[TowerTalk] Loosening Al tubing to Al Tubing

[Tom Osborne]

HI Don

I remember some years back, KH6IJ had an article in CQ about stuck
elements.

What he did was take a pair of vice grips and clamp a screwdriver to the
end of the element you are trying to remove with the handle pointing
towards the boom.

Heat the joint and then hit the screwdriver with a hammer to drive it out.
I have done that before and it worked pretty slick.  73 and GL
Tom W7WHY


On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Don W7WLL <w7wll at arrl.net> wrote:

> Want to restore a small inherited tribander for portable activity.
>
> Have a couple of tube to tube joints that are not coming apart with
> ‘gentle persusian’. They been sitting in a coast air environment for a few
> years (maybe 10).
>
> What recommendations here on TT of best solutions (s) to work into the
> joints.
>
>
> Don W7WLL
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