[TowerTalk] Loosening Al tubing to Al Tubing

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

The fine scrub pad is a far better way of implementing the noalox then 
wiping off the excess with a cloth.
It impregnates the surface and in tiny scratches below that can serve as 
a resivour of  noalox in the aluminum
Wish I'd thought of that.

73

Roger (K8RI)


On 6/13/2016 Monday 8:24 PM, jcjacobsen at q.com wrote:
> The discussion has been on loosening Al tubing joints, and has progressed to the use of Noalox or similar.
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> IF you use an excess amount of anti-seize, you will NEVER get the connection tight enough so it doesn't slip, especially on the smaller diameter tubing. You WILL strip out a worm gear type clamp, and the "Hy-Gain" type, well, good luck. Please, don't ask how I know this........ <GRIN>
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> I finally remembered something from my tel-co employment days. The Western Electric installers, when installing high current, copper, buss bars......... would take a greenie scrub pad, and work some No-Alox into the metal. This did two things: It cleaned the oxides off the bar, and left a very thin coat of No-Alox behind. I started doing this on tubing. A small amount on the greenie, twist it around the connection/inner/smaller tubing and that part is done. You can sometimes use the greenie around a small dowel or screwdriver shaft and clean/coat the larger inside tube. OH, one other thing: Make sure you wear glove (leather palmed maybe) on the hand holding the greenie......... Again, don't ask how I found this out. If you DON'T wear a glove, have lots of hand cleaner around..........
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> Just my $.02
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> 73
> K9WN Jake
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Roger (K8RI)


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