground with a couple of come-alongs.  We 
> > plan to use a  crane to lift preassembled sections and I don’t to do 
> > these one at a time  at crane rental rates.
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> > Where do I find a good drift pin /  bull pin / barrel pin for this 
> > purpose?
> > Klein Tools and  SteelErectorTools.com offer some really hefty ones 
> > for steel construction,  and I’ve found little drift punch sets at 
> > Sears and Ace Hardware and Harbor  Freight, but not one that’s about 
> > the right size for this. I think a ¼”  point diameter would be about 
> > right, maybe the large diameter would be ¾”,  perhaps 6” long?
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> > Something that cleared the holes a little bit  so I didn’t have to 
> > force the bolts through would be helpful.  These  are new sections 
> > that haven’t met one another before. I got the top plate  on with a 
> > rubber mallet, but that’s not going to work with 100# tower  
> > sections.
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> > Thanks!
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> > Dick,  K6KR
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Mickey Baker
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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