[TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: tower insulators

[Martin A Flynn]

I will be on site with Matthew and Art doing a bit of work on the 
station itself, so anytime after 10:00 would work.

Re the insulator:   I   used a grinder to split the metal loop end 
fitting, leaving a bare fiberglass rod    It fits inside a section of 
Rohn 25, so all I had to do was cross drill for bolts.  If I was doing 
this again, I would use epoxy

Depending on your access to welding equipment*  you can make a base 
plate has tabs to fit the fork end, or use a scrap section of tower and 
repeat it what you did for the top.

73,
Martin Flynn
W2RWJ.

*Matthew N2UG welded the ladder rack in Radio Room II, so he might be 
able to help


On 9/1/2014 1:25 PM, J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT wrote:
> Martin,
> I will be down there in the next week if I can get ahold of Jeff at a convenient time for him.
> Thanks for the info, but I am trying to understand how those insulators with their loops on each end insert into the tower leg and the base.
> 73,
> Gordon, W2TTT
> 201.314.6964
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin A Flynn [mailto:maflynn at theflynn.org]
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 5:03 PM
> To: w2ttt at att.net
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: tower insulators
>
> Gordon,
> Next time you are at N2MO, ask Jeff to see the power line insulators for
> the wire antenna.    I have ground off the metal ends off the fiberglass
> rod and used them for loaded tower applications.   If you want to grab a
> set,  reasonable ofer to the treasure are accepted!!
>
> Failing that, McMaster-Carr sells machinable garolite rod that can be fitted inside the leg of the tower.
>
> Martin
> W2RWJ
>
>
> On 9/1/2014 12:22 PM, w2ttt at att.net wrote:
>> Stan,
>> So you use 3/8 fiberglass rod into each leg and the rods go into the concrete?
>> If you have photos, that would be helpful.
>> 73,
>> Gordon, W2TTT
>> 201.314.6964