[TowerTalk] Shim stock

Dave Sublette k4to at arrl.net
Mon Oct 2 16:12:32 EDT 2017


Just cut up an aluminum coke can.  I used that for years without problems.

K4TO
> On Oct 2, 2017, at 3:00 PM, Charles Gallo <charlie at thegallos.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, October 2, 2017 2:52 pm, Marv Shelton wrote:
>> What is a good source for the .03125” shim stock needed to make a 2” OD
>> mast centered in a T2X?
>> 
>> Marv wa2bfw
> 
> Probably next to impossible to find .03125 shim stock, as I've never seen
> shim stock down in the .00001 range
> 
> Most likely you will have to use .030 shim stock, which is everywhere, and
> deal with being off a bit more that a thousandth of an inch, or less than
> 1/2 the thickness of an average human hair
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